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Business Development Lead, UA

Sales Kyiv Full-time Ukraine

Job Description

We are looking for a proactive and business-driven professional to join our team and support the development of export operations while unlocking new growth opportunities across key business channels.

In this role, you will contribute to incremental value creation for the UAEECA cluster by supporting export activities and developing new business opportunities within Out-of-Home (OOH), tender channels, and emerging product categories. You will work closely with sales teams, international partners, and cross-functional stakeholders to build effective commercial propositions, support market launches, and drive business growth.

Key Responsibilities

Export Operations

  • Prepare commercial offers for export markets, including portfolio selection and pricing calculations.
  • Coordinate communication with export markets and partners to ensure effective shipment planning.
  • Support the resolution of operational issues related to export activities.
  • Contribute to business growth across Retail, OOH, accessories, and distributor cross-sell portfolios.

New Products Strategy Development in OOH

  • Support the development and implementation of the sales strategy for new products, such as Cafitesse (liquid coffee solution) or L’oR Bubbles in Ukraine.
  • Define Route-to-Market (RtM), pricing, and portfolio propositions for the category.
  • Conduct trainings for the sales organization and share global best practices.
  • Collaborate with the sales team and participate in customer negotiations when needed.
  • Prepare analytical insights and reports to support business decisions.

Growth Channels Development

  • Work with the growth channels, such as Tenders or Non-Commercial
  • Monitor tender opportunities across different platforms for Retail and OOH products.
  • Work with sales teams to prepare competitive commercial offers.
  • Conduct pricing calculations and define portfolio propositions for tender submissions.
  • Analyze tender results to improve future bidding strategies.
  • Support the development of sales strategies for non-commercial channels.
  • Identify and explore new business opportunities together with the sales organization.

Qualifications

  • Higher Education, preferred in Economic, Management, Marketing, or Shopper Marketing fields 
  • Experience in shopper marketing, category development or business development will be a plus
  • Strong analytical and commercial mindset
  • Ability to work cross-functionally and collaborate with international stakeholders
  • Experience with pricing, portfolio management, and sales strategy development
  • Proactive approach and ability to identify new business opportunities
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ukrainian - fluent, English - level В1-B2  
  • FMCG Multinational Enterprise experience is a plus
  • PC skills: MS Word, MS excel, MS PowerPoint, SAP, SuccessFactors, 1C

Additional Information

  • Competitive salary and comfortable working conditions (hybrid format)
  • Compensations & benefits (including insurance programs and meal allowance)
  • Rewards & recognition program, learning and development in multicultural environment
  • Democratic corporate culture and open management team
  • Opportunity to become expert in coffee&tea

 

Company Description

JDE Peet’s is the world's leading pure-play coffee and tea company, with local roots dating back to 1753, and is headquartered in the Netherlands. We unleash the possibilities of coffee and tea in more than 100 countries with a portfolio of over 50 brands, including L’OR, Peet’s, Jacobs, Senseo, Tassimo, Douwe Egberts, OldTown, Super, Pickwick and Moccona.

What’s it like to work at JDE Peet’s?

We are people united by the power and possibility of tea and coffee. At JDE Peet’s, we thrive on the freedom to pursue opportunities, provoking new ideas to make an impact at scale. Our ambition is simple – JDE Peet's: unleashing the possibilities of coffee and tea.

We bring action to our intentions, following through on what was agreed, always pushing things forward. We offer our people a range of learning and development programmes to support their personal growth. We’ve worked hard to build an open, collaborative environment where you can approach anyone and be heard.

At JDE Peet's, we believe it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee or tea.

Apply to unleash a cup of amazing for your career. UNLEASH YOUR POSSIBILITY!

Find out more at http://careers.jdepeets.com

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