Key Account Manager M/F

Company

Linman & Associés is recruiting a Key Account Manager M/F for a leading family-owned player in the fresh fruit market. A leader in its market, the company combines historical expertise, innovation, and industrial performance to develop its brands in France and internationally.

Location: Sarthe / Indre-et-Loire, with occasional travel in France and abroad.

Position

Reporting to the Sales Director, you will manage and develop a portfolio of Key Accounts, in collaboration with the ADV, planning, logistics, production, quality, and finance teams.

Your main missions:

• Define and deploy the commercial strategy for your portfolio;
• Develop existing accounts, prospect, and conduct negotiations;
• Guarantee turnover, profitability, and customer satisfaction objectives;
• Manage sales, volumes, and stocks to optimize performance;
• Coordinate internal teams and ensure the follow-up of customer commitments;
• Analyze needs and build sales forecasts;
• Utilize ERP, data, and AI to strengthen commercial management;
• Ensure reporting to Management.

Profile

With a Master's degree (Bac+5) in business or the agri-food industry, you have approximately 5 years of experience in a similar commercial role, ideally in fruits and vegetables.

You have mastered mass retail, strategic account management, and negotiation. Comfortable with Excel, ERP, and data, you combine a commercial sense, analytical capacity, and a results orientation.

Rigorous, organized, and convincing, you possess excellent interpersonal skills and a strong sensitivity to the agricultural world.

English is essential. German is a plus.

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Linman & Associés is committed to equal treatment, diversity, and inclusion in all its recruitment practices.

Each application is examined with the same attention, based on objective, relevant criteria directly related to the skills, qualifications, experience, and aptitudes required for the position.

In accordance with French legislation, no application can be rejected for a discriminatory reason prohibited by law. We also strive to prevent biases that could influence the various stages of the recruitment process and to guarantee a fair evaluation of applications.

All individuals meeting the required skills and qualifications are invited to apply. Candidates requiring specific accommodations to participate in the recruitment process may inform us so that appropriate arrangements can be discussed with them.