Account Manager for our Business Unit West

Arbeitsort

Handewitt

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• Account-Manager/in

Are you ready to accelerate your career and make a real impact in the international food industry? At Vega, we’re looking for a passionate Account Manager who thrives on building strong relationships, seizing new opportunities, and driving sales growth. If you’re ambitious, proactive, and eager to take ownership of your own customer port-folio, this is your chance to step into a key commercial role—where your results and ideas truly matter.

During your first months at Vega, you will join a well-structured onboarding program, getting to know our prod-ucts, our business, our customers, and the market—supported by great colleagues who want to see you succeed.

Your role

• Build and develop strong customer relationships while driving sales growth.
• Manage offers, pricing, forecasts, and customer-specific requirements.
• Coordinate orders, packaging, labels, and customer claims.
• Identify new business opportunities and follow up on leads from trade fairs and events.
• Work closely with Sales, Planning, Customer Service, and Finance to ensure excellent customer service.
• Use tools such as Targit and Navision BC to support commercial decisions and daily operations

What we are looking for

• Fluent in English (other languages are a plus).
• You have completed a commercial apprenticeship or hold a degree in Business Administration, Sales, or a re-lated field.
• Experience in Sales, Key Account Management, or Customer Service, ideally within the food or seafood indus-try
• Energetic, curious, and eager to learn about the salmon industry.
• Confident in customer interactions and flexible when it comes to working across time zones
• Positive, solution-oriented and committed to results
• Driven by results and motivated to exceed targets—your ambition sets the pace.
• Comfortable with an international environment and cross-team collaboration

We offer

• A friendly, family-oriented work environment with a culture of mutual respect and informal communication
• Career development opportunities and professional training
• Comprehensive onboarding and training for your role and responsibilities
• €50 tax-free monthly benefit (Edenred Shopping Card) plus employee discounts
• Bike leasing scheme (Job Bike)
• Weekly team breakfast every Friday
• Complimentary coffee, tea, and fresh fruit
• Subsidy for public transportation commuting costs
• Regular company events and team celebrations

For more information, please contact Sales Manager Hauke Schick at or or HR-Manager Finn Jessen at or

Vega Salmon was established in Denmark in 2004 and processes and refines fresh and smoked salmon with great international cooperation with large and quality-focused retailers and partners in 35 countries worldwide. The company is one of the largest of its kind in Europe, and the vision is to deliver world class salmon every day. Vega Salmon has its headquarters in Haderslev and production plant in Handewitt, Germany, turnover in 2024 was 170 Mio. €. There are approximately 450 own employees, whereof 25 are employed in Denmark, 6 in Italy, 42 in the German office, and the rest in the production in Handewitt. The company is owned by the Norwegian Coast Seafood, who has great plans for Vega. See more on or LinkedIn: