Job Description
Posting Start Date:  4/16/26
Offer ID:  2102
Unit:  Hazera
Job Title:  General manager Balkans
Job Location:  Athens
Contract type:  Permanent
Job Description: 

Main Goal

The General Manager (GM) of Hazera Balkans is responsible for driving strategic and

commercial development across Greece, the Balkans peninsula, and Cyprus.

He Works in close collaboration with the Commercial Director Europe, local teams, Balkan

distributors, and colleagues throughout the Limagrain Vegetable Seeds (LVS)

division. This leadership role focuses on strengthening Hazera’s market position, achieving

sustainable business growth, and ensuring operational excellence across the

region.

Job description

Strategy & Growth

  • Drive market expansion and sustainable growth across Greece and the Balkans by analyzing market trends, competition, and customer needs to shape strategy.
  • Build and manage strong distributor and partner relationships.
  • Ensure high customer satisfaction and business continuity (supply, talent, planning).

Commercial & Financial Performance

  • Lead budgeting, forecasting, and KPI management, including full P&L responsibility
  • Delivery sales, profitability, and market share targets.
  • Optimize go-to-market strategy (pricing, distribution, key accounts, portfolio).
  • Oversee marketing plans and campaigns.

Operations & Governance

  • Ensure compliance with legal and corporate standards.
  • Drive continuous improvement and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Build synergies with regional stakeholders and business units.

People & Leadership

  • Lead and develop a high-performing team.
  • Translate strategy into clear goals and execution plans.
  • Foster accountability, collaboration, and a learning culture.
  • Develop talent and support succession planning.

What we expect of you

  • Higher educational level in Agriculture and/or Business Administration/ Finance / etc.
  • Strong understanding of the vegetable seed industry or professional agricultural Markets.
  • Minimum 7 years of experience managing teams in a complex, international agricultural or related environment.
  • Proven experience leading commercial teams and delivering results.
  • Hands‑on, independent, proactive, and solutions‑oriented leadership style.
  • Fluent in English and Greek.
  • Romanian or Bulgarian is an advantage.
  • Willingness to travel (approximately 15–20% of working time) within Greece and the Balkans region, and occasionally internationally.
  • The position is located in Athens.

 
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Hazera is a global leader in the development of high-quality hybrid seeds. As part of the Limagrain Group, an international agricultural cooperative based in France, we have headquarters in Israel and the Netherlands. With 11 subsidiaries and a vast distribution network in over 130 markets worldwide. We represent a global community of experts and stakeholders, committed to making a positive impact on the present and future of agriculture. We take this responsibility seriously, striving to make a greater impact and recognizing the importance of every seed, person, and partnership.

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.
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