Key Account Manager - DYMO, Sharpie

Job ID: 2355 

Alternate Locations: Belgium-East Flanders-Ghent; Belgium-East Flanders-Sint-Niklaas; Belgium-Flanders-Antwerp; Netherlands-North Brabant-Breda; Netherlands-North Brabant-Goirle; Netherlands-North Brabant-Tilburg 

Position title: Key Account Manager – Writing

Location: Belgium / Hybrid

Reports to: Senior Sales Manager BeNeLux

Contract type: Permanent, full-time

Your Role & Team in a Nutshell

As a Key Account Manager, you’ll be the driving force behind bringing our iconic writing brands to life - and to customers - across the BeNeLux region. From DYMO® to Sharpie®, Parker® to Paper Mate®, you’ll be working with some of the most recognized and loved names in the industry.

This role is more than numbers and targets—it’s about building strong relationships with our partners, strategizing for success, and making an impact in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. You’ll take ownership of your accounts, shaping business plans that not only drive profitability but also fuel long-term partnerships and growth.

You’ll have the flexibility to work hybrid, staying connected with our team and office in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, while making meaningful contributions across the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

We will help you achieve your goals and develop by providing regular feedback and access to online training courses.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Achieve defined sales target & gross margin objectives.
• Leverage strategies and grow joint businesses with a great level of partnership with our customers
• Develop account schedules and deliverables, forecast and anticipate seasonality of portfolio.
• Drive the annual promotional calendar & digital activation, and regularly review performance and promotion strategies.
• Foster an environment that generates breakthrough ideas and leads a collaborative and open organization that lives the values of Newell Brands.
• Activate category management with our trade partners
• Drive innovative win-win customer and channel strategies and create added value by identifying improvement opportunities led by a thorough understanding of the products, markets, competitors and customers´needs. 
• Work with pricing and trade fund strategies to drive profitable growth, manage and enforce invoice to net programming.
• Manage trade funds.

What You’ll Need

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree in a relevant field with demonstrated experience in Sales & Key Account Management.
• Trilingual or Fluent in Dutch, English and French.
• Proficient in MS office and other digital tools.
• Skilled at best-in-class sales negotiation and mass/FDM in-store execution.
• Demonstrable experience in FMCG from a fast paced, international environment. 

Your Advantage:

• An appetite for winning challenges.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to engage with different stakeholders (internal & external) to drive collaboration and build relationships.
• Familiarity with a multinational environment and its complexities.
• High-energy, self-starter, and collaborative team player.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

What You Gain

Newell Brands is a global company with a lot of opportunities, both internationally and locally and we encourage development on a professional and personal level. You will be working with some of the best known brands in the world and you will have colleagues who are highly motivated and competent. You can count on their support to achieve the goals you are aiming for.

You might recognise some of our iconic brands, like Parker, Sistema, Spontex, Crockpot, NUK, Coleman, and Yankee Candle, to name a few.

Join us and benefit from:

• Remote working system, company car, laptop, mobile phone
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning – 17,000+ courses for your professional and personal development
• Corporate Citizenship Philosophies – environmentally sustainable and socially sensitive business practices
• Discounts on some of our products from brands Parker, DYMO, Sharpie, Contigo, and others
• Employee Referral Program – an opportunity to get a bonus
• Global Employee Assistance Program – confidential support for you and your family, complementing our commitment to your well-being at work and beyond
• Give@Newell – paid time-off for charity activities dedicated for local communities right where you live/work
• Access to Employee Resource Groups that foster Diversity & Inclusion
• Core Values: Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership, Leadership

Are you interested?

If so, please click on “Apply Now” on this site and upload your CV in English.

If your application is shortlisted, our recruiter will invite you for an initial phone interview in English.

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Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Yankee Candle, Paper Mate, FoodSaver, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer’s, Oster, NUK, Spontex and Campingaz. We are focused on delighting consumers by lighting up everyday moments.