Key Skills
Job Description
Ready to help shape where KWS Vegetables goes next?
Where should we grow next? Which market developments really matter? And how can we turn data and insights into smarter business decisions?
As Strategy Manager, you will strengthen strategic decision-making and help further develop Market & Business Intelligence across KWS Vegetables. Working internationally across commercial, product management, R&D, finance and other teams, you will connect insights, challenge assumptions and turn complex business questions into clear recommendations. This is not about simply maintaining a strategy process. We want you to explore opportunities, bring your own perspective and help turn strategy into action.
Location: Andijk, Netherlands | Full-time
What you'll explore and shape
- Shape and challenge business and product strategies across markets, segments and product categories.
- Turn market, customer and competitor developments into insights the business can act on.
- Lead strategic and cross-functional projects, from defining the question to recommendation and implementation planning.
- Build business cases and evaluate opportunities using data, commercial understanding and sound judgement.
- Connect different perspectives across the business and translate strategic priorities into practical initiatives.
- Help strengthen Market & Business Intelligence as a strategic capability within KWS Vegetables.
Your profile
- 5+ years of experience in strategy, strategic business development, Market & Business Intelligence, management consulting or a comparable role.
- A relevant university degree, or equivalent professional experience, in business, economics, agriculture or a related field.
- Strong strategic, analytical and commercial thinking, including business modelling and opportunity evaluation.
- Confidence working with data and business analysis, including strong Excel skills.
- Ability to structure complex questions and turn analysis into clear recommendations.
- Experience leading strategic or cross-functional projects.
- Excellent English for working in our international environment.
- Willingness to travel internationally when required by the role.
- Experience in seeds, agribusiness, agricultural technology or another relevant B2B industry; an agricultural or plant sciences background; Power BI experience; or additional languages relevant to our markets.
Why join our Vegetable Squad?
- Build, don't just maintain. Help shape how Market & Business Intelligence develops within KWS Vegetables.
- Work on questions that matter. Your insights will support decisions around markets, products and future growth.
- Challenge and be challenged. We value curiosity, fresh thinking and people who are comfortable questioning the obvious.
- See your thinking move into action. Help turn recommendations into real business decisions and practical next steps.
- Shape what's next. Join an international business where there is room to explore, contribute and grow.
Join the team
You don't need to arrive with every answer. But if you're curious about markets, comfortable challenging assumptions and motivated by turning complexity into clear decisions, we'd like to hear from you.
Curious to explore what you could bring to KWS Vegetables? We'd like to hear from you. Apply now and join our Vegetable Squad!
Core Responsibilities
The Strategy Manager will lead strategic and cross-functional projects to shape business and product strategies across various markets. They are responsible for turning complex data and market insights into actionable recommendations and practical business initiatives.
Requirements
Candidates must have at least 5 years of experience in strategy, business development, or management consulting, along with a relevant university degree. Strong analytical skills, proficiency in Excel, and the ability to translate complex business questions into clear recommendations are essential.
About KWS SAAT SE
Industry: Farming
Company size: 5,001-10,000 employees
KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Around 5,200 employees* in over 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.63 billion in fiscal year 2025/2026. As a family company, KWS has operated independently for 170 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for sugarbeet, corn, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflowers. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants’ resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested approximately €340 million last fiscal year in research and development. At KWS we work in an international environment with motivated employees and experienced teams. We want you to contribute your know-how and knowledge, your creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. We will provide you with continuous support for further professional and personal development. This is how we think and act at KWS. If you share this viewpoint and want to seed the future with us, visit us on: www.kws.com/career.