Key Account Manager
Location: NetherlandsSIRE Life Sciences® is the market leader in life science recruitment. We believe the recruitment market needs to gear up in technology and continues innovation. We like technology, in a life science market driven on science, we couldn’t stay behind; we drive Recruitment Science. Investing a majority of our turnover in technology enables us to use unique Resource Technologies. By using highly advanced algorithms, we enable our team of Resource & Data Strategists© to maintain the most advanced, detailed and complete Life Sciences network in Europe. This big data enables us to work Reverse Recruitment©: we first analyze the market in-depth before we go out to the market. Because we analyze the whole market, we can compare facts and data. This enables us to do Facts & Big Data Recruitment©, making sure we, or better yet, you find the right career!
THE COMPANY
Our client is a professional Food organization, based in Netherlands.
For our client we are looking for a Key Account Manager Retail with experience in the food industry, our client is a dynamic company that is currently growing fast.
ROLE DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a highly motivated Key Account Manager Retail to manage the sales efforts for the Dutch market. You are entrepreneurial and take responsibility for your own actions, you have experience with growing markets and large retail accounts. Next to that you have been working in multi- disciplinary teams before. As a Key Account Manager Retail you are responsible for your own Retail Channel. Your channel team consists of; 2 account managers, 1 channel marketer and 2 Sales support managers. In this role as Key Account Manager Retail a high level of independency is required.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- You will be responsible for you own channel team
- You will need to develop the Retail channel for the Dutch market
- You are responsible for negotiating with large accounts
- Responsible for promotional actions and branding
- Passion and motivation for promoting and selling in a Retail environment
- You will be directing immediately to the Sales Director Netherlands
REQUIREMENTS
- Experience as a Sales Manager/Key Account Manager in the Food industry
- BSc or MSc degree in Business
- 3-5> years of experience in a Retail environment
- Experience in private label business
- You have a Hands- on and Can- do mentality
- You are entrepreneurial with an analytical edge
- You are flexible and need a dynamic environment
Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Paul van Voorst.
