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Head of E-commerce EMEA

Posted 23 Oct 2025
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Work experience
5 to 20 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
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Degree level
Required languages
English (Fluent)
Dutch (Fluent)

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Our new Head of E-commerce EMEA will create a strategy for growth with key online customers across EMEA and drive a consistent brand image online across the region. This is a highly responsible role and we are looking for someone who is as comfortable planning and strategizing as they are delivering the numbers.

What are we looking for?

  • Strong experience of sales within the online channel with prior experience of selling to omni/onliners and other marketplaces is a huge advantage
  • Evidence of new business development experience, confident pitching to new customers and creating good relationships
  • Advanced account management skills, capable of quickly establishing trust and confidence within customers and building for the long-term
  • High level of critical and logical thinking, analysis, and reasoning to identify underlying principles, reasons, or facts.
  • Excellent organizational abilities, including planning, prioritization, and execution skills.
  • Excellent judgment and decision-making abilities, including strong problem identification and problem resolution skills.
  • Self-directed, with ability to work successfully both independently and as part of a team.
  • Flexibility in hours/locations and weekend work when required

What will be your key responsibilities?

  • Work closely with Business Development Director to develop a plan for online and marketplace retailers across EMEA, focusing on the right customer per priority market to create maximum long-term impact.
  • Work with speed to improve our brand image with online and marketplace customers
  • Pay close attention to internal and external relationships with existing customer base, both direct and with distributors to ensure a sensitive approach to business building
  • Work with internal teams across sales, marketing, supply, logistics and finance to create a strong support for the channel
  • Highlight the online channel internally, upskilling the teams to identify the role of online and importance of the channel for sustainable business growth

What can you expect from Mars?

  • Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
  • Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
  • Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
  • An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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FMCG
Veghel
Active in 80 countries
1,200 employees
60% men - 40% women
Average age is 35 years