J

Jacobs Douwe Egberts

Coffee and tea brand manufacturer

Key Account Manager Retail

Account ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeÎle-de-France, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Confirmed experience managing national accounts and conducting commercial negotiations.
  • Experience in fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG).
  • Strong negotiation skills and ability to develop business plans.
  • Good understanding of category-management mechanisms and retailer priorities in a matrix environment.
  • Ability to build and deploy value-creating business plans.
  • Business, results, and performance orientation.
  • Analytical skills and proficiency with performance-management tools, including Excel and Power BI.
  • Professional English proficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Recommend the actions needed across assigned retail accounts to develop the business.
  • Develop commercial relationships with buyers and other retail-account stakeholders, building effective networks at all levels.
  • Develop and maintain strategic customer partnerships.
  • Define and implement account-specific assortment, promotion, merchandising, and activation levers.
  • Collaborate with retail Category Management teams to build value-creating recommendations.
  • Develop an in-depth understanding of customer priorities and identify growth opportunities.
  • Ensure negotiated agreements are executed and maintain ongoing commercial relationships.
  • Contribute to developing national commercial policy.
  • Lead annual negotiations for national agreements and ad hoc negotiations with retail accounts in line with defined objectives.
  • Build and deploy customer business plans to grow revenue, profitability, and market share.
  • Define assortment, promotion, and merchandising levers with Category Management teams and oversee their deployment.
  • Monitor and optimize commercial agreements and associated investments.
  • Recommend account-specific action plans to grow business and improve profitability.
  • Work with Shopper Marketing, Category Management, Trade Marketing, and Supply Chain teams to develop recommendations.
  • Identify new growth opportunities and contribute to developing assigned retail accounts.
  • Track financial objectives across the portfolio, including revenue, profitability, volumes, market share, and promotional investments.
  • Build volume forecasts as part of the S&OP process.
  • Analyze account performance and identify corrective action plans.
  • Manage and optimize commercial budgets for the assigned scope.
  • Monitor the effectiveness of commercial investments and make recommendations.
  • Track customer deductions, disputes, and penalties with internal teams.
  • Contribute to profitability, cash-flow, and growth objectives for assigned accounts.

Desired Qualifications

  • Nielsen proficiency is appreciated.

About the Company

Jacobs Douwe Egberts

Coffee and tea brand manufacturer

Jacobs Douwe Egberts is a global coffee and tea brand manufacturer. Consumer brands are supported by roasting and manufacturing sites, supply chains, research, commercial teams, and local market operations. It develops, sources, produces, markets, and distributes beverage products through retail, away-from-home, and ecommerce channels. The profile reflects JDE Peet's operating company and brands without treating every retail partner as part of the employer. Roles span production, quality, procurement, engineering, marketing, sales, finance, technology, and distribution.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded
1753

Recently Posted Jobs

Explore more opportunities at Jacobs Douwe Egberts

See more jobs