Junior Key Account Manager

Role overview

This opportunity is posted for a partner organization that handles the application review and all subsequent hiring steps. The client is seeking a Junior Key Account Manager located in Germany.

You will join a dynamic international beauty business where commercial results, data-led decisions, and retail execution work together to accelerate growth across major selective retail partners in Europe. The role supports key account management across several markets and contributes to revenue growth, margin improvement, and in-store execution. It also provides hands-on exposure to the full commercial cycle, including sell-in and sell-out analysis, trade investment, inventory planning, and performance reporting. This is a strong development role for someone who wants to deepen their understanding of P&L management in a fast-growing beauty brand. The setting is international, collaborative, and highly performance-focused, with a strong emphasis on ownership and delivery.

Key account responsibilities

• Help roll out annual and quarterly account plans that support revenue, margin, sell-in, and sell-out targets across European retail partners.
• Assist with sell-in discussions, forecasting, launch coordination, and order phasing alongside senior key account colleagues.
• Review sales results by retailer, market, and store, and flag risks, opportunities, and practical actions to improve performance.
• Support demand forecasting, replenishment, and inventory planning to keep stock levels healthy and sell-through efficient.
• Track stock availability, weeks of cover, and inventory exposure, and help implement corrective actions such as promotions, order changes, or assortment updates.
• Work with trade marketing, marketing, and operations teams to deliver promotional plans, product launches, and in-store activities on time.
• Support trade spend monitoring and ROI analysis for promotions, campaigns, and commercial projects.
• Prepare performance dashboards and contribute to business reviews covering sell-in, sell-out, productivity, and category movements.
• Maintain accurate commercial records, including accruals, deductions, and key performance metrics.

Candidate profile

• 3 to 5 years of experience in key account support, commercial roles, sales operations, or retail management, ideally within beauty, FMCG, or consumer goods.
• Exposure to European selective retail channels such as Sephora, Douglas, Boots, or comparable partners.
• A strong commercial and analytical approach, with interest in P&L, trade investment, and inventory management.
• Advanced ability in Excel and PowerPoint, with comfort working on sales data and financial reporting.
• Good organizational capability and the ability to handle several priorities across multiple accounts and markets.
• Excellent accuracy and a structured, data-oriented way of solving problems.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills in an international, cross-functional environment.
• Fluent English is required; additional European languages are an advantage.
• Self-driven and proactive, with the ability to perform well in a remote and fast-moving environment.

Benefits and working style

• Competitive pay that reflects experience and market norms.
• Opportunity to develop within a leading international beauty company.
• Significant exposure to end-to-end key account management, P&L responsibility, and retail strategy.
• Remote-first flexibility within Europe.
• Practical learning across sales, trade marketing, and supply chain functions.
• Collaborative international culture with strong growth potential.
• High-visibility role supporting major European retail accounts.

Application process and privacy

Applications and next steps are managed by the partner company. Candidate selection is supported by an AI-assisted matching process designed to review applications quickly, consistently, and fairly against the role’s core requirements. The system identifies the best-fitting profiles, and the shortlist is then passed to the hiring company, which makes the final decisions regarding interviews, assessments, and hiring outcomes.

By applying, you agree that personal data may be processed for candidate evaluation and shared with the hiring employer in line with applicable data protection laws, including GDPR, on the basis of legitimate interest and pre-contractual measures. You may exercise your rights to access, correct, delete, or object to processing at any time. Artificial intelligence may also be used to support parts of recruitment such as resume review, response analysis, and inconsistency checks; however, human judgment remains central to final hiring decisions.