Team & Project Assistant (m/f/d) Corn Northern/Western Europe

Team & Project Assistant (m/f/d) Corn Northern/Western Europe

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:  Hybrid Working Within Country
Job ID:  14895

We are looking for an Team Assistant (m/f/d) as project support for our secretariat team for Business Unit Corn Northern Europe / France of KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA at the location in Einbeck (Lower Saxony, Germany). This exciting and varied position is full-time and initially limited to 2 years in the context of maternity leave and expected parental leave. 

 

Your tasks: 

  • Supporting coordination in the market support of Japan, such as processing customer inquiries, order processing, appointment coordination, market analyses. 
  • Independent creation of PowerPoint presentations as well as classical support tasks: Processing of ongoing correspondence, handling of digital filing, preparation of reports and protocols  
  • Preparation of relevant market data such as plan and sales figures (via PowerBI) and support in portfolio management  
  • Collaboration in strategic marketing and sales projects (research, preparation of strategy documents) 
  • Ongoing communication and coordination with the respective markets regarding internal and external queries and analyses, meeting deadlines 
  • Preparation and follow-up of travel, meetings and workshops 
  • Supervision of international visitor groups (program creation, guidance and support) 

  
 Your profile: 

  • Completed commercial vocational training (industrial clerk (m/f/d), office communication clerk (m/f/d) or studies with focus on business / marketing 
  • First professional experience in a comparable position is desirable 
  • Distinct, confident and self-assured willingness to cooperate as well as team and communication skills 
  • Confident PC user skills in MS Office products, especially enjoyment in using PowerPoint 
  • Reliable and independent way of working with an eye for detail 
  • High degree of flexibility, motivation and commitment 
  • Good manners, confident, personable and convincing appearance 
  • Very good (written and oral) English

 

This is what you can look forward to:  

  • As a family-run company, we live with the values of closeness, reliability, vision and independence - a culture that is also lived in practice, e.g. through an open and friendly working atmosphere 
  • Freely following the motto: "Make yourself grow!" we promote individual professional and personal development 
  • As a basis, we offer excellent work equipment, a fully subsidized canteen and sufficient free parking spaces at the location 
  • We create the appropriate framework conditions for you: family-friendly working hours, capital-forming benefits, Christmas and vacation pay, childcare allowance 

 

Would you like to develop your potential and grow at KWS? Then we look forward to receiving your application (cover letter, resume and relevant references) via our online portal! 
 

 

 

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About KWS
KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Over 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.8 billion in the fiscal year 2022/2023. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for 165 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugar beet, 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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