Sales Manager

Location: The Hague

Sales Manager Europe

Location:

Netherlands/UK

We're working with a global leader in food, beverage and specialty packaging to hire a Sales Manager responsible for their commercial operations in Europe - a high-ownership role covering the region's key accounts and growth strategy, reporting into the VP of Sales.

You’ll build multi-year account plans, convert new business across European markets, run senior-level business reviews, and work cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Finance and Operations. As the sole sales lead for some of the biggest brands in food service in Europe. The role would suit someone who operates autonomously rather than through a large team.

Key Responsibilities

Owns the sales strategy for European market, building multi-year account plans and pipelines for stability and growth

Identifies and converts new business across European markets, growing share and expanding into white space

Keeps commercial, operational and service delivery on track, working with Supply Chain, Operations and Customer Service to close any gaps

Leads senior-level business reviews and joint business planning with customers

Acts as the internal voice of the customer, feeding their needs into product development, capacity planning and investment decisions

Manages contract compliance, margin and account profitability

Drives pricing performance and data-driven reporting with Finance, and brings country-specific pricing insight back to the business

Supports new product launches and manages pricing, portals and item set-up as needed

Critical

Skills & Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in business, marketing or a related field

7+ years of consultative B2B sales experience - packaging, food service, franchise or FMCG backgrounds all work

Track record managing multinational or cross-border accounts and negotiating complex agreements

Strong CRM, pipeline analytics and sales performance management skills

Comfortable driving execution cross-functionally in a matrixed, global organisation

Solid grasp of RFP processes, forecasting and market analysis

Self-reliant, organised and commercially sharp, with strong negotiation skills and stakeholder influence

Willingness to travel up to 50%, including regular time with the European team

Fluent English; a second major European language is a plus

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