About the role

  • Group / Senior Key Account Manager leading top accounts in the spice sector. Managing strategic customer relationships in the Foodservice division.

Responsibilities

  • Strategic and operational management of assigned top accounts for the spices product group (branded products and private label)
  • Personal responsibility for servicing, developing and expanding all customers from the assigned retail headquarters, including leading and owning negotiations on prices, terms and commercial framework
  • Planning, control and analysis, e.g., through budget and sales planning, customer management, and deriving relevant KPIs
  • Ongoing analysis of competitor positions and assortments and deriving concrete recommendations for action by controlling and optimizing listings as well as building new business
  • Development of customer-specific annual targets, strategies and action plans by conducting regional annual review meetings

Requirements

  • Degree in economics or business administration (e.g., Economics, Business Administration) or a comparable qualification, e.g., equivalent vocational training such as industrial clerk
  • Practical experience and proven success in Key Account Management / Sales for branded or private-label products in FMCG, with a focus on German retail headquarters (e.g., Senior Key Account Manager, Key Account Manager, Sales Manager)
  • Experience in leading negotiations and closing annual agreements, and solid knowledge of customer-side structures and decision-making processes
  • Good understanding of market research findings and the ability to translate them into customer-facing arguments
  • Fluent German and English language skills, both written and spoken, for communication with customers

Benefits

  • 29 days of annual leave plus Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve off
  • Flexible working hours between 05:00 and 22:00 (core hours: 10:00–14:00)
  • Option for mobile/remote working
  • Training and development opportunities, e.g., a wide range of courses at Fuchs Campus as well as individual offerings
  • Regular feedback sessions
  • On-site canteen (breakfast rolls, lunch including vegetarian options, salad bar and dessert)
  • Regular sports & health programs, e.g., bike leasing, yoga, weekly after-work workout
  • Opportunities to participate in product tastings
  • Company-wide first-name (informal) culture
  • Ergonomic workstations
  • Welcome day including a small welcome package
  • Employee shop with discounted products
  • Attractive employee discounts
  • Subsidy for childcare during school holidays
  • Birthday bouquet
  • Free parking for employees

Job title

Senior Key Account Manager – Foodservice

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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