Key Account Manager Wholesalers

Vandemoortele; Gent; Hybride; EUR 55 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible working hours

Work from home 50% of the time

Wellbeing activities

Résumé du poste

Vandemoortele Professional is seeking a driven Key Account Manager to grow our Belux Foodservice & Artisan Bakery portfolio. You will drive customer business through our product portfolio, act as an intrapreneurial business developer, and build long-term, profitable relationships with key accounts.

Ideal candidates hold a Master’s degree in economics, business, or marketing with 3+ years in FMCG sales, and are fluent in Dutch, French, and English. Flexible hours and 50% remote work are offered.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in economics, business, or marketing or equivalent.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities; data-driven mindset.
• Experience in account planning and negotiation within FMCG is preferred.
• Fluent in Dutch, French and English (written and spoken).
• Ambition, proactive attitude and teamwork are valued.

Responsabilités

• Prioritize customer growth and build lasting relationships to drive volume.
• Develop channel business plans and analyze customer trends for growth opportunities.
• Collaborate with Vandemoortele teams to support sales strategy and execution.

Connaissances

Analytical skills

Problem-solving mindset

Account planning

Negotiation skills

Dutch, French & English fluency

Formation

Master’s degree in economics, business, marketing

Outils

Office

CRM tools

Description du poste

Share our taste for life!
We want to empower you to achieve this mission with us. We value you as a person and actively support you on your professional journey, while caring for your future. Join our big little family and let’s make products for you and the world to love. Do you share our taste for life?

Your role:

Vandemoortele Professional is part of the Vandemoortele family, and we work to support the growth of professional consumers in Foodservice & Specialty Stores. We propose smart solutions & a dedicated portfolio of tasteful products for our consumers.

As Key Account Manager within Vandemoortele Professional, you are passionate to drive the customer’s business through the Vandemoortele product portfolio, and you behave as an “intrapreneurial” business developer. You seek proactively for new business opportunities outside & inside the existing customer portfolio; you step up to a more customer driven collaboration and you take care of our company’s strategy. Your customer portfolio is within the Belux Foodservice & Artisan Bakery channel.

Your key responsibilities:

• to be a Key Account Manager: you put the customer growth pace needs at the first place, build customer relationships and develop long term profitable volume growth,
  
• to be an entrepreneurial Business Developer: you analyse customer trends and build your channel business plan,
  
• to be part of the Vandemoortele teams: you express winning team spirit in a natural way.

What’s in for you?

• We offer you challenging work with a great purpose in an international company with a dynamic & ambitious culture and a collegial atmosphere.
• You will join our big little family:Our associates are the beating heart of our company – they bring the flavour to our organisation. We cherish each member, prioritise their well-being and support their professional journey.
• We value you as a person: At Vandemoortele we value each one of our associates and recognise their unique contributions to team successes. You will have flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home 50% of the time. We also invite you to join our sports and wellbeing activities!
• We care about your future and we support your professional journey: We embrace individual ambitions and encourage our associates to create a successful professional journey and entrust them to take ownership.
• We make products for you to love: We are a team of passionate food enthusiasts. In our mission to shape a tasty future we strive to create a wide range of food solutions that connects people, cultures and traditions.

Are you the one we’re looking for?

• You have a Master’s degree in economics, Business, Marketing, etc...,
• You have at least 3 years of successful commercial experience in FMCG, and preferably expertise in professional area (Foodservice),
• You own analytical skills and problem-solving mindset,
• You are experienced in account planning & negotiation skills,
• You are able to express yourself in Dutch, French & English, both written & orally.
• Youcombine ambition & passion for result with a proactive approach
• Relevant IT skills: mainly Office but also familiar to work with CRM-tools, and
• You areeager to learn & to develop, and open for mutual honest feedback,
• You own interpersonal sensitivity & empathy and embrace our corporate values
• Last but not least: you are a food lover and/or passionate about food