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HEY ACCOUNT HERO,

Are you ready for a next step in your career? Are you searching your way out of a corporate jungle, seeking more entrepreneurship in the feed market? Do you want to make real impact, with a circular approach in the food-feed industry? Perhaps this is the moment that our journey becomes your adventure. Will you be our next account executive? The client champion that helps our customers with circular ingredients for their feed products. Via our sustainable solutions we help local & regional market leaders & challengers to step up on their sustainable ambitions. We need your experience, skills and knowledge to grow the Dutch, Belgian, French and German markets. We have a great reputation, network and service in place; now we need you to help it grow and make it happen.

We are Novades, partner of the food and feed industry. We are driven by our mission to transform side streams into high-quality circular ingredients with minimal emissions, using data, specialized knowledge and skills. Our purpose is clear: to drive responsible innovation and cut down emissions in the food-feed market with our circular solutions.

We understand the unique needs of our feed industry partners. Whether they are in need of standard or custom-made ingredients for milk replacers, compounds, pet food, or aqua feed, we can supply it to them. Our commitment is to provide ingredients that meet their own quality standards, tailored to their specific requirements. As a long-term partner, we offer reliable and certified ingredients and services, through our flexible supply chain. This allows us to deliver ingredients on time, anywhere. We have a strong presence in Europe, exporting to more than 25 countries, however, for the future we have a global outlook . We are ready for stellar growth with the right customers and suppliers that embrace sustainability and circularity as an strategic advantage.

As a company we are Dutch based, located in the center of Utrecht. We work in a small dedicated core team of 15 professionals, with different backgrounds and expertise. Our core team is responsible for purchase, sales, logistics, operations, IT and quality control. We have our own lab facility in Utrecht and warehouses in the Netherlands. We work closely with service providers and local agents in other regions. Our team is very open, social and warm. We like to work hard and have a lot of fun together. Ready for a coffee, tea or flat white? Please let us know.

THIS IS YOU

• You have 3-8 years of working experience in sales or account management within:
  • The animal feed industry, preferably with knowledge of dairy products
  • The dairy food industry, preferably with an interest in the feed industry
• You are solution and service oriented, with a big sense of curiosity in others
• You are a go getter, strong willed with social flair, who can also work independantly
• You are able to connect with different people on operational AND strategic level
• You want to add specific value to customers, building long-term relationships
• You are able to speak and write business English and Dutch fluently
• It is a pro if you speak German, French, Italian or Spanish
• You have at least a Bachelors degree (HBO) in commerce, sustainability or agriculture
• You are action oriented and like results; we understand impatience, so don’t worry 😉
• You are available for at least 32 hours per week

We think it is very important that you feel at ease with us, share your music and guilty pleasures and help to realize our sustainable mission!

THIS IS PART OF YOUR JOB AS AN ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

• Serving and growing current customers of Novades in the feed industry across Europe with our value proposition as a strategic base and our customer journey as guidance
• Searching, finding and acquiring new desired customers within existing markets with our customer segmentation as a filter
• Manage distributors and strategic service partners in markets outside BeNeLux
• Account management, negotiations, contract management and stakeholder management on a daily basis, within a long-term marketing and sales strategy
• Joining and organizing customer meetings on their location or our headquarters
• Visiting fairs and events within our sector and markets for commercial opportunities
• Joining daily and weekly team meetings of the commercial team and other teams

THIS IS WHAT WE OFFER

• A mission driven organization that wants to make a positive impact on the world
• A great and social team that works hard on this mission, while having fun
• Reward of quality and ambition, with lots of possibilities to grow personally
• Competitive compensation and benefits, including bonus & pension arrangements; salary indication will be based on personal situation and experience ranging from €4.000,- to €6.000,- gross salary per month
• 28 vacation days (based on full time contract)
• Guidance and support of the Director Sales & Marketing
• Great vitality program: with our own inhouse gym and personal trainer Dave
• Free Fresh homemade salads for lunch, every day
• Very nice and open office in the center of Utrecht, with our own laboratory
• Challenging and fun team activities with a team weekend once a year!

DO FEEL EXCITED?

Great! Please feel invited to drop by for a coffee, tea or flat white. You can reach us via 030 259 3349 or send an email to andre@novades.nl