Working at Kühne + Heitz requires an entrepreneurial mindset. In a way, you are running your own business. This means you cannot be afraid to take responsibility. In fact, you like it!
You are responsible for the full process of your own market of customers and suppliers, from seeing opportunities to closing deals and maintaining relationships. You can easily adjust your negotiation style and communication according to your client or supplier and their cultural background.

Our business is competitive. A trader walks the untrodden paths. This takes guts and good business sense as well. This profession appeals to your intuition, requires a quick shifting mindset, tactical insight, and the right timing.
Even though you operate independently, you understand you always need another person to close a deal. Colleague, customer, or supplier: you want to close deals that make every one of them happy.
In our team you will have plenty of room to implement new ideas and initiate plans. Which perfectly fits with your entrepreneurial and commercial spirit.

This is your challenge:

• Expand your business with existing and new products in your area.
• Client management is one of your most important responsibilities, so intensive telephone and personal contact with your clients is a daily task. For personal contact you travel about 4 to 5 weeks a year and visit important trade shows or exhibitions.
• Stay ‘on top’ of market changes and development to keep ahead of the supply and demand game. Because in the world of trading, change is the only constant.
• Initiating and realizing new sales channels, by developing new product-market combinations.

This is why we are looking for you:

• You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent experience, in Economics, Business Administration or International Business (preferred educations).
• You have 3 to 8 years of experience as sales manager, account manager, export manager or trader, preferably in the food industry.