Jobs at Enza Zaden

Manages end-to-end supply chain operations across India and Southeast Asia, including demand and supply planning, procurement, inventory optimization, logistics, import/export, regulatory compliance, order management, and customer service. Leads the supply chain team, coordinates cross-functional planning, drives continuous improvement and digitalization, manages ERP-based operations, and ensures product availability, quality, and operational efficiency.

Lead seed production agronomy research across crops and environments, coach experts, develop innovative and sustainable cultivation practices, and translate scientific findings into scalable production protocols. The role involves managing multidisciplinary research projects, assessing producibility, transferring outcomes to operational teams, developing data-driven strategies, and coordinating external collaborations. Regular international business travel and strong English and French communication skills are required.

Manage operational seed supply planning for the Leafy crop group using O9, monitoring availability, quality, delivery timing, risks, and bottlenecks. Coordinate corrective actions with Production, Demand Planning, R&D, Scheduling, Commercial, and other stakeholders. Support supply planning processes, prioritize gaps, follow up on actions, and contribute to process improvement, change, strategy implementation, and quality initiatives.

Conduct product trials and evaluate experimental vegetable varieties across assigned crops and markets. Develop trial plans, coordinate research and commercial trials, analyze and report results, identify promising hybrids, support commercialization decisions, and provide technical positioning guidance to sales teams and customers. The role also requires coordinating seed supplies, managing trial data, and collaborating with breeding, product management, and sales teams. Based in Pune, Maharashtra, it requires a master’s degree in Agronomy and at least three years of relevant experience.

Manage a new South-East Limburg agricultural R&D site producing vegetable seeds. Lead permanent and seasonal teams, oversee greenhouse and open-field crop production, coordinate sowing, propagation, crop care, and harvesting, and ensure quality, safety, efficiency, planning, and budget control. The role combines strategic coordination with hands-on supervision and collaboration with breeders and R&D Operations colleagues. The manager will also develop the team, improve processes and facilities, and help establish the location’s daily operations.

Leads post-harvest quality, sensory, and consumer research for vegetable products. Designs assessments, analyzes data, develops protocols, and translates findings into recommendations for breeding, product management, marketing, sales, and customer value propositions. The role coordinates international multidisciplinary projects, prioritizes research activities, collaborates with internal and external partners, engages customers, and supervises two laboratory technicians in Murcia and Almeria.

Lead and manage seed enhancement research programs from concept to implementation. Develop and validate technologies (e.g., priming, coating), translate findings into scalable operational protocols, collaborate with internal and external partners, and align research outcomes with business and operational objectives.

As a Station Manager, oversee R&D operations, manage resources, lead a team, ensure cultivation standards, and drive continuous improvement in a collaborative environment.

Serve as strategic finance partner to Seed Operations and Business Dynamic teams: advise senior management, lead planning & control cycles, deliver reporting, budgeting and forecasting, prepare financial analyses, business cases and investment plans, support M&A and business development, and build finance capability across regions.

The Genetic Resources Access Specialist ensures compliance with international regulations for genetic resources, advises on access opportunities, and trains teams on ABS topics.

Contribute to cucumber and pumpkin breeding programs by planning and executing breeding activities, selecting lines, evaluating crop traits, maintaining breeding records, planning trials and seed handover, and collaborating with the senior breeder while developing breeding skills and implementing new traits and technologies.

Designs and manages field and commercial variety trials, evaluates hybrid performance, analyzes trial data, supports seed supply and new variety selection, and provides technical positioning and support to Breeding, Product Management, and Sales teams for successful commercial introduction.

Manage and grow sales across the Pacific Northwest while supporting product development for vegetable seed varieties. Execute sales strategies, run and analyze local trials, collaborate with global breeding teams, introduce new varieties, provide technical agronomic support, report market intelligence, mentor junior staff, and ensure successful commercialization and customer adoption.

Design, build, enhance and maintain modern business applications using low-code, pro-code, AI-assisted and cloud-native technologies. Translate business needs into scalable user-friendly solutions, implement integrations (REST, Logic Apps, SQL), support users, create reusable components, and improve application performance, security and lifecycle management while collaborating in multidisciplinary Agile teams.

Lead global seed production for Mid Tech Leafy and Open Field crops. Manage and develop a production team, ensure quality/quantity/cost/timing targets, drive S&OP and cross-functional collaboration, improve processes and ensure regulatory compliance with external partners.

Lead global seed production strategy and execution for the Mid-Tech Business Dynamic. Develop and implement production plans, manage supplier performance, ensure quality, phytosanitary, IP and regulatory compliance, drive continuous improvement, and lead a global production team while collaborating with Supply Chain, R&D, commercial teams, and Business Dynamic leadership to ensure reliable worldwide seed supply.

As an intern at Enza Zaden, you will gain hands-on experience in various fields including Marketing, Research, IT, HR, and Supply Chain. You will have the opportunity to contribute, learn, and develop your talents in a collaborative and innovative environment.

As a Sales Executive & Product Developer, you'll establish relationships with growers and stakeholders, drive sales, manage customer interactions, and support product trials and market intelligence to enhance sales strategies.

The Sales Representative is responsible for executing demand creation activities, supporting channel sales, building relationships with stakeholders, assisting product development, and gathering market intelligence in Vera Viscaya.

As a Senior Breeder, you will develop and maintain a competitive pepper breeding program, manage projects, incorporate new technologies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to address market needs and enhance breeding operations.