Key Account Manager (m/f/d) Pet Food

Reference ID: 40495

Are you interested in high-quality, natural, and tasty nutrition? We are! It’s our ambition to shape the future of nutrition.

Döhler is a leading global producer of natural ingredients and solutions for the food, beverage, lifestyle and nutrition industries. We use innovative technology to process plant-based raw materials and enrich products such as lifestyle drinks, cereals, dairy, and confectionery goods for almost every well-known brand. Close to 10.000 dedicated employees in more than 70 countries share one common goal - to ensure that millions of people around the world enjoy the products created by us.

We strive to inspire and empower our employees in everything we do, and we invite you to join our team – together WE BRING IDEAS TO LIFE.

Your Role

Be part of the newly founded team, that will grow our activities in the market segment pet food. Become a key driver of the exciting ramp-up phase, act within a start-up environment with the backbone of a corporate organization.

• Introduce Döhler to Key Accounts and execute the global sales strategy
• Grow our market share in the sector Pet Food 
• Realize account development within customer base
• Identify new business opportunities by leveraging the full potential of our product & services portfolio
• Plan assortment of products, prices and conditions
• Coordinate customer and innovation projects and track smart process execution in cooperation with other departments
• Active customer service and relationship management
• Analyze competitor activities and define appropriate approach

Your Profile

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in international B2B sales within the Pet Food industry
• Successfully completed degree in business administration or food technology or equivalent
• Dynamic business attitude and high level of customer Focus
• Excellent sense for priorities
• Teamwork abilities, organized, target oriented, good relationship abilities
• Fluent English and good German skills, additional languages beneficial
• Willingness to travel internationally

Your Benefits

• Culture: Friendly and informal atmosphere, family-owned company, flat hierarchies, short communication channels, and helpful colleagues
• Impact: You are an integral part of our business success and make an important contribution to the future of nutrition
• Empowerment: You can fully unleash your potential and have the opportunity to take on responsibilities
• Digitalization: We maintain excellent partnerships with market-leading innovators, allowing you to access and work with state-of-the-art technologies
• Anniversary and special payments
• Employee referral bonuses
• Additional benefits: Christmas parties, events, financial benefits, and online shop discounts (e.g., IT leasing, mobile phone contracts, shopping, and travel discounts, etc.)
• Welcome@Döhler: Onboarding event for all new colleagues, as well as several weeks of individual training 
• Döhler Academy: You have the opportunity to continuously develop your education further through internal and external training programs
• Food is taken care of: On-site cafeteria with regional and varied cuisine and complimentary drinks 
• Stay fit: Take advantage of local sports offerings at reduced prices 
• Mobility: Subsidized Germany ticket or JobRad 
• Insurance benefits such as company pension plans and accident insurance 
• Global growth trajectory: Challenging and internationally oriented work at our headquarters in Darmstadt 
• Attractive location in Darmstadt: Easily accessible by train, bus, on foot, or by car (free parking) 

Equal opportunities for all

We welcome applicants, who are just as diverse as we are - regardless of age, ancestry, disability, ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, social background or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Become a part of our team and apply online trough our career portal. Please note that we are unable to consider or return application documents sent by mail.