About this role
✉ [email protected] ✆ +31 (0)172 74 82 14 Monday to Friday 06:00-15:30 NL DE EN ES FR Commercial Manager You make sure purchasing and sales run smoothly and you build out the commercial side of our business. Bodegraven, the Netherlands Full-time, 40 hours Van Herk Kaas has a long history, but is in the middle of a new build-up phase. We are growing fast and the commercial side of the business is far from finished. You will build it out, with a lot of freedom and room for your own ideas. You work in an international trading environment, with customers and suppliers both inside and outside Europe: from the United Kingdom and Poland to Turkey and the Middle East. You report directly to the owners and have a seat at the table for the important decisions: product range, pricing, new markets and how the team is organised.
What you will do
- You have final responsibility for purchasing and sales and make sure they fit together: the right products, at the right time, at the right price.
- You lead the back-office team and coach them in order processing, planning, export documents and customer contact.
- You build out the commercial organisation: new customers, new markets and a stronger product range.
- You maintain and strengthen relationships with our key customers, such as ship suppliers, cruise lines and trading partners.
- You negotiate prices, volumes and terms with suppliers and keep a close eye on the dairy and cheese market.
- You monitor margins, price agreements and stock levels and make adjustments where needed.
- You set up KPIs and benchmarks for purchasing, sales and the back office, and use them to measure, compare and improve the commercial processes.
- You work closely with finance and the warehouse and get more out of our ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central), including with AI.
Who you are
- A bachelor's or master's level of thinking, for example in commercial economics, business administration or ...