Job Description
Posting Start Date:  11/27/25
Offer ID:  1444
Unit:  Vilmorin-Mikado
Job Title:  Assistant Product Manager
Job Location:  La Ménitré
Contract type:  Temporary
Job Description: 

Function

As a member of the Marketing team, you will support the growth of the sweet/hot pepper species by recommending and managing the strategy and development within your geographical area.

Main Goal

For this short-term assignment (initially 6.5 months), we primarily want the recruited individual to manage operational processes, particularly product lifecycle management, including:

  • Preparing and managing New Product Introduction (NPI) meetings;
  • Participating in Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes;
  • Managing development plans for the assigned product lines: Blocky and Lamuyo;
  • Providing support to the sales team, particularly regarding the introduction and gradual withdrawal of product lines;
  • Evaluating the production pipeline and workload;
  • Monitoring production insourcing and outsourcing projects;
  • Updating pricing and product sheets;
  • Visiting markets/clients a few times a year (particularly in Spain, Italy, and Morocco).

What we expect of you

Profile:

You got a Master's degree or an Engineering degree in agronomy or agriculture and possess a strategic vision and a strong understanding of the vegetable seed market.

You are dynamic and proactive in the projects entrusted to you, and you will be able to build strong relationships with the teams you will work with. You are business-solution oriented. You are a skilled negotiator and are willing to travel occasionally (Spain, Italy, Morocco).

A good understanding of the chili pepper seed market or prior experience as a product manager in the agricultural sector would be a significant asset.

Fluency in English is mandatory, a second language (French) would be a plus.

Your benefits and working environment

  • Fixed-term contract available around December 15, 2025, for an initial period of 6.5 months (potentially renewable).
  • By joining Vilmorin-Mikado, you will be part of a long-established seed company, an expert within the Limagrain cooperative group, where the diversity of positions allows for long-term career development.
  • Salary (based on experience), 'Cadre' status
  • Working hours : Daily package, with a minimum of 14 days of paid time off per year
  • Profit-sharing and participation bonus, performance bonus prorated to the duration of the assignment
  • Benefits : Family health insurance, company cafeteria, works council (holiday vouchers, gift vouchers, discounted tickets, etc.), free fitness classes
  • Position based in La Ménitré (30 km from Angers city center) - a town served by train. Vilmorin-Mikado is committed to a carpooling solution

Recruitment process

  • 1 HR pre-selection interview (visio)
  • 1 Technical interview with the manager (visio)
  • 1 On-site confirmation interview with the employee being replaced and the manager
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Vilmorin-Mikado is a Franco-Japanese seed producer that has specialized in creating, producing, and selling vegetable seeds for professionals since 1743. As a responsible partner in the vegetable food chain, Vilmorin-Mikado is committed to helping better nourish people everywhere. Our wide range of unique, original seeds is distributed on five continents in more than 100 countries. Vilmorin-Mikado has more than 1,000 employees and recorded sales of €230 million in 2022-2023, of which 15% was entirely devoted to research. World leader in carrots and witloof chicory, Vilmorin-Mikado is also a major player in salads, tomatoes, sweet peppers, kabocha squashes, daikon radishes and bunching onions. Nearly three centuries ago, Vilmorin-Mikado's founders began our Tree Seeds work, which actively contributes to rebuilding sustainable forests.

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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