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type: JobPosting
title: Sunflower Marketing Lead M/F
company: LIMAGRAIN EUROPE
category: growth-marketing
seniority: SENIOR
contractType: FULL_TIME
remote: ONSITE
location: Saint-Beauzire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
market: FRANCE
postedAt: 2026-06-16
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# Sunflower Marketing Lead M/F

**LIMAGRAIN EUROPE** · Saint-Beauzire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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.

Function

Limagrain Europe is looking for a Sunflower Marketing Lead to drive the performance and long-term development of its sunflower crop business across Europe. In this strategic role, you will define and execute the crop vision, lead a cross-functional team, and manage a competitive product portfolio to deliver sustainable growth, profitability and market leadership.

Strategy and portfolio leadership

- Define and lead the European sunflower crop strategy and roadmap
- Build and manage a competitive and profitable portfolio aligned with market needs
- Identify market trends, competitive gaps and growth opportunities across geographies
- Drive product lifecycle management, from development to phase-out
Define product positioning, segmentation and pricing strategy

Cross-functional leadership

- Lead and coordinate a multifunctional crop team (Research, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Business)
- Directly manage the Sunflower Development team (5 people)
- Ensure alignment between strategic vision and execution across all stakeholders
Foster collaboration across Business Areas and global functions

Business development and go-to-market

- Define and steer the go-to-market strategy
- Align with commercial teams on portfolio offering, positioning and channel strategy
- Support market expansion initiatives, partnerships and demand generation
Contribute to licensing strategies to strengthen the portfolio

Performance and operations

- Monitor business performance through key KPIs (market share, margins, COGS, profitability)
- Contribute to supply strategy and S&OP processes
- Challenge forecasts and ensure optimal portfolio availability
Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency and cost structure

External collaboration

- Represent Limagrain in governance bodies
Contribute to breeding orientation and long-term innovation strategies

Leadership and people management

- Lead, coach and develop team members
- Foster a high-performance and collaborative culture
Ensure compliance with company policies, safety standards and regulations

Profile

Education And Experience

- Master’s degree in Agronomy or equivalent
- Minimum 10 years of experience in sales, marketing or product development in the seed industry
Strong expertise in sunflower crop and its ecosystem

Skills And Competencies

- Strong strategic thinking and analytical capabilities
- Proven leadership and cross-functional management skills
- Deep understanding of agronomy, market dynamics and value chains
- Ability to influence, negotiate and drive change in a matrix environment
- Results-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Customer-centric mindset and solution-oriented approach
- Fluent in English
- Shape the future of sunflower within a leading international agricultural group
- Contribute to innovation & sustainable agriculture

[Apply →](https://fr.linkedin.com/jobs/view/sunflower-marketing-lead-m-f-at-limagrain-europe-4412880966?position=6&pageNum=27&refId=xhyz0HI06OLkwUtbnVz5Dg%3D%3D&trackingId=jWAzSmRkIzDlxAzltPy42w%3D%3D)

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