Business Development Manager – Protein & Food Commodities (France)

We're hiring: Business Development Manager - Protein & Food Commodities

EM Export S.A.S. | Lyon or Cholet | Full-time

Do you have a strong commercial instinct - and a drive to make deals happen?

EM Export, part of the Danfond Group, trades protein raw materials, by-products and fats - fresh and frozen - across Europe and beyond. We are now strengthening our French team with a commercial profile who wants to build business, not just manage it.

What you'll do

• Buy and sell meats, by-products and fats for human consumption and pet food
• Open and grow customer and supplier relationships in France, Spain, Portugal and Eastern Europe
• Negotiate prices, terms and margins - and follow every deal from first contact to delivery
• Work side by side with our Sales Manager in France and colleagues across the Group

Who you are

• Experienced in B2B food - trading, slaughterhouses, by-products or meat processing (seafood, poultry, dairy or ag-commodity trading also welcome)
• A track record of opening new accounts, not just maintaining a book
• Fluent in French and English - Spanish is a plus
• Deal-driven, takes ownership, comfortable with modern IT tools including AI

What we offer

• The opportunity to build your own business within a product area
• Real responsibility from day one
• Competitive salary with meaningful performance upside - your results show in your earnings
• Pension, health insurance, company car option and flexible working
• Approx. 40-50 travel days a year across Europe

Lyon or Cholet Start: as soon as possible - we hire when we find the right person.