Job opportunity : Business Liaison Manager

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Role purpose

Promote and reference Bayer products in Cameroon and Central Africa sub region (if needed) in order to develop our market share in these countries

Key responsibilities and tasks

Optimize the client portfolio by monitoring the implementation of new BCS products and concepts
Establish a good customer relationship with the objective of achieving the sales targets
Meet customer expectation by providing solutions adapted to the evolution of the market.
Ensure regular technical and marketing follow-up with distributors
Be the Country Bayer representative in the context of tenders submitted by distributors working closely with Tender Business Sales Head
In collaboration with the respective Field Agronomist in Field Solutions, coordinate the implementation of registration and other proof-of-concept trials, to ensure that they are conducted to a high standard in order to provide useable data for the process of registration of new and existing active substances/products and determine the validity of proof-of-concept projects
Actively provide knowledge and observations from field trials on project developments to the respective Field Agronomist in Field Solutions for update into SCOUT
With guidance from Market development agronomist/representative support the execution and localization of the Market Development testing program and trials under farmer conditions to validate the technologies and solutions

Value proposition development of customized agronomic solutions for Corn and CP to support sales and business growth targets

Major Challenges

Collect the market data related to the different crop segments
Set up demo trials in order to reference our products at distributor level
Mainstream the different BCS tools and procedures into the day-to-day business by complying with the LIFE values
Ensure operational and administrative liaison between BCS and its various local partners (State, national organizations,...)
Develop a team spirit in a sub-regional multicultural environment
Attends Sales Commercial Committees

Work relations

Externally : BCS partners’ distribution network, large accounts and prescribers, consultants

Internally : Interactions with marketing, Regulatory, Field Solutions, Territory Sales Heads Private Market and Tender Business

Experience, Skills and Qualifications