Are you eager to discover market opportunities in the Agrifood and Renewable materials domain?
Do you have the skills to convert these leads into research projects enabling our partners to meet their innovation and sustainability goals? We have opened a new position for a Business Development Manager doing exactly that.
Wageningen Food & Biobased Research (WFBR) helps to advance a sustainable, healthy and resilient society by translating scientific knowledge into practical insights and applications. With a team of 250 world-leading scientific experts, our applied research institute takes a transdisciplinary approach offering business-relevant solutions to the domains of healthy food and renewable materials. Partnerships with industries, governments, institutional funders and philanthropies are at the core of our business. We find solutions that drive the sustainable use of natural resources to ensure the supply of healthy, safe and sustainable products over the entire value chain. Read more about our market oriented research themes
here. At WFBR we create real solutions to real issues. This is our contribution to a bright and sustainable world for everyone. Join us!
Your Job The main aim of this position is to contract new research projects enabling innovation that advances sustainability. You will identify business opportunities in the Agrifood and Renewable materials domain, formulate high-quality research proposals, negotiate terms and conditions and secure funding.
Your responsibilities - maintain and expand our network of new and existing customers in the Agrifood and renewable materials domain enhancing the brand name of WUR and WFBR;
- identify societal needs, market trends and business opportunities and translate these into insightful research questions and research propositions;
- initiate state-of-the-art applied research projects in close collaboration with our scientists converting leads and proposition into signed research contracts;
- lead negotiations on financial and contract terms and conditions collaborating with our legal and financial experts;
- establish consortia with international customers for large, transformative research projects;
- organise and coordinate the acquisition process from contact to contract and lead strategic account management for selected customers.