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LOLOTUS BAKERIES CORPORATE NV

Sales Manager retail(m/w/x)

Düsseldorf
Full-timeOn-siteSenior

Defining national retail strategy and identifying new distribution opportunities for FMCG brands. Minimum 7 years senior FMCG retail sales experience required. Opportunity to build in a growing, international environment.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in economics, business or equivalent
  • Minimum 7 years senior experience in FMCG retail sales/key account management
  • Strong knowledge of German retail (classic, discount, drugstores)
  • Comfortable dealing with numbers (internal BI-based and external data)
  • Commercial understanding and comfort with calculations
  • Strong negotiation skills in high-value German retail, ideally international
  • Experience steering external sales partners or own sales force
  • Ability to identify potentials and implement commercial/process improvements
  • Fluency in German and strong command of English
  • Team player, approachable, proactive, positive communicator
  • Ability to persuade others of ideas
  • Passion for brands and categories
  • Hands-on mentality, ambition to take ownership, develop and execute ideas
  • Ambitious, forward-looking, proactive idea development and execution
  • Active role in identifying and shaping business potentials

Tasks

  • Define and drive national retail strategy
  • Monitor and analyze retail business
  • Identify new listing and distribution opportunities
  • Translate brand and category priorities into growth plans
  • Use market data to identify potential and action points
  • Act as strategic retail lead and sparring partner
  • Lead and coach KAM team in customer negotiations
  • Ensure negotiation strategies align with company objectives
  • Provide senior guidance for commercial targets
  • Build strong relationships with senior decision-makers
  • Excel in storytelling to achieve high retail goals
  • Identify structural and commercial improvement opportunities
  • Implement efficient ways of working
  • Drive data-based customer planning and monitoring
  • Oversee external field sales agency
  • Collaborate with Marketing, Category, Supply Chain, and Finance

Work Experience

  • 7 years

Education

  • Master's degree

Languages

  • GermanNative
  • EnglishBusiness Fluent

Tools & Technologies

  • BI-based internal data
  • Circana external data

Benefits

Competitive Pay

  • Attractive salary package

Other Benefits

  • Extralegal benefits
  • Close collaboration with stakeholders

Startup Environment

  • Opportunity to build in a growing, international environment

Informal Culture

  • Ambitious and driven team
  • Company culture with passion, team spirit, and open dialogue

Learning & Development

  • Learning and growth opportunities in Category Management

Snacks & Drinks

  • Daily cookies
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