Account Manager Foodservice

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Together with you 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 Account Manager Foodservice 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 concept driven collaboration and you take care of our company’s strategy.
Your customer portfolio is within the Belux Foodservice channel.

Your main responsibilities are:

• To be an entrepreneurial Business Developer:
  • You analyse market & customer trends and market data to set out the growth journey of your channel for the coming years.
  • You build your business plan in an ambitious way and take ownership on delivery of results.
    
    
• To be an Account Manager:
  • You put the customer growth pace needs first.
  • You build customer relationships through the contact matrix, and execute the joint business plan.
  • You develop long term profitable volume growth, by negotiating the right counterparts whilst positioning Vandemoortele as branded concept driven partner.
    
    
• To be part of the Vandemoortele teams:
  • You express winning team spirit in a natural way.
  • You gain internal support for (y)our customers: you collaborate within the sales team, marketing and supporting functions.
  • You apply sound investment management.

What’s in for you? 

• 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.
• Easy to reach: Our HQ is located close to a bus stop and highway exits. Want to come by bike? Lease a bike at Vandemoortele!

About you

• You combine ambition & passion for results with a forward-looking and proactive approach.
• You own interpersonal sensitivity & empathy, both internally & externally.
• You are eager to learn & develop, and you are open to mutual honest feedback.
• You have strong analytical skills combined with a problem solving mindset.
• You embrace & live our corporate values and you are passionate about food.
  
  And your experiences
• You have a Master’s degree in economics, Business, Marketing, etc...,
• You can rely on min. 2 years of successful commercial experience in FMCG, preferably in the professional area (Foodservice),
• You have experienced in account planning & have developed good negotiation skills,
• You can work with MS Office and you are familiar with CRM-tools.
• You express yourself fluently in Dutch, French & English, both written & orally.
   

Join us in making sweet memories!
We're looking forward to welcoming you to our delicious journey!
Submit your updated CV and compelling cover letter (optional) highlighting your relevant experience and motivation.
For questions or additional information, mail: louise.dejaeger@vandemoortele.com

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