Account Manager

Job description

As an Account Manager Dairy Ingredients, the world is your playground. You will do business with a wide variety of cultures and learn to move effortlessly internationally. Your customer contact will be frequent. In addition to email, video, and telephone contact, you will regularly travel to your customers and suppliers to build a good and long-term relationship.

The freedom and trust you will receive will positively surprise you. Faster than at many other companies, you will develop into a commercial colleague with a large international focus and knowledge of the business. And you won't do it alone. The Dairy Ingredients commercial team is not only successful but also a close-knit, young, and professional team that stands ready for each other, works closely together, and knows how to celebrate successes together.

In this commercial trading role, you will be responsible for the purchase and sale of milk and dairy ingredients at the largest private global player in dairy ingredients. Hoogwegt's image in the market is very good. Reliable, loyal, and professional are key words that you will also experience.

If you already have commercial experience and are interested in learning more, we would love to get to know you better!

The ideal candidate

Successful candidates are, in addition to being independent, goal-oriented and flexible, interpersonally strong and born team players. They know how to gain support for their ideas and how to motivate their environment. But above all, they regularly impress with their commercial sharpness and problem-solving ability.

As the Account Manager we are looking for, you also bring the following:

• Bachelor or Master degree.
• 5-7 years of relevant work experience in the dairy industry.
• Experience with position management and with the buying and selling of food products, in particular agri-commodity is preferred.
• Knowledge of milk and whey proteins.
• Result-oriented and entrepreneurial. You see opportunities and seize them, and you find it logical that "the glass is half full."
• A good dose of energy and a positive drive. A go and goal-getter, especially adept in business development
• You want to invest in yourself and your career.
• Good command of the English language, both spoken and written. Knowledge of other Asian languages is a plus
• Willingness to travel internationally 30-50% of the time

Our offer

At Hoogwegt, we believe your career should be as dynamic as the market in which we operate. Therefore, we offer:

• An informal and open company culture where you can be yourself;
• The freedom to organize your work in your own way;
• Numerous opportunities for personal growth and development;
• Specific training and education tailored to your role
• A warm welcome from experienced and enthusiastic colleagues who are happy to guide you in our organization;
• Excellent employment conditions, including attractive arrangements for variable remuneration, pension and leave;
• An ideal location in a modern office in central area, perfectly accessible by public transport.