Export Sales Manager

La Vie™; Paris; Sur place; EUR 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

La Vie is seeking a true hunter to lead international export sales, covering Europe (excluding France and the UK). You will drive growth with major QSR players, develop new partnerships and manage one Export Business Developer (intern).

You will lead the export strategy, build budgets, and propel growth across markets with a focus on efficiency and profitability. Fluency in English and a strong European network are essential.

Qualifications

• Sales-focused education with export exposure.
• Strong network in the European QSR world.
• Fluent English and ability to negotiate across cultures.

Responsabilités

• Develop QSR deals across Europe as the top priority, expanding partnerships and winning major tenders.
• Hunt partnerships with other brands to expand market presence.
• Build the Annual Export Sales Budget with the CSO and qualify opportunities against deal criteria.
• Prepare export plans for 2027+ and align with growth targets.
• Maintain and grow existing retail deals in Europe (Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands).
• Manage distributor and retailer partnerships and drive their performance.
• Own end-to-end sales process from prospecting to signature and support customers daily.
• Monitor market trends, sales forecasts and opportunities for improvement.
• Coordinate with production, supply chain, logistics and marketing for successful launches.

Connaissances

Sales strategy

Negotiation skills

Export experience

Entrepreneurial mindset

English fluency

Formation

Sales education

Description du poste

WHO WE ARE

At La Vie™, we love meat, but we don’t love its impact on life. We’re on a mission to help people move from an animal-based diet to a plant-based one, whilst keeping a big smile on their face. Our unique product technology and patented vegetal fat recipe delivers the juiciest meat-like experiences ever known in the category. We are building a movement, a positive change for the industry and for the planet.

Come and join us.

THE ROLE: OUR NEXT HUNTER

Export is La Vie’s guerrilla territory: a small footprint today, a huge playground tomorrow. Its purpose is simple: generate additional sales for La Vie while keeping complexity low.

The potential is big: Europe’s QSR giants already serve our bacon and need better plant-based products in their menu to drive additional sales and attract new audiences - and plenty of brands are looking for the best plant-based products to power their own ranges.

This is a hunting job: we are looking for our next plant-based bacon addict who loves opening doors, closing deals and turning them into profitable, long-lasting partnerships. You will lead the international sales development (Worldwide: France & UK excluded) and manage one Export Business Developer (intern).

WHAT YOU WILL DO

BUILD - hunt for growth:

• Develop QSR deals across Europe as the top priority: grow existing partnerships on our current range and push our innovations to open new doors and win the major tenders ahead.
• Hunt partnerships with other brands (plant-based players & food brands) to sell our finished and semi-finished products everywhere our brand is not.
• Build the Annual Export Sales Budget with the CSO and qualify every opportunity against La Vie’s deal criteria: size, capacity, profitability, low complexity.
• Prepare tomorrow’s growth: assess new market opportunities and build the export plans for 2027+.

RUN - make it last:

• Maintain and grow our existing retail deals (Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands): promo plans, store distribution, innovation push.
• Manage our distributor & retailer partnerships: drive their objectives and push them to reach their targets.
• Own the end-to-end sales process on new deals, from prospecting to signature, and take care of your customers’ everyday needs.
• Monitor performance, analyze market trends and report on sales, forecasts and areas for improvement.
• Coordinate internally with production, supply chain, logistics and marketing to make every launch a success.

WHO YOU ARE

A true hunter: prospecting, pitching, closing - you master the full hunting playbook, and you manage your clients best-in-class.

Sales education with export experience, and a European QSR footprint: you already have a network in the QSR world.

Strong negotiation skills, supply & finance acumen, fluent in English.

Entrepreneurial mindset: organized, flexible, agile - comfortable in the unknown.

Relational ease and the ability to adapt to different cultures.

And ideally… a genuine plant-based bacon addict.