Farm Account Manager
Driving strong long-term relationships and collaborations with milk suppliers by ensuring smooth day-to-day operations and alignment with suppliers, driving farm improvement plans and voicing the needs of the suppliers internally.
What we ask
- Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience
- Must be willing to travel frequently
- Demonstrated experience in effectively managing relationships with strategic suppliers and the ability to cultivate and maintain strong, mutually beneficial partnerships that contribute to organizational objectives
- Strong negotiation skills to ensure favorable terms, pricing, and conditions with suppliers while assuring to create win-win situations that enhance both the organization's and the supplier's interests
- Strategic mindset with the ability to align supplier relationships with overall business goals.
- Experience in developing and implementing strategic plans that optimize the performance of key suppliers.
- Knowledge of the supplier landscape and industry benchmarks to make informed decisions and identify potential opportunities or risks regarding the supplier base
What we offer
- Unique company culture of Dutch heritage and international presence
- Competitive salary & benefits package
- A team of talented and passionate innovation enthusiasts as sparring partners
- Cross disciplinary career growth learning opportunities
Vacancy description
- Nurture, develop and further enhance relations with our milk suppliers
- Support farm improvement plans in a multi-variable stakeholder landscape (Agro partners, governmental agencies, research institutes, experts and others)
- Drive farm productivity & performance targets on milk quantity, quality, costs & sustainability based on integral business thinking
- Bridge the supplier needs with business needs
Team Details
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We value talented people from any background who want to contribute to something bigger than themselves. We encourage all of our employees to make decisions that benefit our entire company. At FrieslandCampina we own our own career and act accordingly. We trust you to make a difference in your job and influence the bigger picture. Working at FrieslandCampina means you are contributing to a better world.