Junior Business Developer

Reduce food miles and fossil fuels. Can your bizdev smarts support our mission?
Do you want to join us in delivering sustainable climate solutions for global professional greenhouse cultivation? Are you our new Junior Business Developer?

Role description

As Junior Business Developer you’ll join a hybrid-working team, be up for some international travel, and work closely with the global Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).

• Support and help improve commercial planning and processes. 
• Perform analyses, reports and translate these into actions. 
• Create proposals for improvement and be involved in the implementation. 
• Supporting sales: You’ll be the key support person for the commercial team, enabling them to spend as much time as possible with customers. You’ll be an important link to Key Account Management and our value-based selling approach. 
• Ambassador for One Svensson:  We are a global organisation and together we form One Svensson. You will work closely with colleagues in our other markets such as US/Can, Latam, China as well as our Head Office in Sweden. 

Your profile

• A people person who easily interacts with colleagues.
• Strong organisational, communication & influencing skills.  
• Hands on, converting analysis into action.
• Curious and willing to learn, you’re enthusiastic to grow and improve with us.
• Just as able to work in a team, as to work independently.
• Holds a University Bachelor’s Degree or Business School
• Commercial (B2B) experience is a plus but not a demand if you come straight from University or Business School.
• Affinity with horticulture and/or technology is a plus.
• It is an advantage if you are familiar with CRM tools (we use Salesforce)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in Dutch and English. Additional language skills like German, French, Spanish is a plus.
• Willingness to travel — mainly within Europe but also Americas and Asia

What we offer

• Global organisation steered by clear objectives and core values (Enduring, Dependable and Dynamic)
• Many opportunities to grow. For example, as a product manager or in a commercial role. We invest in your professional development, continuous learning and learning by doing.
• An important and exciting growing industry where Svensson’s innovative solutions dramatically reduces food miles and the use of fossil fuels, water resources and chemicals.
• Global collaboration - You will be part of a team that loves to work together, help each other, share insights and achieve success. 
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Flexible working environment (hybrid). 

About Svensson

Svensson offers climate solutions to professional interior designers and greenhouse cultivators. We are a fourth-generation family-owned company founded in 1887. We help growers worldwide to create a better climate for sustainable greenhouse horticulture with less impact on the climate. Our high-quality climate screens and solutions contribute to saving more energy and water and using fewer chemicals. At every step, we focus on what growers need now, but also what is needed for the next generation. We are a company steered by clear objectives and core values with a short path to decisions organised in two business areas: Climate Screens and Interior. With global and customer-focused strategies, we execute locally through our market companies in The Netherlands, US, Mexico, China, and South Korea. All textiles are produced in our own factories in Kinna, Sweden, and in Shanghai, China, with exports to +130 countries.

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