b2b 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 Noord-Brabant Netherlands.
This client operates in the chocolate, bakery, confectionary field of the European market. Having an international mindset is key, so candidates must speak both Dutch and French fluently. A professional grasp on English is of course also necessary.
ROLE DESCRIPTION
As b2b Key Account Manager you will be the point of contact for the A-brands of this client. They're looking for a driven candidate who is a strong negotiator and is unafraid of sharing the spotlight. Although this is a standalone role, you by no means work with standalone products. This means you need to be able to plan your days independently, but share your ideas and long term plans with the bigger sales team. This is not a 9-to-5, this is a chance to represent a great, sweet brand. Are you comfortable crunching the numbers? And are you looking for a new step into a pro-active environment? Then this might be the role for you.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• point of contact for key clients
• maintaining relations
• patient, slow acquisition of new clients
• independently travelling/visiting clients
• completing your own financial paperwork and offers
• challenging the sales team
REQUIREMENTS
• Bachelor+ level Commercial degree
• 5+ years of sales experience
• 3+ years of key account management experience
• patience, endurance, analytical personality
• able to work independently and travel through Europe
• passionate for brands
Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Anastasia de Vries.
