Junior Account Manager Retail

Junior Account Manager Retail

JDE Peet's is the largest 'pure-play' coffee and tea company in the world, with headquarters in the Netherlands. For over 270 years, we have been inspired by the idea 'it's amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee'. Today, we create opportunities in more than 100 countries with a portfolio of more than 50 coffee and tea brands. Think of characterful brands such as Douwe Egberts, L'OR, Jacobs, Senseo®, Pickwick and Moccona. The business unit Retail is the sales organization focused on the supermarket channel and the online shopping consumer. With brands like Douwe Egberts, Pickwick, SENSEO® and L'OR, JDE Peet's Retail is the market leader in the field of coffee and tea in the Netherlands and works intensively with all supermarket chains and various large non-food and online retailers.

As a Junior Account Manager, you will be part of an enthusiastic sales team, where you will report together with other Junior Account Managers and a Key Account Manager to the Sales Manager. With this team you will work together on the results of a number of large customers.

In this starter position with a lot of responsibility, you will have the variety of customer contact on the one hand and analysis on the other. As a Junior Account Manager Retail, you are part of the enterprising sales team and you will interact a lot with other departments such as Logistics, Demand Planning, Marketing, Finance, the sales force, and of course our customers. You will gain a broad insight into the FMCG and retail market and directly contribute to the results of JDE Peet's.

What you will do as Junior Account Manager Retail:

• You will follow and analyze the developments on the customer side regarding sales, revenue, profit and market data (ex-factory and GFK/Nielsen);
• You will support the commercial process both internally and externally and manage the account budgets;
• You will coordinate the logistical process of all promotions both internally and externally;
• You will support the Sales Manager and Account Manager in the preparation, management and execution of account plans. You will join them in sales meetings and prepare these meetings carefully;
• You will plan the tailor-made promotional activities and account activities and carry them out.

For the position of Junior Account Manager, we are looking for someone with the following skills and experience:

• You have an enterprising attitude and get your energy from achieving results? Then you fit well with JDE Peet's! We love people who dare to try, who keep going until it works and who dare to express their ideas. You will find yourself in an open, accessible work environment where you have all the space to grow as you want.
• You have completed a relevant vocational education and demonstrable affinity with FMCG and Retail;
• You have a commercial and customer-oriented attitude;
• You have excellent analytical skills and are results-oriented;
• You are ambitious and are fully ready for the start of your JDE career.

Working at JDE Peet's means making an impact in a dynamic and ambitious environment. You work together with enthusiastic colleagues, celebrate successes and get plenty of opportunities to develop further. Everyone is focused on doing what is right – everywhere in the world. What you do here will be noticed. At JDE Peet's you get a good salary and an extensive package of employment conditions suitable for this role, including:

• A salary in scale 8 of the C&T CAO, with the possibility of growing to scale 9;
• 25 vacation days and 12 ADV days;
• A 13th month;
• A personal training budget;
• Good pension scheme;
• Discount on our delicious coffee and tea products;
• Full OV allowance from and to your work;

For us, it does not matter who you are, where you come from, how you live your life or how you drink your coffee. We find it important that JDE Peet's is an organization where everyone can contribute, grow and develop. Every country, every culture and every individual has a unique story that we listen to. By working together with diverse colleagues in an inclusive culture, we are able to welcome everyone in the world of coffee and tea. At JDE Peet's, we are 'Made to Stand Out'. We take every opportunity to excel. Every day we raise the bar, think smarter and act even faster. We make an impact that is felt everywhere in the world. Together we make it possible for everyone to experience a unique coffee or tea moment. Push your boundaries and shape your career at JDE Peet's.