Director of Business Development - Canada

Job description:

Director of Business Development - Fertilizer & Agronomic Innovation

Are you a passionate leader with deep roots in agriculture and a bold entrepreneurial spirit? Do you thrive on building from the ground up, inspiring teams, and creating lasting impact across local, regional, and national markets? If so, we want to hear from you.

As Director of Business Development, you will be the driving force behind our commercial expansion. You'll lead with vision and purpose-crafting and executing growth strategies, building high-performing teams, and forging powerful partnerships that accelerate our mission: To empower farmers through sustainable, profitable innovation.

This is more than a leadership role-it's a chance to shape the future of agriculture.

Key objectives include: Your Mission!

• Create and animate a dynamic business development strategy aligned with our longterm vision.
• Inspire and lead a team of Business Developers and Agronomic Technical Consultants across multiple regions.
• Identify, initiate, and scale new market opportunities through your network and entrepreneurial mindset.
• Build and nurture strategic partnerships with Ag Retailers, cooperatives, and key industry players.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, and International teams to drive innovation and alignment.
• Own and manage regional and national P&L responsibilities, ensuring sustainable and profitable growth.
• Represent the company at high-level industry events, conferences, and strategic meetings.

Required profile:

The right person:

• A strong background in agriculture, with a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing today's farmers.
• 7-10+ years in agri-business or agtech leadership.
• A visionary mindset with the ability to turn ideas into action and strategy into results.
• Proven experience in leading and scaling commercial teams, ideally in agtech or agribusiness.
• A natural connector with a strong network and the ability to open doors at every level.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership skills.
• A passion for sustainability, innovation, and impact.
• Is proficient in Microsoft 365 suite and client management software (CRM).

Company description:

Thanks to its 10,300 employees, 75% of whom work internationally, Groupe Roullier achieves a consolidated turnover of €2.8bn. Its diverse range of activities (soil, plant and animal nutrition, food industry) centred around human needs, demonstrate the openness of a Group in touch with the issues of the future.

With 109 industrial units around the world, it is a Group which is always on the move, which sees innovation and continuous improvement as an ongoing challenge and which gives its five activities (TIMAC AGRO, Phosphea, Magnesium, Paticeo and Packaging) complete autonomy and freedom to test and move forward.

Doing better, doing differently, exploring possibilities - that is how Groupe Roullier acts.

What we offer:

Work Environment:

• Work location is flexible within the advertised territory (Saint Simon, QC or nearby areas).
• We are remote based company, allowing you to conduct administrative work from the comfort of your home. Although we are remote first, we are always able to collaborate and help each other out through different channels.
• Up to 70% (3-4 days a week) travel and occasional overnight travel is required.
• Driving conditions: summer, winter, spring, and fall.

Benefits:

• A fixed salary with bonus potential.
• Flexible, autonomous work environment.
• Business tools provided include company vehicle, fuel card, cell phone, laptop, and weekly expense reimbursement.
• Extended Health & Dental.
• RRSP matching.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Opportunities for travel.