Job Description
Posting Start Date:  4/2/25
Offer ID:  818
Unit:  HM Clause
Job Title:  Seed Supply Manager
Job Location:  Portes-lès-Valence
Contract type:  Permanent
Job Description: 

Function

As a Seed Supply Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the entire seed supply process, ensuring alignment with quantity, quality, price, and timeliness requirements as defined by release committee.

Your role will involve managing high value Solanaceae productions across home farms, grower networks, and vendors while ensuring the economic and technical feasibility of new genetics. Additionally, you will contribute to maintaining stock seeds programs to achieve quality and quantity targets.

Solanaceae is one of the most important crops in HMC's portfolio, so ensuring its success is critical to achieving the 2030 ambition goals.

Job description

  • Establish and monitor production plans, from development to delivery, in coordination with management, stock management, and the purchasing administration department.
  • Provide crop technical support and develop technical production documents, including descriptive sheets and technical itineraries, for both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Work on technical experimentation plans to improve production reliability, ensure their execution, and document findings.
  • Conduct technical monitoring, adapt, and improve production methods.
  • Ensure production feasibility and economic viability of new genetic materials.
  • Prepare and share annual quantitative and qualitative reports.
  • Contribute to defining supply programs and managing inventory levels effectively.
  • Maintain continuous communication and coordination with research, development, and product management teams to evaluate key market targets.
  • Lead strategic planning efforts by analyzing market data, planning actions, and evaluating results.

Skills & Qualifications

  • University studies in Agriculture, Agronomy, Plant Biology, or a related field (Agro/Agri Engineer).
  • Minimum of 3–5 years of experience in seed production, selection, or experimentation.
  • Strong technical expertise in vegetable production, including pest management, crop nutrition, protection, and post-harvest processes.
  • Experience managing production needs across different geographical areas.
  • Fluency in English is mandatory, and proficiency in Spanish is appreciated. 
Information at a Glance

HM.CLAUSE, Business Unit of Group Limagrain, is an innovative global leader in the development, production, and commercialization of vegetable seeds. HM.CLAUSE belongs to the top 5 vegetable seed entities in the world. With over 2,000 varieties in more than 20 vegetable crops, HM.CLAUSE provides innovative solutions to growers worldwide. HM. CLAUSE is a company committed to diversity and inclusion.

Limagrain is a global company with deep local roots. Our parent company is an agricultural cooperative based in the Limagne-Val d’Allier plain, in the heart of Central France’s Auvergne region, while we are an international seed and agri-food group with some 9,600 employees working in 53 countries. As the 4th largest seed company in the world, we achieved sales of 2.522 billion euros in 2023-2024, with additional sales of 729 million euros from activities carried out in collaboration with our strategic partners.