Foodjob Nordic Aarhus
In collaboration with Foodjob Nordic, we are looking for a Business Development Manager for SimHerd (www.simherd.com). SimHerd A/S creates value for farmers through credible, research-based decision support tools. The SimHerd model is a simulation tool for herd management originally developed by Aarhus University. The tool has been commercialized and today it is used by a wide range of stakeholders in the industry. The company SimHerd A/S is owned by VikingDanmark, Aarhus University and the two founders, who are still active in the company. The name SimHerd is well known and acknowledged in the market and the company has an ambition to expand the market reach and further realize the potential of the product.

Do you have the market insight to realize the potential for simherd?
Functie
- Visiting mainly new but also existing customers on a regular basis
- Monitoring, forecasting and reporting on the market
- Manage customer issue resolutions and recommend preventive actions to minimize future incidents
- Negotiation and deal closing with customers
- Representing SimHerd at industry events such as fairs and conferences
- Keeping up to date with the development in the industry, the technology development and the players in the industry.
Profiel
- You are familiar with how the industry works and the conditions for the farmers as well as the technology and service providers.
- You have got a relevant educational background as veterinarian, agronomist or the like combined with a solid experience in a commercial role as advisor/consultant or account manager.
- Experience handling larger customers in the agro industry is a definite advantage. So is international experience.
- Your sales toolbox is well developed and you possess a good understanding of sales processes from strategy to execution.
- You can relate to handling the longer lead times involved in solution selling, and you know how to build a pipeline that stabilizes the sales forecast and the workload.
- Working with data and professional usage of MS-Office and other IT tools is natural to you, and you possess excellent communications writing.
- As a person you have an entrepreneurial spirit and can-do mentality combined with a structured approach and a team orientation.