Are you deeply passionate about the future of food, agri-tech, and ingredient innovation? Do you bridge the gap between high-level innovation strategy, complex technical R&D, and global client growth?
We are looking for a Key Account Manager to own and expand our largest corporate client relationship—a global leader in the food ingredients space. This is not a single project, but a matrixed portfolio of parallel workstreams spanning multiple business units (including animal nutrition, food solutions, cocoa and chocolate, and protein) across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas.
Supported by our full corporate venture-building platform, you will serve as the daily face of the relationship, the commercial engine behind account expansion, and the strategic lead guiding multi-million euro innovation initiatives.
Key Account Leadership & Growth: Manage a wide network of corporate stakeholders—from group-level budget owners setting innovation strategy to BU project leads, R&D directors, procurement, and legal. Turn warm threads into signed work, reactivate dormant contacts, and open new entry points across global business units to hit an annual signed-revenue target.
Commercial Structuring: Draft and negotiate complex proposals, statements of work, pricing structures, subcontractor arrangements, and order confirmations. Write precise scope language that survives global corporate procurement reviews without boxing in agile delivery.
Thought Leadership & Strategic Framing: Produce original proposal decks, frameworks, and perspectives on food-system innovation that client leaders will put directly in front of their own executive boards. Position us as a primary thinking partner rather than a supplier.
Hands-on Facilitation & Delivery Oversight: Directly facilitate ideation sessions, innovation sprints, customer discovery, and strategic workshops. Coordinate cross-functional delivery teams across strategy, design, and venture building.
Stakeholder & Matrix Navigation: Protect internal advocates and deftly navigate corporate matrix dynamics, balancing conflicting instructions across regional and group-level stakeholders.
Travel: Regular regional travel to client offices in Europe, with occasional wider travel across APAC and the Americas.
We are seeking a unique profile combining deep agri-food domain context with high-level commercial execution:
Genuine Passion for Agri-Food: Non-negotiable, deep energy for the food sector. You actively follow food-system trends, have original views on ingredient innovation, and understand technical R&D and production value chains.
Relevant Background & Experience: 10–15+ years of total experience combining time at a food producer/ingredient company with time in strategy consulting, creative/innovation agencies, or corporate venture building. (Pure corporate food backgrounds or generalist consultants without food tech depth will not fit this role).
Commercial Acumen & Political Sensitivity: Strong track record structuring and negotiating six-figure corporate engagements, holding a firm position under pressure, and navigating complex corporate matrix politics.
High-Calibre Written Execution: Exceptional written communication capabilities. You produce polished proposals, client communications, frameworks, and briefs that stand up to C-suite scrutiny.
Methodology Fluency: Strong familiarity with innovation frameworks (Venture Building, Jobs-to-be-Done, Customer Discovery, Desirability/Viability/Feasibility Validation, Lean Startup).
Languages: Professional business English is mandatory; Dutch is a valuable asset.
Nice to Have: Founder/entrepreneurial experience in food (even a past venture that failed), formal facilitation trainin
High-Impact Mandate: A senior, high-visibility role carrying the group's flagship account with direct scope to shape and grow our AgriFood practice.
World-Class Innovation Ecosystem: Access to deep global venture-building capabilities, methodology tools, and delivery talent.
Entrepreneurial Culture: A hybrid, flexible work setup within a fast-moving international team that prioritizes growth and creativity.
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