Commercial Director Ruminants

As Commercial Director Ruminants, you combine vision and commercial impact with connecting leadership. You see where opportunities lie and make decisive moves. You motivate people, build strong relationships, and drive for results. In this way, you have a direct impact on the growth and future of our Ruminants OpCo. Together, we strive for the best result every day!
You lead an organization with 12 direct reports and approximately 125 indirect reports and are a member of the Ruminants OpCo Management Team.

This role is about more than just commercial results. You provide direction to the commercial course of the Ruminants OpCo and know how to translate strategy into results. You strengthen customer relationships, guide teams through changes, and ensure that value creation for livestock farmers remains central.
In doing so, you combine strategic insight with execution power. You work closely with colleagues, customers, dealers, and other stakeholders in the chain and know how to connect people around shared goals.

In the coming years, the focus lies on:

• Developing and realizing the commercial strategy within the changing livestock farming industry.
• Realizing sustainable value creation for both customers and ForFarmers.
• Further strengthening customer relationships and monitoring a healthy customer balance.
• Increasing market share within a competitive market.
• Leadership development within your teams.

As Commercial Director Ruminants, you hold ultimate responsibility for the commercial performance of the OpCo. You prepare budgets, focusing on volume, margin, and cost control, and you ensure their realization. You lead an extensive sales organization, which also includes plant, trading goods, and customer service, and you provide direction to our dealer network. In addition, you manage sales volume and margin. With a clear course, distinct priorities, and connecting leadership, you know how to get people moving and achieve results.
Furthermore, you actively contribute to the OpCo Management Team.

You are a strategic and commercial leader who knows how to take people along in change. You combine market insight, entrepreneurship, and connecting leadership to achieve sustainable results.

• HBO+ or WO level of professional and intellectual ability.
• Extensive management experience within a commercial environment.
• Experience in managing larger teams and management layers.
• A relevant network within the agribusiness, feed, or related sector.
• Proven experience with strategic change processes.
• Strong communication skills in Dutch and English.

• An attractive salary, aligned with your experience and talent.
• A lease car and an appropriate bonus scheme.
• An Individual Choice Budget (IKB) of over 17%.
• 25 vacation days and the possibility to purchase extra leave.
• Room for personal and professional development.
• A director role with visible impact on the future of livestock farming and ForFarmers.

Do you want to provide direction to the commercial future of ForFarmers Ruminants Netherlands and make an impact in a sector that is constantly in motion? Then we would love to meet you. Do you have questions? Call or WhatsApp Wilfred Jonkman, managing director Ruminants, via 06-22246799.
Acquisition following this vacancy is not appreciated. The unsolicited and/or without a valid (mediation) agreement submission of CVs by recruitment and selection agencies (and/or similar companies) will be for ForFarmers