Key Account Manager
What are you going to do now?
Have you developed a minimum of 5 years in a commercial role within the commodity sector?
Do you speak Dutch and English, and do you enjoy the thrill of closing a deal, nurturing existing client connections, and building business relationships? Do you want to work with top brands in the food industry and work for a greater mission?
At Cosun Beet Company, we are on a journey to make an impact on increasing sustainability, and we do this by working together for the future of the agriculture society.
As an Key Account Manager Benelux market, you play a key role in expanding our A-accounts and generating large turnover. You will be given the freedom and responsibility to operate independently and demonstrate your entrepreneurship.
Are you ready to join us and work with us for a better and more sustainable future?
If the answer is YES, read further!
For our Central Office in Dinteloord, we are looking for an:
Key Account manager
What will you be doing?
You are responsible for the B2B sales of sugar (standard granulated sugar & sugar specialties) to your own customer portfolio, spread across different sectors and markets. To this end, you work in a multidisciplinary manner with your account, and work closely with the Purchasing, Logistics and Quality departments;
Drawing up account plans and supervising the entire sales process, from the first contact and quotation stage to negotiations and after-sales activities;
Maintaining the sales planning / forecast in SAP as well as processing customer data in the CRM system;
Identifying trends and opportunities and responding adequately to market developments;
Participate in processes improvement projects for the optimization of sales processes and/or the realization of objectives;
Promoting the Cosun Beet Company's ambitions in the field of innovation and sustainability.
You report to the Manager Sales Industry Benelux. Your team, consisting of 1 Sales Manager, 4 Account Managers and 2 Customers Service employees.
What are you taking with you?
- An HBO or University degree working and thinking level (for example in the direction of Commercial Economics, Food Technology, International Business);
A minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in an international B2B environment;
You are a natural networker who sees opportunities and takes advantage of them;
You are self-confident, down to earth and a natural people person;
Strong communication skills, both in Dutch and English and preferably German;
Willingness to (international) travel (>20%);
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What do you get in return?
- A company car;
Plenty of fun social activities organized by the company;
A salary ranging from €5,000 to €6,570 gross per month based on a 40-hour workweek (depending on knowledge and experience);
Excellent pension scheme with very low employee contributions (resulting in a favorable gross-to-net ratio);
Year-end bonus of 8.33%;
25 vacation days (based on a 40-hour workweek);
23 additional leave days (ADV) which you can take or partially cash out;
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Enthusiastic?
We look forward to receiving your application! You can apply by clicking the button below.
Procedure
- Getting to know you
If you are a good fit for the vacancy, the HR Specialist Recruitment will contact you. This is to get an initial impression and to answer any questions from both sides.
- The first conversation
During the first interview you will come into contact with your potential future manager and of course someone from HR will be present to get to know you better as a person.
- Case
A case may be part of the procedure. This will look at how you would deal with certain practical situations. Often the case can be made from home and sometimes you make the case before the start of the 2nd interview on location.
- The second conversation
How good you are still in the procedure! During this conversation we will go into more detail. In addition, these people also want to get to know you a little better, so that we know for sure that we have a good match.
