European Sales Coordinator

About us

We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 65,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation, manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us

About the role 

As a European Sales Coordinator, you will provide active support to the European sales team in all commercial, administrative, business and operational needs, to maximise customer facing time. You will ensure customer satisfaction through internal networking with local DS Smith commercial teams and liaising externally with selected key functions at our customers.

Your remit will include but not limited to:

• Actively support customer activities (monthly sales turnover tracking, indexations, maintenance of product and price files, following contractual conditions, etc.);

• Accounts budgets, forecast and sales KPI's and dashboards follow up, and highlight any discrepancies;

• Coordinate the execution of tenders on time in full to achieve our growth ambitions;  

• Actively support or contribute to the development of sales operations best practices (KPIs) for European sales team;

• Compile and co-ordinate customer insights information and data;

• Organise sales / customer meetings and supporting materials.

 About you 

• Educated to a degree level, preferably in Business or Economics

• Advanced MS Excel and Power Point skills;

• Excellent analytical skills, with high level attention to detail and accuracy;

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, team-player

• Process minded, pro-active and "can-do" mentality;

• Good Influencing skills and ability to work in a multicultural environment

• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Benefits 

• Competitive salary

• Discretionary bonus

• Annual entitlement to eco vouchers

• Meal vouchers

• Entitlement to enrolment in the standard company hospitalization scheme

Location:  Brussels – hybrid

To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. 

Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria.

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