Sales and Demand Coordinator (all genders) Corn / Oilseedrape - KWS Germany

Sales and Demand Coordinator (all genders) Corn / Oilseedrape - KWS Germany

Field of Work:  Marketing & Sales
Location: 

Einbeck, Lower Saxony, DE

Legal Entity:  KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA (0001)
Contract Type:  Regular
Is Full Time?:  Yes
Onsite/ Remote:  Onsite
Job ID:  15548

Shape the future of agriculture with us – as a Sales and Demand Coordinator Corn / Oilseedrape – KWS Germany!

In this key role, based at the Einbeck site of KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA you will be responsible for coordinating the planning process and ensuring its accurate representation in relevant systems, while maintaining close collaboration with various departments within the KWS organization. You will have a comprehensive overview of sales and demand trends and manage product availability, distribution, and contract processes for the Corn / Oilseedrape segment – all with the goal of ensuring reliable and demand-driven customer supply. This full-time position is permanent.

 

Your Tasks – Challenge Meets Responsibility:

  • Coordinate the planning process for the crops corn, oilseed rape, sunflower, and sorghum, including data maintenance in relevant systems
  • Ensure adherence to planning deadlines and develop a comprehensive understanding of sales and demand developments
  • Further develop the “bottom-up” planning process and ensure the accuracy and quality of planning data
  • Continuously monitor sales and market trends, and communicate deviations to relevant stakeholders
  • Monitor product availability and initiate appropriate actions to manage stock levels and deliveries
  • Oversee the processing and distribution of prepared volumes between distribution centers and customers
  • Prepare contracts for retail partners and contribute to cross-functional projects as well as to customer-specific requests within Customer Order Management

 

Your Profile – Expertise Meets Personality:

  • University degree in Agricultural Sciences, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or a comparable qualification
  • Initial experience in demand planning and sound knowledge of the supported products and their markets
  • Proficient in MS Office; experience with SAP/Salesforce is a plus
  • Flexible, proactive, and reliable with a structured and independent working style
  • Strong collaboration skills and confident communication in a team-oriented environment
  • Fluent in German and good command of English (written and spoken)

 

What You Can Look Forward To:

  • As a family-run company, we live by the values of closeness, reliability, foresight, and independence – a culture that is practiced every day, for example through an open and friendly working atmosphere. 
  • As a Sales and Demand Coordinator Corn / Oilseedrape – KWS Germany, you will have the opportunity to thrive in a broad range of responsibilities and contribute to KWS’s core mission: Our passion for plants sustains farming, food and planet! 
  • We provide the right framework for your success: attractive compensation, company pension plan, high-quality tools and equipment, subsidized canteen, capital-forming benefits, Christmas and vacation bonuses, as well as flexible, hybrid working models with the option for home office


We look forward to receiving your online application via our SuccessFactors application system! To do so, please use the "Apply" function in the online application.

 

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About KWS
KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Nearly 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.68 billion in the fiscal year 2023/2024. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for almost 170 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for sugarbeet, corn, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants’ resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than €300 million last fiscal year in research and development. For more information: www.kws.com/career. Follow us on LinkedIn® at https://linkedin.com/company/kwsgroup/.

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