Key Account Manager
Location: BelgiumSIRE 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 Belgium.
This client is a sweets and confectionary giant with a main office located in chocolate capital Brussels. You will be present on the plant for 30% of the time and spend the rest travelling around Belgium to market the products toward the foodservice industry.
ROLE DESCRIPTION
You follow up on business pulled by your seniors as well as attract new business yourself. For this, you focus on in-store activations and cooperate with your colleagues from marketing. Through developing a strong network in foodservice, you create opportunities for yourself and run a business within the business. The role allows for personal responsibility, if you are up to the task of taking it. You translate market needs into action plans.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Implementing the commercial plans
• Forecasting seasonal changes, contributing to volume forecasting
• Attracting new business
• Developing client relations and cross-selling
REQUIREMENTS
• MSc in Commerce or Food technology
• 5+ years of sales experience in Food/FMCG
• Affinity with sweets
• Experience in the Foodservice
• Open personality, relationship builder, commercial mindset to never say never
• Travel through Belgium can take up to 70% of the job
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.
