Sales Support & Account Specialist (m/f/d)

Permanent employee, Full-time · Reinbek

Role description

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Sales Support & Account Specialist to join our growing key account management team. In this role, you will be responsible for providing critical support to our team and ensuring the smooth management of customer accounts. Your primary focus will be on guaranteeing best-in-class customer satisfaction, coordinating project & operations activities, and facilitating the flow of information between clients and internal teams.

Your Mission

Sales Support: You assist the key account team with preparing proposals and managing client communication throughout the sales cycle. In that function you collaborate with Product Management and R&D and facilitate communication within the team. You support our key account team in organizing customer visits and business trips and are working closely with our Marketing and Finance team.
Account Management: You supervise account activities and order fulfilment by our Customer Service team. You handle all escalations and are responsible for addressing inquiries, resolving issues, and ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction for your assigned accounts.
Reporting: You generate and analyse sales reports to provide insights into account performance and identify opportunities for growth.
Process Improvement: Identify areas for improvement in sales processes and contribute to the development of best practices with our Customer Excellence team.

Minimum Qualifications

A degree in economics/business administration or a successfully completed commercial apprenticeship with work experience.
Strong communication skills and customer orientation.
Ideally, you already have professional experience in sales.
A high level of organizational skills, reliability, initiative, teamwork, and a strong service mentality with a high standard of quality.
Structured working style, quick grasp of complex issues, and strong communication skills.
Excellent written and spoken German and English, with additional foreign languages being an advantage.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with ERP and CRM tools is an advantage.

Why you'll love working here

Exciting tasks in an internationally operating, growing family business with flat hierarchies
Flexible working hours and home office options
4 weeks remote work from other EU countries
30 days paid vacation per year
Salary bands for a fair corporate culture
Monthly allowance of €50 for your BAV
Annual 360° feedback loops with clear promotion criteria and an individual career path
Responsibility from day one in a company that encourages personal responsibility and growth
Regular company events such as summer party, Christmas party
Paid team dinners or activities for each team twice a year
Free parking right outside the door
Perks and benefits: JobRad, subsidized lunch, subsidy for the Deutschlandticket, free language courses and discounted memberships at several gyms and for the Wellpass
Fresh fruit, free drinks and snacks in the office

Our Process

Initial Screen with the Recruiter
Technical Interview with the Hiring Manager
Challenge onsite

Contact

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About us

At Arethia, we fuse our long-standing reputation with a continual push for progress. A rapidly expanding player in the flavour industry, Arethia specialises in delivering innovative taste solutions and co-creating products that consumers love. For more than 70 years, Arethia has been known for its close collaboration with customers and the highest quality standards. With over 250 employees spread across Germany, Switzerland, Dubai, and Indonesia, we aim to shape the future of flavours with a culture that values agility, transparency, and talent.

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