Benelux Business Support at Oatly

WHY OATLY

Hello potential future Oatly employee. Its us the original oat drink company that started in Sweden back 30-ish or so years ago.

Weve become a popular and pioneering dairy-alt player in the market. Were continuing to establish our presence here determined on being part of the discussion on the long-term future of the food and beverage industry. With this growth we need more brilliant minds to come work with us to keep the momentum going and the oat drink flowing.

Our mission is to make it easy for people to eat better and live healthier lives without recklessly taxing the planets resources. If this resonates with you then maybe youd like work for Oatly too. So lets get to the formal stuff.

WHAT WE NEED YOU TO DO

Were looking for a Business Support who will play a key role in enabling our Retail Sales team in Benelux to focus on what they do best driving growth and building strong customer this role you will provide direct support to the Head of Retail Sales and assist the wider sales team with administrative and operational tasks. Your contribution will ensure that the team can concentrate on deal-making and delivering exceptional results.

Heres the main elements of the role...

• Provide day-to-day administrative support to the sales team on several internal and external sales processes ao on Albert Heijn BNL Retail and BNL Out-of Home customers.

• Daily point of contact for our key customers for example to provide product technical specifications prices & promotions.

• GS1 data management.

• Optimizing E-com content management.

• Participate in new product & customer launching projects.

But you know. These are just the things we can think of right now! This might be the job today but tomorrow brings more change so being light on your feet and willing to embrace the unknown is a verrrrrry big help.

In this role you will report to Head of Retail within sales and the location for this role is Amsterdam.

WHAT WE NEED YOU TO BRING TO THE TABLE

We are looking for someone who is proactive and adaptable ready to take initiative and make things happen. You listen carefully embrace challenges with confidence and work efficiently to keep things moving forward. To succeed in this role you hold an HBO degree and preferably have experience within the FMCG industry. Next to that you thrive in dynamic non-traditional work environments. If the below sounds like you wed love to see an application.

Other key competencies & experiences:

• Excellent planning and organizing skills.

• Pragmatic self-starter who can work at high speed and at the same time be precise - have an eye for details!

• IT competence within Microsoft programmers.

• Good communication and social skills.

• Fluent in English and Dutch.

WHO WE NEED YOU TO BE

We think your oatsomeness is built upon the following qualities:

• You are a passionate advocate for sustainability who strives to create societal shifts and drive the plant-based revolution.

• You have problem-solving skills essential for identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions.

• You are a self-starter who enjoys building from scratch and implementing sustainable processes structures and tools.

• You are highly collaborative and understand that our success as a company depends on our ability to work together to find innovative solutions.

• You are comfortable with ambiguity and chaos energized by the challenge of building something lasting that benefits both the world and its people.

To be the perfect fit for Oatly we believe you have a thirst for knowledge and are a result-driven person with high integrity. You thrive with a hands-on approach even in times of rapid change. Your social competence allows you to work effectively both independently and collaboratively.

Finallywe hope that you share our values and have a great interest to carry out our mission in order to make the world a little bit better.

YOUR APPLICATION

Phew! Well done if youve got this far. Were glad weve still got your attention because weve got one last super important point to make.

As you can probably tell were a norm-breaking company. For us diversity and differences are an obvious asset. We know that amazing candidates can sometimes be put off applying for a job unless they can tick every box and that makes us really sad. So please trust your gut and pop in your application if its feeling right. If you have the curiosity passion and collaborative spirit lets do this together! It will be fun!

Another bulleted list felt redundant so we wrote this long sentence with all the ways we sweeten the deal to work with us: 30 days holiday (plus bank holidays) an awesome office (with amazing cappoatccinos) cost free pension plan bike plan vitality allowance tools to maintain mental and psychical wellbeing and many more.

Last day of application: 5th of January.

Since its soon the holidays and we need time to drink a lot of hot oatchocolate this posting period will be for a bit longer than usual. But hey this is a great opportunity to really take your time and describe why you are our number 1 Oatfan!

We treat all candidates equally: If you are interested please apply through our application system - any correspondence should come from there. This will ensure that the candidate experience is smooth and fair to everyone!

Love Oatly XOXO

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