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(Senior) Key Account & Expansion Manager – Grocery Retail (France & BeNeLux)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in Key Account Management within FMCG/CPG, ideally with full ownership of national grocery retail accounts.
  • Able to lead annual negotiations and pricing discussions; strong understanding of the French or BeNeLux grocery retail landscape.
  • Strong negotiation and communication skills with a clear commercial mindset and a proven track record of delivering sales and margin targets.
  • Fluent in English and French (written and spoken); additional European languages are a plus; valid driver’s license (B) and willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

  • New business development: drive acquisition and onboard new strategic partners across France and BeNeLux in line with our growth strategy.
  • Account Ownership: take full commercial ownership of selected French and/or BeNeLux accounts, ensuring the achievement of sales and margin targets.
  • Customer Strategy: develop and execute tailored, holistic joint business plans aligned with overall company objectives and growth ambitions.
  • Account Management: build and nurture long-term partnerships with key partners, driving high customer satisfaction and sustainable growth.

About the company

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air up

Consumer Goods

air up® is so much more than a water bottle. As the world’s first refillable drinking system that flavors water through scent alone: it’s a hydration revolution. What's meant by this? Science shows that the majority of what we perceive as flavor is actually derived from scents. Our one-of-a-kind drinking system transports carefully-crafted flavors from our pods through the mouth all the way to your olfactory receptors - and that's when your brain perceives the scent as flavor. This is called “retronasal olfaction” - just drinking water, but perceiving it as a flavored beverage. Mind-blowing, we know. But it’s just science.* Since its launch in Europe in July 2019, air up® has grown into a company that operates in over 11 countries, has more than 300 employees, and enjoys a customer base in the millions. Interested in following the #thinknewdrinknew journey? Check us out on Facebook and Instagram. Let’s make scents of it [together]. *Link to study regarding taste found here: https://flavourjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13411-015-0040-2#:~:text=It%20is%20frequently%20asserted%20that,from%20the%20sense%20of%20smell.

Company details

Company typeStartup
IndustryConsumer Goods
Company size201 - 500

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Probably the least boring job you’ll ever have.

At air up, we don’t just make bottles. We unbore water with flavor by scent. It makes no sense until you try it, and once you do, there’s no going back. Behind it all are teams pushing boundaries every day. Product bends taste and design in new directions. Marketing turns ideas into moments people talk about. Operations makes sure those moments reach hands everywhere.
Working here feels like stepping on stage: professionalism meets passion, curiosity meets courage. You’ll experiment, fail fast, learn faster, and actually see your ideas come to life. It's refreshingly low politics and low ego. Just smart, driven people who lift each other up and make things happen. And whatever happens, it sure won't be boring.


Welcome to air up.

Our offline retail channel is one of our key growth drivers, and we are accelerating. To strengthen our existing partnerships and further expand our footprint across France and BeNeLux, we are looking for a (Senior) Key Account Manager who is ready to take ownership, drive impact, and shape our next phase of growth. 

As part of our sales team, you will play a pivotal role in expanding our presence with our existing partners while unlocking new business opportunities. You will strategically develop and manage key accounts, strengthen sustainable long-term partnerships, and drive the acquisition of new partners. We are looking for someone with a growth mindset who thrives in an international environment and enjoys working alongside driven colleagues.

 

*** This role is located in Germany***

 

Your responsibilities

  • New business development: You will drive acquisition, and successfully onboard new strategic partners in line with our growth strategy across France and BeNeLux.
  • Account Ownership: You will take full commercial ownership of selected French and/or BeNeLux accounts, ensuring the achievement of sales and margin targets.
  • Customer Strategy: You will develop and execute tailored, holistic joint business plans fully aligned with our overall company objectives and growth ambitions.
  • Account Management: You will build and nurture long-term partnerships with our key partners, driving high customer satisfaction and sustainable growth.
  • Market Insight: You will analyze market, sales, and customer data to identify opportunities, define clear action plans, and accelerate performance.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: You will partner closely with internal teams (Sales Coordinator, Trade Marketing, Supply Chain, Logistics) to deliver seamless execution.
  • Teamwork: You will work alongside a high-performing team, share best practices, and strive for collective success.

This is you 

  • You bring proven experience in Key Account Management within the FMCG/CPG industry, ideally with full ownership of national grocery retail accounts.
  • You feel confident leading annual negotiations and pricing discussions and know the basic structures, and dynamics of the French or BeNeLux grocery retail landscape.
  • You combine strong negotiation and communication skills with a clear commercial mindset and a consistent track record of delivering against sales and margin targets.
  • You act hands-on and as a team player, proactively driving initiatives across functions.
  • You are fluent in English and French (written and spoken); additional European languages are a plus.
  • You have a valid driver’s license (B) and are willing to travel regularly.

 

The benefits listed below are intended for full-time employees. For other employment types, including working students and minijobbers, benefits may differ based on the terms of their contract and applicable regulations.

But what’s in for you?

🏖 30 days of vacation

🏷 discount on our products

💰 employer-funded pension & location related insurances (may vary per country)

🏡 purpose built office in MUC 

📈 personal development

🎉 regular team events

🏁 start-up spirit

🌍 workation options (availability may differ by role)

 


air up® have developed an innovative and world-first drinking system. Through scent alone, the air up® bottle brings flavour to simple tap water and can be enjoyed without any single-use plastic bottles, sugar, or additives. air up is a young, fast-growing company filled with ambitious and creative minds from various backgrounds.

air up® is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining an equal opportunity environment for all persons free of discriminatory behaviour. We will not discriminate and will take affirmative action measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. 

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