Make an impact on the future of food. Drive the growth of Beyond Meat in Europe.
Are you commercially driven, fluent in French, and passionate about sustainable food? This is your opportunity to play a key role in expanding leading plant-based brands like Beyond Meat across the French market. Based in Zoeterwoude, you'll work in an international team with plenty of room for initiative and support from experienced, dedicated colleagues.
Our team: driven, diverse, and close-knit
You’ll join a sales team of eight international colleagues with diverse backgrounds in education, experience, and nationality. We share insights, support each other, and work closely as a team. We work hard but make room for fun and it shows: more than a third of our employees have been with us for over 12.5 years.
Successful
You will be successful when you increase our presence in the French market by increasing brand awareness and market share for our plant-based products.
Your role: building relationships and shaping the future
As International Account Manager, you will be the key contact for clients in the French market. You’ll manage existing accounts and actively acquire new ones. The current balance is about 50/50, with the goal of growing your portfolio to a level where relationship management takes the lead.
Represent top brands like Beyond Meat and Good Catch;
Visit international food fairs and clients about 3 times a year;
Conduct market research and translate insights into sales strategies;
Collaborate with internal teams and brand partners to ensure smooth execution of orders and projects.
What do we offer?
✅ Salary between € 3.300 – € 4.000 gross per month;
✅ Good employment conditions with a target-based bonus structure, 28 holiday days and a good pension settlement;
✅ Monthly plant-based product package;
✅ Flexible working hours: 32, 36, or 40 hours per week;
✅ Join a successful, innovative company with a loyal client base;
✅ Real opportunities to shape your role and contribute your ideas.
Who are you?
You are commercially minded, target-driven, and thrive in international environments. You enjoy autonomy but value teamwork. You’re ready to take ownership of your market and grow with a purpose.
Fluent in French and English, both spoken and written;
Experience in FMCG sales OR ready for your second career step after graduating with a bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree;
Willing to travel across Europe for client visits and trade fairs;
Passionate about plant-based food and sustainability;
Independent, communicative, and proactive.
Zandbergen World's Finest Meat
We are a leading company in the international protein supply chain with our head office in Zoeterwoude, the Netherlands Originally Zandbergen is a trading company who imports and exports meat and meat products. Since 2018 we added plant-based products to our assortment and one year later we also started to produce Beyond Meat products in our production plant “The New Plant”.
We are a sourcing partner for food manufacturers, foodservice and retail. Our animal based protein products mainly come from North- and South-America, Australia, New-Zealand and Thailand. We have customers all over Europe and the United Arab Emirates.
www.zandbergen.com
Other sites: thenewplant.nl, www.frozenbutcher.com, www.trustmychicken.com, www.373concepts.com
Company goals
We are focused on sourcing the highest quality of meat (animal-based and plant-based) from all over the world, while respecting animal welfare, conserving natural resources and battling climate change.
