Key Account Manager

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Key Account Manager

Salmari is dark intense salmiak liquor with a refined premium taste, made in Finland. More than a liquor, Salmari is a cult brand — arty and mysterious. Our mission is to elevate people’s nightly spirit and let them experience the night in all its dimensions: Beyond the Dark Universe.


Salmari continues to grow strongly and is expanding its commercial team in the Netherlands.


To accelerate our growth we are looking for a Key Account Manager (full-time).


You are responsible for Salmari’s most important commercial relationships in the Netherlands. You combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution and play a key role in growing the brand across on-trade and off-trade.

Full-time · Netherlands

About the role

  • Identify and acquire new on-trade (horeca) and off-trade (retail) accounts.

  • Develop and execute new business strategies to establish volume growth.

  • Build and maintain long-term relationships with Salmari’s most important partners.

  • Negotiate and manage annual deals with distributors and key on-trade accounts.

  • Activate key accounts to drive volume, visibility and product rotation.

  • Build and manage a structured sales pipeline using CRM.

  • Work independently while closely aligned with the commercial team.

  • Report directly to the Commercial Director.

  • Office / field ratio: approx. 30% office – 70% field.

What does a day as
Key Account Manager look like?

You start your day by answering emails and ticking off your to-do list at the Salmari HQ. Then, you have a meeting with the commercial team about the coming week.
Next, you hop into your Salmari car, ready for a day full of sales and appointments—It’s going to be a good day!

Today you will go to Rotterdam to visit the top on-trade accounts, discussing how to activate Salmari and boost rotation. After that, you visit an important horeca distributor in the Rotterdam area and you have meeting with a horeca group: a potential new client.

At the end of the day, you do a report on the last weeks sales performance.

A productive Salmari day! ♦️


About you 

  • Completed (commercial) education ( HBO / WO).

  • Solid experience in a sales or commercial role.

  • Experience in on-trade (horeca) and/or off-trade (retail).

  • Experience within alcoholic beverages brands is a strong plus.

  • Strong dealmaking, negotiation and relationship-building skills.

  • Energetic, convincing and professional communication style.

  • Preference for being in the field rather than behind a desk.

  • Independent working style with strong planning and administrative skills.

  • You connect with the Salmari brand.

  • A valid driver’s license (B).

  • Native Dutch and professional English.

  • Preferably living in Randstad.

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Salmari offers

  • Market-based salary for 40 hours p/w.

  • Competitive bonus structure.

  • Freedom to plan and organize your own workweek.

  • Salmari company car, laptop and mobile phone.

  • Creative and ambitious work environment at a fast-growing brand with HQ in Amsterdam.

  • Professional growth opportunities in a dynamic scale up environment.

  • Free beyond the dark energy and merchandise.

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Would you like to join Salmari as Key Account Manager?
We’d love to hear from you!

Salmari is dark intense salmiak liquor with a refined premium taste, made in Finland. More than a liquor, Salmari is a cult brand — arty and mysterious. Our mission is to elevate people’s nightly spirit and let them experience the night in all its dimensions: Beyond the Dark Universe.

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