Planning and organisation

• Realise set targets and make proposals for new targets.
• Undertake promotion and sales activities in order to promote and sell Bejo and its products.
• Make the planning for promotion in the country – including the planning of customer visits.
• Organise activities to promote Bejo products at exhibitions, open days, demonstration fields, educational meetings etc. within the set budget.
• Prepare and organise trials both commercial and research orientated to investigate which crops and varieties are suitable for the country.
• Make the sales prognoses per crop and variety in consultation with the sales manager.

Information, evaluation and improvement

• Be alert on trends in the market, pick up signs in an early stage and communicate these on time with the sales manager.
• Give information about handling of complaints and advise sales manager in this.
• Discuss and evaluate the trials on the trial fields within the county together with the breeder and/or sales manager.
• Check if the variety assortment suffices for the market.
• Set up and maintain a complete accounting database with relevant client information.

Contacts and communication

• Maintain contacts with the employees of:
• The Breeding department regarding product development
• The Sales department regarding promotion, marketing and sales administration
• Initiate contact with potential customers and maintain contact with customers and other commercial interesting parties.
• Keep the relation management files up to date.
• Give product and company presentations.
• Maintain contacts with the customers and visit them regularly.
• Participate in various meetings as well inside as outside Bejo.
• Monthly reporting to the sales manager concerning various issues
• Keep regularly close contact with the collectors, dealers and retailers. Supplied them with up to date information about Bejo varieties, cultivation techniques and other relevant information.
• Be able to make trial reports of your findings in the field.