Key Skills

Job Description

Company Description Nordberg by Vennskap is an outdoor apparel brand inspired by Norway and the raw Scandinavian outdoors, offering high-quality garments at competitive prices. The company focuses on combining fashionable design with durable, environmentally conscious products. Nordberg aims to create positive impact by collaborating with charities and supporting community initiatives. Its products are distributed exclusively through a carefully selected dealer network, ensuring strong partnerships and brand alignment. This environment offers team members the chance to work closely with retailers and be part of a purpose-driven, growing outdoor brand. Role Description The Key Account Manager Outdoor Sport – Zuid-Nederland, including customers in the German border region, is a full-time hybrid role based in the Amsterdam Area, with flexibility to work from home. In this position, the Key Account Manager develops and maintains relationships with key retail partners, focusing on outdoor sport dealers in South Netherlands and nearby German regions. Daily activities include visiting accounts, presenting collections, negotiating terms, tracking sales performance, and ensuring optimal in-store brand presence. The role involves creating account plans, coordinating promotions, gathering market insights, and collaborating closely with internal teams on forecasting and inventory. The Key Account Manager is also responsible for identifying new business opportunities within the dealer network and representing Nordberg at relevant trade shows and industry events. Qualifications Strong Account Management and Key Accounts experience, ideally within outdoor, sports, or apparel retail environments. Solid Analytical Skills to interpret sales data, market trends, and customer insights for effective business planning. Proficiency in Business Planning, including building account plans, setting sales targets, and monitoring performance. Excellent Customer Service skills with a focus on long-term relationship building and stakeholder management. Strong communication and negotiation abilities in English; Dutch and/or German language skills are a must. Comfort with hybrid work, frequent travel within Zuid-Nederland and the German border region, and occasional trade fair attendance. Proactive, self-directed work style, with organizational skills and attention to detail. Relevant commercial education or equivalent experience in sales, account management, or business development.

Core Responsibilities

Develop and maintain relationships with outdoor sport retail partners in South Netherlands and nearby German regions by visiting accounts, presenting collections, negotiating terms, and monitoring sales. Create account plans and promotions, gather market insights, coordinate forecasting and inventory with internal teams, identify new business opportunities, and represent the brand at trade shows and industry events.

Requirements

Candidates should have strong account management and key account experience, ideally in outdoor, sports, or apparel retail, along with analytical, business planning, customer service, communication, and negotiation skills. English communication is required, Dutch and/or German language skills are essential, and the role calls for frequent regional travel, a proactive and organized approach, and relevant commercial education or equivalent experience.