Key Accounts Team Lead - Retail

At Too Good To Go, we dream of a world where all produced food is consumed. We dream of a world where we all - producers, retailers, workers in the hospitality industry, consumers, and policymakers- join forces to create a common solution to tackle food waste-head on.. In a very short time, we’ve become one of Europe’s most promising impact businesses.

We’re now active in 20 countries and have built a community of over 133 million people. We still have big plans to make the world a better place—one saved meal at a time. And, specifically, in Spain we want to drive our mission forward - which is why we’re now looking for a highly motivated Key Accounts Lead to help us in the fight against food waste!

If you want to be part of our fantastic team and are looking for a meaningful role, read on! Your mission As a Key Account Team Lead, your primary responsibility is to lead, coach inspire your team as they nurture grow important existing business, and win new key account partnerships by identifying new opportunities. Reporting to the Head of Key Accounts, you will manage the Retail team of 3 Key Account Manager and 4 Key Partner Growth Managers, and collaborate with team members across other Key Accounts segment teams as well as other colleagues in Global Key Accounts, Marketing and Independent Partners.

Your role Team sector leadership: full management of the Key Account sector pipeline forecasts plus line management of Key Account Managers in the Retail team. You will be responsible for their development, give effective feedback and are accountable for their overall performance. Proactive business development and relationship building: independently and proactively outreach to gain meetings and build rapport with stakeholders and decision-makers of challenging big accounts Research: independently search for new opportunities, learn about the businesses in depth, map the stakeholders and understand their decision-making process.

Pitching: create and deliver high quality, professional presentations to potential partners, and confidently speak about the business and food waste proposition. Account Management Growth: oversee the Supermarket team’s portfolio of key accounts, ensuring the partnerships are strong, we have meaningful relationships with numerous stakeholders in their businesses, and delivering strategies to grow the accounts. The focus should be on maximising our store coverage, overall supply and guiding them on a zero waste approach.

Planning and forecasting: building reports to track performance and identify trends, and creating financial projections and forecasts for internal planning and commercial proposals. Supporting roll outs: working with our partners and our Key Partner Growth Management teams to plan, schedule and execute store rollouts at scale.

Requirements

Excellent commercial experience working in or with prominent brands in the Supermarket/Retailer sector. The candidate should have in depth knowledge and understanding of Spain Retailer environment. Strong Sales/Business Development experience, demonstrating an ability to establish, nurture and win key account leads by selling in a proposition to a variety of senior stakeholders that anticipates and accommodates each account’s specific needs, while not deviating from Too Good To Go’s core values and product.

Excellent commercial acumen and strategic thinking, with a track record of unlocking opportunity, overcoming commercial and operational challenges, and delivering value and growth. Ability to work closely with our marketing team to develop unique value propositions for our accounts. Ability to lead difficult negotiations skilfully, and create and deliver high impact pitches.