About us:

It's an exciting time to join ZAZU Limited, as we are a fast growing and innovative brand. Founded in 2013 and driven by two highly motivated and ambitious founders, who strive towards making parenthood easy, fun and structured. With two offices, in the Netherlands and in Hong Kong, we combine the flexibility of translating market expertise/demands into reality. ZAZU products are now sold all around the world and we are developing into a worldwide-acknowledged brand. Thanks to our ambition and future plans, we challenge ourselves every day with great passion for the brand.

Job Description:

The Sales/Marketing manager is responsible for further developing our growing business world-wide. ZAZU Limited is a fast growing company with a worldwide distribution network. We are currently active in 40+ countries and are looking for a Sales/Marketing manager that can help us realizing future prospects. The Sales/Marketing manager will be key in enhancing the communication with distributors, coordinating the marketing activities and seeking for new business possibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

The Sales/Marketing manager is responsible for

Existing relations and stakeholders:

• Daily communication and key account management with distributors;
• Monitoring and improving marketing activities of distributors;
• Rolling out tailor-made marketing strategies 
• Improving the current online marketing strategy, including social media marketing, influencer marketing and SEO/SEA;
• Acting as the main point of contact for our Dutch office
• Working in close collaboration with our HK and China based Purchase, Logistics, and Product Development Department;

New business:

• New Business Development, including acquisition of new clients;
• Conducting research to identify new markets and customer needs;
• Monitor, analyze and leverage relevant data sources;
• Lead analytical approaches to turn sales and executive reports

General tasks:

• sales targets / budget and reporting to Director;
• Managing all administrative tasks inherent to the position.
• Align strategic marketing priorities across the Dutch and Hong Kong office.

Qualifications:

Education and experience

• At least a Master Degree in Marketing, Business Administration or International Management;
• At least 2 years relevant work experience (Marketing/Sales);
• Preferable experience in the retail / children? retail industry;
• Previous experience with living in an overseas country and understanding the culture;
• Experience with Microsoft Office and CRM programmes;

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Strong connection with offline retail and online retail concepts;
• Strong understanding of the ZAZU Limited company objectives;
• Ability to work in a fast growing business environment with limited supervision;
• High degree of listening, negotiation and presentation abilities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in Dutch; Dutch language skills are obligatory
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, German and French; skills and abilities in other language are an added plus

Key competencies:

Behavioural

• Pro-Active: seeks new tasks and development opportunities;
• Identifies and develops new market demands;
• Anticipates on future business development trends and possibilities;
• Communication: communicates clearly and persuade possible new customers;
• Tailors communication to a specific audience;
• Is assertive when it comes to achieving sales targets;
• Relationship management: demonstrates the abilities to understand and develop relationships with current and new distributors;
• Planning and organizing: has strong detail orientation to fulfill every aspect of a task;
• Plans and manages project timelines and deadlines.

Technical

• Commercially aware and result driven: understands the wider environment in which the organization operates (e.g. customers, competitors, suppliers & market conditions);
• Strategic Marketing: develops and rolls out a tailor-made marketing plan for distributors or retailers;
• Analytical skills: gathers data and uses market analysis tools to transform data in relevant results;
• Is able to leverage data results into a strategic approach for improving Marketing strategies and activities.