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Wine Account Manager

AntwerpHybridHours negotiable<3months

A dynamic wine importer and distributor is looking for a Wine Account Manager.

  • The portfolio consists of wines from smaller, independent winemakers.
  • The focus is on authenticity, surprising grape varieties, and an excellent price-quality ratio.
  • The organization aims for further growth in Belgium.

What you do

  • Responsible for commercial development in Belgium.
  • Main focus on resellers and professional wine merchants, also active within the hospitality sector.
  • Expanding existing customers and actively prospecting for new opportunities.
  • Ensuring that the wines resonate with customers.
  • Frequent travel and enjoys personal contact.
  • Working structured and communicating intensively with the internal team.
  • Actively managing and expanding the Belgian customer base.
  • Prospecting for new resellers, wine shops, and hospitality clients.
  • Maintaining sustainable relationships with existing customers.
  • Presenting and offering tastings of new domains, wines, and vintages.
  • Advising customers on the composition of their assortment.
  • Setting up commercial actions and introductions together with marketing.
  • Identifying market opportunities and reporting them internally.
  • Structured follow-up of offers, appointments, and commercial opportunities.
  • Supporting export activities where necessary.

What they ask

  • Passion for wine and people.
  • Good wine knowledge, preferably WSET Level 3 or the motivation and ambition to achieve it (training through the organization possible).
  • Fluent in Dutch, French, and English.
  • Strong commercial mindset.
  • Enjoys being on the road and gets energy from customer contact.
  • Able to work independently without losing sight of the team.
  • Works structured and consistently follows up on agreements.
  • Open, fast, and clear communication.
  • Contributes ideas on sales, assortment, and marketing.
  • Curious and eager to discover new regions, grape varieties, and producers.
  • Team player.

Practical

  • You will join an entrepreneurial organization with room for initiative.
  • Opportunity to influence the company's growth.
  • A broad and constantly evolving international wine portfolio.
  • A lot of freedom and responsibility within the role.
  • Intensive contact with customers, colleagues, and producers.
  • Support from marketing, purchasing, and the internal team.
  • Opportunity for WSET 3 training.
  • Room to develop commercial actions and new opportunities yourself.
  • Involvement in both the Belgian market and, where relevant, export.
  • A role where no two weeks are the same.
  • Collaboration possible on an employment contract or self-employed basis.

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