Global Head of Marketing (M/F)

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.

Purpose of the job

As

Global Head of Marketing (M/F)

, you define the global marketing vision and shape the long-term growth strategy for HM.Clause. Operating in a highly international and fast-evolving environment, you bring clarity, focus, and a strong leadership presence that accelerates commercial performance and strengthens HM.CLAUSE’s competitive position.

We are seeking a dynamic, visionary, and experienced Global Head of Marketing who can define a clear marketing vision and growth strategy while inspiring teams to deliver exceptional results.

This position is located in HM.Clause Headquarter at Portes-lès-Valence.

Job missions

Responsibilities

If you’re ready to take on a new challenge and join the world’s leading vegetable seed group, your key responsibilities as Head of Marketing will include:

• LVS Marketing Leadership Management Team: Contribute to shaping and executing the LVS marketing strategy as a key member of the LVS Marketing Leadership Management Team, driving alignment and impactful implementation across initiatives. Collaborate on the design of crop strategies, guide internal decision-making, and coordinate implementation across the Business Unit to maximize market performance and growth.
• Lead Global Marketing strategic execution: Drive global marketing strategy execution by contributing to Business Unit wide planning and ensuring seamless alignment with both global and regional objectives.
• Develop and Execute Marketing Plans: Define and implement comprehensive initiatives covering portfolio management, product lifecycle, crop/geography growth and pricing.
• Partner for Commercial Success: Work closely with Sales, Supply, and Production & commercial excellence to develop pricing strategies, optimize inventory, and support S&OP processes. Partner with country organizations to drive growth initiatives.
• Accelerate New Product Introductions: Support growth by ensuring robust launch plans, performance tracking, and cross-functional alignment for new product introductions, including sales accountabilities in launching plan.
• Optimize Marketing Operations: Implement best practices, improve processes, set KPIs, and ensure departmental efficiency for business productivity and profitability.
• Build and Inspire the Team: Lead, develop, and motivate the marketing team to achieve short- and long-term goals.

Frequent travel across regions (30%) is required to drive business growth and ensure alignment with global teams.

You are an influential and forward-thinking leader who brings clarity, structure, and inspiration to your teams. You operate with a strategic mindset while staying close to execution, and you know how to challenge the status quo to drive meaningful change. Agile, organized, and highly collaborative, you thrive in multicultural environments and know how to unite people around a shared vision.

You Bring

• A strong track record in the seed business, preferably in vegetable seeds
• Robust marketing expertise, both in strategy and operational execution
• Proven experience leading and managing international teams
• Strong people-management experience in complex environments
• Fluency in English and French

Recruitment process

Once your application has been submitted, an acknowledgement of receipt will confirm its receipt.

We will study your profile in relation to the needs of the position and the company.

If your application is selected, the following steps are part of our process:

• After a prequalification interview, we will ask you to complete personality inventories and reasoning tests that will serve as a basis for an interview with the Group's Talent Management.
• Then you will meet your manager and your dotter line manager.

Groupe Limagrain is an employer that respects diversity and encourages applications from all backgrounds