International Account Manager, Shimano Europe B.V.

Vacaturebeschrijving

In order to strengthen our Sales Team we would like to get in contact with candidates for the position of:

INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER

The job
You realise sales targets and you build and maintain a relation network with all players (distributors, retail, OEM) in the responsible sales area . Furthermore you develop sales plans of current products and you collect relevant market information. Through this process you are able to identify trends and collect market information to support new product developments. Together with your customers you expand sales activities in your sales area. Finally you introduce new products and support customers where ever needed. You report to the Sr. Sales Manager.


Requirements
We expect candidates to have:

• Thinking and acting at Bachelor level, by education or working experience.
• At least 3 years of relevant working experience in a similar job in an international B to B environment
• Affinity and/or knowledge of the bicycle market is essential
• Communicative skills in different cultures and a flexible and service minded attitude
• Excellent language skills in English, both verbally as in writing. Any other language skills are considered a plus.
• Basic skills on Word, Excel, and statistical analysis ability is required
• Open for regular travelling throughout Europe.


Competencies
• You monitor customer satisfaction and exceed expectations with actions taken.
• You are eager to learn from others and you like taking on new challenges.
• You are able to convince your customers in a natural way, with the aim of gaining agreement with certain plans, ideas or products.
• You are able to filter all the available information and report or advise on the essential topics.
• You build and maintain a relation network which is essential for retrieving information but also for influencing sales to customers.
• You detect developments within your own professional field and check whether they are useful within the organisation.


Shimano offers
A very pleasant working environment with enthusiastic colleagues who get along very well, communicate and co-operate with each other. The working climate is informal, but we work hard. Next to good terms of employment (good possibilities for training and development, individual- and company bonus, flexible working, working from home, collective insurance, pension, telephone, laptop and a company car), Shimano offers you the opportunity to work in a responsible and challenging job within a dynamic, international and ambitious environment.

Shimano is a leading worldwide supplier of highly advanced bicycle components, fishing tackle, and other sports equipment. Shimano Europe B.V. is the intermediate between the headquarter in Japan and the European bicycle market for marketing, sales, product development and technical service. Shimano Europe B.V. maintains intensive contacts with distributors, original equipment manufacturers (OEM’s), wholesalers and the bicycle retail business.
International teamwork is important at Shimano and this becomes visible in the different nationalities working together and sharing responsibility for the success of Shimano in Europe.


Interested?
Please send your application and Curriculum Vitae, in English, with reference to vac. Nr: 70-35-1, to HR@Shimano-eu.com or alternatively by post: Shimano Europe Holding B.V. attn. H.R. department, P.O. Box 180, 8070 AD Nunspeet (The Netherlands). Only applications with a motivation will be considered.