Sales Product Manager Poultry - Digital

Join the world leader in Poultry Processing Solutions

At JBT Marel, we are looking for an experienced and driven Sales Product Manager Poultry - Digital.

JBT Marel is transforming the future of food. As the global market leader in poultry processing systems, the company designs and delivers advanced equipment, software, and service solutions that help customers produce food more efficiently, sustainably, and safely.

Its Poultry division develops, sells, installs, and services cutting-edge processing equipment, supported by AXIN, a flexible and scalable production control software suite that empowers customers to control, monitor, and optimize every step of their process, from live bird supply through to packaging and quality control.

As Sales Product Manager Poultry, you play a key role in supporting and guiding sales teams worldwide. You act as a specialist in specific product-market combinations within your area of expertise — Digital Applications — ensuring customers receive the right solutions for their production needs.

You collaborate closely with Area Sales Managers, Account Managers, and back-office teams to identify opportunities, shape proposals, and position JBT Marel’s solutions competitively in the market.

In this specialist role, you contribute to strengthening and expanding the digital application offering, enabling intelligent machines, solutions, and services, which is a strategic priority within the Poultry portfolio. The portfolio of poultry-specific digital applications plays a critical role in delivering integrated, data-driven solutions to customers. As the digital footprint continues to expand, customer inquiries are increasing in both complexity and volume, driven by market demands and regulatory frameworks such as the NIS2 and CRA directive. In this role, you help address these challenges by shaping the Poultry Digital Roadmap, maximizing product potential, identifying market opportunities, and strengthening the value proposition across regions, while ensuring alignment with competitive and regulatory developments. Within Digital Applications, the focus is on integrating data, software, and operational processes across the industry. You act as a key bridge between technology and business, translating technical capabilities into clear commercial value and market-driven solutions.

In this role, you will:

• Provide sales teams with in-depth product and market knowledge within your field of specialization.
• Challenge and support Area Sales Managers to identify and capture new business opportunities.
• Spot potential for new or improved product-market combinations and act as the link between Sales and Innovation.
• Collect and analyze market, product, and competitor insights to strengthen the customer value proposition.
• Build and maintain strong internal and external networks, including R&D, Engineering, and Technology specialists.
• Visit customers regularly and contribute to exhibitions, demos, and industry events.

About you

You combine commercial awareness with technical curiosity and an interest in the food and poultry industry. You feel at home with sales and product management of digital solutions in a B2B environment. You thrive in a dynamic, international setting and enjoy bridging the gap between technology and customer value.

Your profile:

• MSc / BSc in Industrial or Mechatronic Engineering, Business Information, (Technical) Informatica or similar
• 3–5 years’ experience in Product Management, Product Sales, or Technical Sales within capital equipment or industrial solutions
• Strong affinity with digitalization, software solutions, and data-driven services within an industrial environment
• Proven ability to bridge business needs and technical capabilities, ideally in a product management, product ownership, or solution specialist role
• Understanding of or interest in regulatory developments, for example cybersecurity and data compliance such as NIS2
• Knowledge of Manufacturing Execution Systems is strongly preferred
• Analytical mindset with a holistic business perspective
• Proactive, curious, and customer-focused, with strong communication and influencing skills
• Fluent in English, with additional languages considered a plus

About JBT Marel

• Committed to employee development and opportunities to help people grow at work, at home, and in their community.
• Collaborative global team culture focused on delivering high-quality projects.
• Encouragement of development through new experiences and challenges to support growth.