Marketing & Agronomy Manager Yara Hellas

We at Yara are part of a global network, collaborating to profitably and responsibly solve some of the world's key challenges - resource scarcity, food insecurity and environmental change.

About the Position

Marketing & Agronomy manager is responsible for leading the Marketing & Agronomy team within the Commercial Unit, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence. This role entails the strategic planning, development, and execution of the marketing initiatives that align with the company’s vision, mission, towards a sustainable growth. Drives the end-to-end development of the local agenda in close collaboration with the Managing Director and Sales Managers.

This position reports to the Managing Director of Yara Hellas being a member of Yara Hellas management team

Responsibilities

Team Management & Leadership: Responsible for leading, developing, and empowering a high-performing marketing team. This includes setting clear objectives, defining roles and responsibilities, and fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture. Defines and tracks key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess marketing effectiveness and ROI and adapts strategies accordingly. Identify skill gaps mentoring team members and implements training and development initiatives to enhance individual and collective capabilities.
Market Research & Analysis: Conducts research to understand customer/farmer behavior, market trends, and competitive landscape to identify new opportunities and areas for improvement.
Product Management: Responsible for the product development and lifecycle management, ensuring the product portfolio is aligned with customer requirements and supports the strategic objectives of the organization. This role also ensuring appropriate allocation of resources to support these initiatives. Additionally, is working closely with the portfolio managers for defining and shaping the products’ value proposition in the market. The role is essential to ensure successful product launches, including the formulation of comprehensive go-to-market (GTM) strategies, which encompass messaging, market positioning, and promotional planning.
M&A Budget Management: Manages the overall marketing budget, οversees the effective allocation of resources across various marketing initiatives and ensures optimal return on investment (ROI) from the marketing campaigns.
Contributes to the development of business plans and overall corporate strategic initiatives: Collaborates with the management team in the development of the annual business plan, ensuring alignment with the organization’s overarching corporate objectives.
Public Relations and Networking: Managing public relation actions to build the company's reputation and handle media relations. Attends to industry events and conferences to represent the company and networking with potential market stakeholders (together or as a back up to the Managing Director). Acts as an internal Lobby ambassador for Greece. Manage the press releases and communications with the officials.
SPEL participation: Represents Yara to the Greek Association of Fertilizers.

Profile

Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy and MSc in Agronomy or Marketing.
8+ years of marketing experience, with 3+ years in a leadership role.
Proven track record of successful marketing campaigns.
Strategic thinking and long-term planning.
Leadership and team development.
Cross-functional collaboration.
Decision-making and problem-solving.
Digital environment understanding.
Storytelling and creative direction.
Adaptability in fast-paced environments.
Excellent understanding of agronomy aspects.
Orientation to take responsibility and achieve objectives.
Fluent in Greek and English, both written and verbal.

Additional Information

As a global organization, we actively strive to reflect the diversity in society. We, therefore, encourage all qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and are committed to creating a work environment that fits gender equality and allows combining career progress with the needs of a family or other personal circumstances.

Contact details

If you have any questions you can contact HR Advisor Isabel Montero: isabel.montero@yara.com.

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Apply no later than

Last day to send your application will be 22nd of October 2025.

Please, send us your CV in English.

Knowledge grows through differences
Yara is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that creating a diverse and inclusive work environment is not only the right thing, but also the smart thing to do. To deliver on this, Yara has firmly anchored Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) in our business strategy and has more than 400 employees worldwide involved in D&I ambassadors networks.

As part of our recruitment process, where permitted by local law, we may conduct reference and background checks. These checks will only be performed when deemed necessary for the nature of the job. Candidates will be informed by HR before any background checks are initiated.