Trade Marketing – Senior Channel Manager

If you’re the potential new Trade Marketing – Senior Channel Manager at Farm Frites, with experience in a similar position, and if you would like to work for a rapidly growing, international family company in the agri-food sector, then read on!

Farm Frites is continually working to expand its global position in the food service market. To help realise our growth ambitions, we are looking for an experienced and motivated Channel Manager to drive several projects and initiatives.

Your role

As a Channel Manager, you will act as the bridge between strategy and execution within our Trade Marketing team. Being part of the Trade Marketing team, you work with Marketing colleagues, but also feel close to the sales team. You will translate our marketing and sales strategy into actionable plans for each channel and segment while ensuring the successful implementation of international campaigns to bring our delicious fries and potato products to more than 20 markets around the globe!

Your responsibilities include:

• Strategy and Segmentation:
  Developing strategies and plans for each channel/segment, with a focus on growth and optimization.

• National Key Account approach:
  Establishing and coordinating a central approach for national key accounts in close collaboration with the sales team. The approach needs to be adjustable to local market needs.

• Sales Tools and Content Creation:
  Contributing to the development of sales tools, such as a Trade Stories Sales tool, to support our commercial goals by enabling sales representatives worldwide.

• Global Campaigns:
  Coordinating global campaigns from HQ, in close collaboration with our Brand & Communications team and ensuring consistent and impactful execution.

• Salesforce Management:
  Managing campaign processes in Salesforce, including dashboarding and lead management, to support sales and marketing efforts effectively.

• Other Projects:
  Leading and supporting various projects within Trade Marketing, depending on team and organizational priorities.

Your team

You will be part of our global Trade Marketing team and will report to the Head of Global Trade Marketing. Together with your colleagues in a pleasant, welcoming office environment, but also colleagues in other parts of the world, you will be working on furthering the growth of Farm Frites.

Education and skills

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree, preferably in marketing, business administration, or a related field.

• A minimum of 6 years of experience in a similar role, ideally within Trade Marketing and/or Sales, and/or PMO.

• Other relevant experience in Key account management, category development, sales etc. is great too!

• Experience with Salesforce and campaign management is a plus.

• Affinity with Foodservice, FMCG and the Hospitality industry is a plus

• Excellent communication skills in both English and Dutch

• An analytical mindset and the ability to translate data into actionable insights.

• Strong project management skills and experience coordinating cross-functional teams.

• Experience in leading or contributing to rebranding projects is another plus!

Are you a Farm Friter?

At Farm Frites you’ll be working in a warm family company with agricultural roots. Are you, like your new colleagues, a true Farm Friter? Check it!

• you like short reporting lines, adapting fast and achieving results

• you’re a fan of no-nonsense thinking and you make level-headed decisions

• you feel at home in a close-knit team and enjoy working with others

• you devise creative solutions and like converting these into actions

• you love your profession, nature and food

What we offer you

Because Farm Frites is growing rapidly, it is a challenging and dynamic company in which to work. We offer our employees the opportunity to develop their individual talents and skills, so that they can achieve their personal and business goals. Sustainability is also a high priority for us, and we offer our employees a good salary with excellent fringe benefits and a great work-from-home policy. If you’d like to be part of this rapidly growing international enterprise, then seize this opportunity to apply!

“Working at Farm Frites is like being part of a big family. The support and collaboration across teams are incredible.” John Doe, Trade Marketing Specialist

For more information, feel free to send an e-mail to our Recruitment Team at Recruitment@Farmfrites.com

Welkom in onze wereld…

Een wereld die geheel gewijd is aan de lekkerste friet. Al meer dan vijftig jaar zijn we een vertrouwde partner voor ondernemers in de foodservice. Vandaag de dag verwerken we jaarlijks meer dan 1,5 miljoen ton aardappelen en leveren we meer dan tachtig soorten friet, aardappelspecialiteiten en appetizers aan foodservice-ondernemers wereldwijd. Ondanks onze groei is onze belangrijkste focus altijd hetzelfde gebleven: mensen blij maken met onze smaakvolle aardappelproducten. Werk jij samen met 1.600 Farm Friters, verspreid over vijf productielocaties en 43 wereldwijde verkoopkantoren, mee aan onze groei?