Internationaal Product- & Teelt Specialist Opkweek

Would you like to work in an innovative and progressive sector? Where you can contribute to sustainable food production? Would you like to work for a company that is internationally represented in horticulture with customers, partnerships and stakeholders worldwide? Do you enjoy being surrounded by motivated, talented and enthusiastic people who are ambitious to take a step forward every day? Then come and work for us!

Saint-Gobain Cultilene's vision is to provide innovative substrate solutions, inspiring and supporting growers and propagators with smart water and root environment management to further optimise the consumption of water, fertilisers and energy. In this way, we contribute to sustainable
greenhouse horticulture and healthy and safe food around the world.

Working at the intersection of cultivation technology and commerce, you are:

• Responsible for supporting the sales of substrate (propagation) products, both nationally and internationally, and for both propagation companies
  and companies with production crops;
• The technical contact person for plant growers and propagators, initiating, reporting on and monitoring product and cultivation technical trials. Measurements are taken to check the current status and advice is given to the customer based on the data. This enables the grower to get the most out of the substrate solutions and further optimise the use of water, fertilisers and energy;
• Experienced in giving/organising online and offline (product) technical presentations/training courses for various target groups;
• Involved in the development of documentation, white papers, training materials, instructional videos and other tools related to substrate products and their application;
• Proactive in sharing, gathering and safeguardingknowledge relating to the areas of application of the entire Cultilene product range and trends within
  greenhouse horticulture;
• Actively involved in initiating, realising and rolling out innovative projects and trials; 
• Actively involved in quality/improvement projects;
• Driven to achieve maximum results together with the commercial team.

You have knowledge of greenhouse horticulture and a feeling for business. So you have:

• A completed degree from HAS University of Applied Sciences or Wageningen University or a comparable degree/experience;
• Experience in professional greenhouse horticulture and therefore knowledge of factors that determine plant growth; knowledge of the role of substrates in this is an advantage;
• Preferably experience in the propagation of “warm” vegetable plants;
• Cultivation technical knowledge and interest;
• Thorough knowledge of the Dutch and English languages;
• Willingness to travel (approximately 10% of total working time).

Competencies:

• Entrepreneurial and innovative;
• Able to translate scientific knowledge into practice;
• Quality and customer-oriented; 
• Open-minded and comfortable in a no-nonsense environment;
• Strong communication skills at various levels;
• Self-starter;
• Energetic, independent, proactive and disciplined.

Why would you choose us?

As one of our employees says: ‘The variety between working with plants and international customers is a wonderful challenge.’

In short, we offer you an interesting (inter)national position in a successful company that is one of the major players in greenhouse horticulture. You will work within a small and close-knit team with plenty of opportunities to take the initiative. The organisation has short lines of communication and decisions are made quickly. At Cultilene, we combine the atmosphere of a family business with the economies of scale of a multinational, and we cherish talent. Are you missing a few boxes on your CV, but are you enthusiastic about this role? Then we would still like to hear from you!

Cultilene has its own collective labour agreement with favourable terms of employment. These include:

• A competitive salary
• A full-time job (40 hours) / part-time also possible in consultation
• Working from home possible in consultation 
• And we are happy to help you with your further development

The head office is located in Rijen (NB). You will report to the Application Manager.

Are you interested in the position? We would love to hear from you!

Send your CV and motivation to:
Saint-Gobain Cultilene B.V.
Remy Maat
E-mail: [email protected]

Saint-Gobain Cultilene is part of Top Employer Saint-Gobain, an international organisation that operates in 80 countries, has over 161,000 employees worldwide and generates annual revenue of approximately 46.6 billion euros.

Saint-Gobain encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms, while our products make the world a more beautiful, safer and more sustainable home. We understand that a diverse workplace is not only a pleasant place to be, but also enables better decision-making and innovation. So, whoever you are, you can be sure of a warm welcome with us.