Export Sales & Trade Marketing Assistant (100%)

For more than 40 years, the Laurastar group has combined innovation, ambition and excellence to care for and sanitise fabrics and households. The Swiss group's expertise in this field now extends from ironing and fabric care to hygiene systems that protect you and your loved ones from diseases and pests. Thanks to its unique Dry Microfine Steam, Laurastar is now the world leader in high-end steam systems, with over 3 million products sold in over 40 countries worldwide. In Switzerland, where the Group’s headquarters are located, almost a quarter of households own at least one of the brand’s most popular products. Laurastar employs around 280 employees, including its subsidiaries in Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Hungary.

Our motivated, well-trained, hard-working, dynamic, responsible and loyal employees, who achieve results and enjoy doing so, are the foundation of our success.

If you would like to contribute to this success, we look forward to meeting you!

We are looking for, for our world headquarters in Châtel-St-Denis, our future

Export Sales & Trade Marketing Assistant (100%)

Main role:
  • Help deploying the global Export sales channel go-to-market strategy in line with Laurastar vision and mission
  • Provide assistance to Laurastar distributor’s network on various sales and marketing activities
  • Support the Global Export Sales Director and Sales Managers in building privileged relationships with external business partners
  • Manage administrative and operational tasks for the Export department such as organization of internal/external meetings, sales/technical trainings, ad-hoc projects, etc
  • Actively participate in the construction and maintenance of excellent communication and relationship among all Laurastar departments (Marketing, Operations, Customer Service Export, Quality, etc)
  • Be a true Laurastar brand ambassador
Key activities:

  • Write and monitor meeting minutes with agreed actions and next steps
  • Proactively update various monthly sales reports and dashboards
  • Support Global Export Sales Director & Managers on specific requests and/or analysis
  • Price list management - products/accessories/spare parts
  • Liaise with other key departments, such as Marketing, Order Management or Technical Support, to ensure on-time answer to external partners requests
  • Follow-up on material shipments : marketing material, merchandising and cross-check with Export budget
  • Coordinate on-going communication to distributors: newsletters, digital live-events, e-mails, Whatsapp/Wechat groups, etc.
Technical Competencies :

  • Bachelor degree or equivalent
  • Excellent oral and written communications skills in English and French, any other language is a plus
  • Proficient in modern IT tools and MS Office 365 (Word, Excel, PPT, Teams, etc…)
  • Proficiency in Excel and familiar with Qliksense or any other data reporting tool is a plus.
  • Analytical skills
Soft Skills :

  • Work philosophy in accordance with Laurastar’s DNA:
    • Have a creative and agile mindset - be resourceful to deliver results
    • Demonstrate ownership - be solution-oriented
    • Show respect and trust - cooperate & listen to other’s opinions
  • Strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills
  • Polyvalent, organized, sense of ownership and solution-oriented
  • Adaptability to work in a multi-cultural environment
  • Limited travel but can be asked.
Experiences :

  • Proven experience as Sales & Trade marketing assistant
  • Commercial exposure of Export distribution at international level
  • Knowledge of selective retail and high-end products category
  • Understanding of technical consumer’s good sector
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