Head of Sales, Benelux & Nordics (FMCG)

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The Role
Lead Commercial Growth in Benelux & Nordics - Baby, Beauty & Pet

Explore our Global FMCG Brand Portfolio: ZURU Edge Brands


About ZURU
 
ZURU is on a mission to disrupt industries and challenge the status quo through innovation and automation. Our brands reflect this vision: ZURU Toys re-imagines play, ZURU Tech leads the next building revolution, and ZURU Edge creates modern FMCG brands for today’s consumers.

Founded in 2003 by EY Entrepreneur of the Year brothers Nick and Mat Mowbray, ZURU has grown to over 5,000 team members across 30+ international locations.

As one of the world’s largest toy companies, our award-winning brands include Bunch O Balloons, Mini Brands, XSHOT, Rainbocorns, and Smashers. Our FMCG portfolio features MONDAY Haircare, Rascals, NOOD, BONKERS, Gumi Yum Surprise, and more.

For more information, visit www.zuru.com.


Position Impact

Short-Term Impact
You will accelerate growth across Benelux and Nordic markets by driving the regional commercial strategy, securing distribution gains and ensuring ZURU consistently captures or over-indexes its share of shelf versus competitors. Through close collaboration with commercial, marketing and supply teams, you will uplift availability, visibility and execution instore and online, unlock immediate P&L improvements and deliver best-in-class 4P execution with our priority customers.

Long-Term Impact
You will build enduring strategic partnerships with retailers and distributors, developing joint business plans that create mutual value and cement ZURU as a leading challenger brand across all EDGE verticals. By influencing internal direction through customer insights, you will help shape future innovation and long-range commercial strategy. You will champion ZURU’s entrepreneurial culture, helping to scale the mindset and ways of working that enable us to challenge the status quo while driving sustained market share, margin expansion and the long-term success of the consumer goods division in the region.

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Take full ownership of the region’s P&L and drive sales, trade investment, and product mix to meet financial goals.
  • Develop and implement the country’s commercial strategy, working with cross-functional teams to ensure success.
  • Manage key accounts, building strong long-term relationships with retailers and distributors.
  • Lead teams across functions to meet and exceed sales, P&L, and supply targets.
  • Improve commercial processes to boost performance and efficiency.
  • Foster a high-performing team culture that supports rapid growth and market disruption.

Skills & Experience

  • 6+ years in senior sales or commercial leadership within FMCG.
  • Proven track record managing major retailers and distributors across Benelux and Nordic markets.
  • Strong commercial acumen with a demonstrable ability to drive revenue, market share, and profitability in competitive environments.
  • Strategic thinker and problem solver, able to translate insights into actionable business plans.
  • Exceptional communication and influencing skills, capable of engaging internal stakeholders and external partners alike.
  • Experienced in leading high-performing, cross-functional teams and fostering accountability and growth.
  • Bachelor’s degree and EU work permit required.

LIFE@ZURU
At ZURU, we have cultivated a high-performing culture that encourages excellence. Our team works towards ambitious goals, learning, performing, and improving together, all while having fun. We empower talented individuals to do their best work every day.

At ZURU, you get out what you put in. You are responsible for driving your own career and we provide the platform to achieve it. As ZURU is on such a fast growth trajectory, there are opportunities here that you won’t find anywhere else.

We recognise that ZURU’s success stems from our people and you can only be at your best when you are looking after yourself. ZURU encourages all our team members to invest in their wellbeing by providing an array of benefits and tools.

ZURU – Tomorrow Reimagined
🚀ZURU.com

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The Company
Kolkata
793 Employees
Year Founded: 2003

What We Do

ZURU is on a quest to reimagine tomorrow from A to Z. Founded in 2003, ZURU Group has rapidly grown and now spans three core divisions—ZURU Toys, ZURU Edge (consumer goods) and ZURU Tech (construction). Known for its cutting-edge software and world-leading automation and manufacturing systems, ZURU has over 5,000 team members in over 30 global locations, making it perfectly placed to continue building its reputation as one of the fastest-growing and most disruptive companies in the world. ZURU TOYS ZURU Toys is one of the largest toy companies in the world, known for its innovation, creativity and disruption through automation. Inspired by kids and imaginative play, ZURU Toys distributes to all major retailers in over 120 countries and has delighted millions of families all over the world with brands such as Bunch O Balloons™, X-Shot™, Rainbocorns™, Robo Alive™, Smashers™, 5 Surprise™, and Pets Alive™ and partnerships with entertainment properties, including Nickelodeon, Disney, Universal Studios and DreamWorks. ZURU EDGE ZURU Edge is disrupting stale consumer goods categories and building new generation brands to better serve modern consumers. Arguably the fastest-growing consumer goods company in the world today, ZURU Edge has a key focus on building tomorrow’s brands across five key verticals—Pet Care, Baby Care, Personal Care & Beauty, Home Care and Health & Wellness. ZURU TECH ZURU Tech is revolutionizing the way the world builds to bring greater flexibility, speed, affordability, quality and sustainability to the construction industry. Ten years in the making, ZURU Tech has reinvented every aspect of the construction process, developing the world’s first BIM software that directly connects to fully automated production. Get to know us a little better by checking out our company Instagram @lifeatzuru

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