Trade Marketing Specialist

Grandorf Europe; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ownership of growth with the brand

Direct plan-to-execution visibility

Job summary

Grandorf Europe seeks a junior marketing specialist to drive clarity across retail and wholesale channels, briefing shelf displays, coordinating events, and creating on-brand materials. You will move quickly, think commercially, and collaborate with sales and distributors to grow our petfood brand.

The role emphasizes on-site involvement, evenings and weekends for events, and developing basic assets in Canva or Adobe to support in-store activations and campaigns.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years in retail, trade, shopper or wholesale marketing.
• Design basic materials (shelf cards, posters) in Canva or Adobe.
• Commercial mindset, hands-on, results-driven.
• Fluent Dutch and English; German and/or French a plus.
• Willing to be on-site regularly, including evenings/weekends for events.

Responsibilities

• Run the promo calendar for retailers and distributors across main markets.
• Brief, produce and roll out POS and shelf materials.
• Support the wholesale channel: distributor materials, price lists, sell-in decks, and day-to-day coordination with distributor sales teams.
• Plan and run events — trade shows, retail moments, and Grandorf activations.
• Support in-store activations and sampling; track what works.
• Team up with sales on category management and shelf optimization.
• Design smaller assets yourself (shelf cards, posters, social visuals) in Canva or Adobe.
• Keep everything on-brand.

Skills

Retail Marketing

Trade Marketing

Event Planning

Design Skills

Canva

Adobe

Dutch/English bilingual

Tools

Canva

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

We make premium, holistic food for dogs and cats. The pet food category is full of confusing claims and lookalike packaging, so we position ourselves on clarity and helping owners feel sure about what they're buying. We are growing fast and are hiring a dream marketing team to support that.Are you up for the challenge and the opportunity to work with a small but mighty team and occasionally cuddle with dogs and cats? We love to hear from you!

The role

You're responsible for how that clarity actually shows up wherever we sell, retail and wholesale: shelves, POS, distributor materials, events, activations. One day you're briefing a shelf display, the next you're on-site running an event. You move fast, think commercially, and can put together a decent visual yourself when that's quicker than outsourcing it. NOTE: this is a junior role so we are looking for 1-3 years of Marketing experience with a focus on Trade.

What you'll do

• Run the promo calendar for retailers and distributors across our main markets
• Brief, produce and roll out POS and shelf materials
• Support the wholesale channel: distributor materials, price lists, sell-in decks, and day-to-day coordination with distributor sales teams
• Plan and run events — trade shows, retail moments, own Grandorf activations — logistics and all
• Support in-store activations and sampling, and track what actually works
• Team up with sales on category management and shelf optimization
• Design smaller assets yourself (shelf cards, posters, social visuals) in Canva or Adobe
• Keep everything on-brand

What you bring

• 1-3 years in retail, trade, shopper or wholesale marketing, ideally FMCG or petfood
• Can design your own basic materials (Canva/Adobe)
• Commercial mindset, hands-on, gets things done
• Fluent Dutch and English; German and/or French is a plus
• Up for being on-site regularly, including evenings/weekends for events

What we offer

• Real ownership an opportunity to grow with the brand
• Direct line of sight from plan to execution