Department Head Trade/Processing Hay, Alfalfa, Bedding w/m/d 80 - 100%
Key information
- Publication date:25 August 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Place of work:Bern
Job summary
Join fenaco-LANDI as the head of our hay and forage sector. This is an exciting opportunity in a supportive work environment!
Tasks
- Lead the hay, lucerne, and bedding division with a focus on growth.
- Drive revenue, market position, and customer satisfaction.
- Develop sales strategies and enhance the product portfolio.
Skills
- Ideally, you have a commercial background with leadership experience.
- Fluent communication in German and good French skills required.
- Strong IT affinity and process optimization enthusiasm.
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- You take over the professional and personnel management of the Hay, Alfalfa, Bedding department in the Roughage business area
- In this role, you are responsible for sales development, market position, and customer satisfaction
- You independently carry out trading activities and actively shape the product range
- You continuously develop sales strategies and the product portfolio – always with a view to the current and future needs of our customers
- Together with your team, you plan and implement projects
- Occasional trips to neighboring countries to international business partners complement your area of responsibility
- You represent the department to customers, suppliers, trade events, and within the fenaco-LANDI Group
- Ideally, you have a (agro-)commercial basic education, supplemented by further training in sales or experience in customer acquisition
- You have several years of leadership experience in a comparable function
- Fluent communication in German and good French skills are required for this role
- You have a high IT affinity and enjoy optimizing processes and workflows
- A direct connection to agriculture or the fenaco-LANDI Group is an advantage
- A collegial, ambitious team that wants to make a difference together
- Targeted training and development opportunities to promote your professional growth
- A centrally located workplace at Bern train station
- Modern working conditions, very good social benefits, and the possibility of home office
- A successful mix of traditional values and progressive thinking – embedded in the strong network of the fenaco-LANDI Group
The fenaco cooperative, active in the Swiss agricultural sector with around 11,000 employees, processes, refines, and markets agricultural products to the food, feed, and beverage industries and operates in retail and the gas station network in Switzerland.
The business unit Grain, Oilseeds, Feed (GOF) successfully procures and markets raw materials from domestic and foreign sources for food and animal feed production. To strengthen our team in the Hay, Alfalfa, Bedding area, the fenaco-LANDI Group (fLG) at the Bern location is looking for a committed, independent, and communicative personality as a department head starting immediately or by arrangement.
Have we sparked your interest? Martin Preisig, Head of HR fenaco GOF, is happy to assist you at 058 434 00 29.
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