For our role as Account Manager, we are looking for someone with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and vision that will help us grow and innovate. Your main mission at UFBG is to manage the relationship with our key accounts and set up and realize strategic account plans to achieve our sales and margin targets. You are proactively following market and product developments, where you identify new opportunities & trends and translate them into commercial plans and actions.

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Some of your responsibilities:

•  Maintain and expand the relationship with your customers while keeping tabs on account plans, product quality and profitability
•  Negotiate prices, payments, and delivery terms with your (international) customers
•  Set up KPIs to follow up on the realization of defined targets in the area of turnover and margin
• Make adjustments based on analyses and reports to improve process efficiency
• Work closely together with your colleagues and other internal stakeholders to achieve the best results – Teamwork for the win!

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This is you.

Communication and presentation skills are your superpower. You enjoy taking ownership and developing long-lasting relationships with your clients. You can structure your tasks well, maintain an overview, and strategically work towards your targets. You are a great negotiation partner, and you enjoy a good challenge while keeping your cool.

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Desired Skills and Qualifications:

• You have completed a higher professional education (hbo-level)
• You are fluent in English. Having a good command of Dutch or another language is a plus
• You have experience in an Account Management position within a medium-sized or large retail organization or in a Sales function on the manufacturer’s side
• You are a great sparring partner at all levels, both inside and outside the organization
• You enjoy spending parts of your work time travelling to different countries, attending fairs and going on store checks to monitor current market and product developments

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Always better together.

In our young, multicultural, and ambitious company, you will meet amazing colleagues and make new friends in no time. We believe that a great working environment is made of individuals, who are enabled to develop themselves personally and professionally. In our open-minded and collaborative team, you can always be yourself, ask for help, but also have the freedom to be your own entrepreneur. We are looking forward to meeting you!