Ready to help shape where KWS Vegetables goes next?

Where should we grow next? Which market developments really matter? And how can we turn data and insights into smarter business decisions?

As Strategy Manager, you will strengthen strategic decision-making and help further develop Market & Business Intelligence across KWS Vegetables. Working internationally across commercial, product management, R&D, finance and other teams, you will connect insights, challenge assumptions and turn complex business questions into clear recommendations. This is not about simply maintaining a strategy process. We want you to explore opportunities, bring your own perspective and help turn strategy into action.

Location: Andijk, Netherlands | Full-time

What you'll explore and shape

• Shape and challenge business and product strategies across markets, segments and product categories.
• Turn market, customer and competitor developments into insights the business can act on.
• Lead strategic and cross-functional projects, from defining the question to recommendation and implementation planning.
• Build business cases and evaluate opportunities using data, commercial understanding and sound judgement.
• Connect different perspectives across the business and translate strategic priorities into practical initiatives.
• Help strengthen Market & Business Intelligence as a strategic capability within KWS Vegetables.

Your profile

• 5+ years of experience in strategy, strategic business development, Market & Business Intelligence, management consulting or a comparable role.
• A relevant university degree, or equivalent professional experience, in business, economics, agriculture or a related field.
• Strong strategic, analytical and commercial thinking, including business modelling and opportunity evaluation.
• Confidence working with data and business analysis, including strong Excel skills.
• Ability to structure complex questions and turn analysis into clear recommendations.
• Experience leading strategic or cross-functional projects.
• Excellent English for working in our international environment.
• Willingness to travel internationally when required by the role.
• Experience in seeds, agribusiness, agricultural technology or another relevant B2B industry; an agricultural or plant sciences background; Power BI experience; or additional languages relevant to our markets.

Why join our Vegetable Squad?

• Build, don't just maintain. Help shape how Market & Business Intelligence develops within KWS Vegetables.
• Work on questions that matter. Your insights will support decisions around markets, products and future growth.
• Challenge and be challenged. We value curiosity, fresh thinking and people who are comfortable questioning the obvious.
• See your thinking move into action. Help turn recommendations into real business decisions and practical next steps.
• Shape what's next. Join an international business where there is room to explore, contribute and grow.

Join the team

You don't need to arrive with every answer. But if you're curious about markets, comfortable challenging assumptions and motivated by turning complexity into clear decisions, we'd like to hear from you.

Curious to explore what you could bring to KWS Vegetables? We'd like to hear from you. Apply now and join our Vegetable Squad!