The Senior Markeing Manager - F&B - North/Benelux has a double hatted responsibility, being the marketing lead for the Netherlands and Belgium as well as leading the marketing managers for UKI, North and France (coach/player principle). Combined this is a cluster with a lot of large customers representation across all segments.
How you'll make an impact:
Growth & Commercial Impact
- Identify growth opportunities, white-space opportunities, and market trends within the cluster.
- Drive demand generation and pipeline creation initiatives in partnership with sales teams.
- Support commercial planning, pricing initiatives, strategic account programs, and new solution launches.
- Monitor business performance and marketing ROI across markets.
Customer & Market Engagement
- Deeply understand customer needs, industry trends, regulatory developments, and competitive dynamics.
- Partner with Corporate Accounts and field sales teams to support strategic customers and key growth initiatives such as ABM.
- Represent the voice of the customer in European marketing planning processes.
Portfolio & Innovation Execution
- Lead deployment of Global and European innovation programs, strategic campaigns, and digital solutions.
- Collaborate with Segment Marketing and Global teams to adapt value propositions and content for local markets.
Skills & Competencies
- Strategic thinking and Customer-centric mindset
- Leadership and talent development
- Strong communication and stakeholder management
- Commercial and financial acumen
- Data-driven decision making
- Change leadership and organizational influence
- Project and portfolio management
Qualifications:
The North/Benelux Lead must be able to think beyond traditional cleaning and sanitation programs and understand how customers operate across the full production environment. The role requires the ability to develop integrated customer value propositions that connect:
- Cleaning and sanitation performance
- Process water optimization
- Wastewater treatment and discharge management
- Water reuse and sustainability initiatives
- Energy efficiency and operational productivity
- Food safety, quality, and compliance outcomes
- Digital monitoring and performance optimization
- 8+ years of marketing, commercial, or business development experience
- Strong understanding of food & beverage market preferred
- Proven success driving growth, innovation commercialization, and strategic marketing initiatives
- Experience working within matrix organizations and cross-functional environments in a B2B context
The successful candidate will be able to engage customers at both operational and strategic levels, helping position FBU as a partner that improves the overall performance and sustainability of food and beverage manufacturing operations.
About Ecolab:
At Ecolab, we prioritize our talent-first philosophy by creating the most capable and diverse team to excel at our nearly three million customer sites. Building on a century of innovation, our 48,000 associates help deliver comprehensive science-based solutions, data-driven insights and world-class service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, and optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, life sciences, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world. Our solutions not only enhance operational efficiency but also contribute to sustainability and public health, making a positive impact on the world. We are committed to eliminating unnecessary complexities and embracing a beginner's mindset, continuously seeking new perspectives and innovative solutions to stay ahead in a rapidly changing world.
Ecolab’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) reflects our longstanding value of working together to integrate diverse perspectives to challenge ourselves, reach our goals and do what’s right.
Apply today and join one of the most ethical companies with over a hundred years of history.
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Skills Required
- 8+ years of marketing, commercial, or business development experience
- Proven success driving growth, innovation commercialization, and strategic marketing initiatives
- Experience working within matrix organizations and cross-functional environments in a B2B context
- Strong understanding of the food and beverage market
- Strategic thinking and customer-centric mindset
- Leadership and talent development experience
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Commercial and financial acumen
- Data-driven decision-making skills
- Change leadership and organizational influence
- Project and portfolio management skills
Ecolab Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ecolab and has not been reviewed or approved by Ecolab.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the company provides strong retirement programs, including a 401(k) with employer matching and a pension, alongside options like an employee stock purchase plan. Offerings such as retiree healthcare benefits and diverse investment choices reinforce long-term financial support.
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests medical coverage is broad, with HSA plan options and company contributions, prescription benefits, dental and vision, and virtual care and mental health support. Company-paid wellness programs and income protection (short- and long-term disability, life and accident) further strengthen core coverage.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-focused programs include fertility support, adoption assistance, and paid parental leave, complemented by counseling and resource services. These offerings are positioned as supportive of employee well-being across different life stages.
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What We Do
A trusted partner at nearly three million customer locations, Ecolab (ECL) is the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services. With annual sales of $12 billion and more than 44,000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive solutions, data-driven insights and personalized service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world. For more Ecolab news and information, visit www.ecolab.com, or follow us on twitter.com/ecolab, facebook.com/ecolab or instagram.com/ecolab_inc.
