Commercial Trade Assistant – Unilever Food Solutions

Join us as Commercial Trade Assistant – Unilever Food Solutions

Function: Customer Development

Scope: Local - Belgium

Location: Brussel - CityDox

Terms & Conditions: Permanent – Full-Time

JOB PURPOSE
As Commercial Trade Assistant, you are, together with your colleagues, the first point of contact for our wholesale partners. You work closely with key players such as Sligro, Bidfood, Solucious and Hanos. By deeply understanding their businesses, you proactively identify opportunities and contribute to sustainable partnerships and mutual growth.

This is a versatile internal sales role with extensive internal and external interaction, offering strong development opportunities and real commercial impact.

Within Customer Development, we are looking for a Commercial Trade Assistant for Unilever Food Solutions.

In this role, you support and strengthen Trade Account Managers within the Foodservice channel and are jointly responsible for the commercial success of our brands Knorr and Hellmann’s. Together, you represent Unilever Food Solutions towards customers and actively contribute to revenue growth, promotional execution, data-driven insights, and effective collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

You connect analysis with action and thrive in a dynamic environment where multiple customers, projects, and disciplines come together. No two days are the same.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Supporting Trade Account Managers/team working with Foodservice wholesalersIndependently managing promotion planning, online content alignment, and commercial administrationAnalyzing sales performance, promotional results, forecasts, and market data, translating insights into concrete actionsMaintaining and updating systems, reports, and commercial dataCollaborating closely with Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and FinanceBuilding, maintaining, and strengthening customer relationshipsActively contributing to projects, customer activation, and market executionEnsuring excellent execution and high customer satisfaction together with the Account Manager

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree (HBO level) in Marketing, Business Management, International Business, Commercial Economics, or similarPreferably around 2 years of experience in a commercial or sales support role, or relevant internship experienceFluency in spoken and written Dutch is a must, good French is preferred and proficiency in English is a plus.Strong analytical skills and capable of working in a project-driven environmentAffinity with FMCG and/or FoodserviceSolid skills in Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, and ExcelSelf-starter, proactive, and strong communicatorAble to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneouslyPassion for great food

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Entrepreneurial mindset with ambition to grow within SalesEnergized by change and dynamic environmentsExperience with SAP is an advantage

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Working conditions and location:

Work in Brussels, Belgium with the flexibility to be based in the Netherlands but must be able to go to the office in Brussels.You will work in a hybrid setup, with three days per week in the Brussels office and remaining days flexibly.Unilever offers an environment with strong opportunities for development, entrepreneurship, and long-term career growth.

Always include your CV in French or English. If the job needs another language, you can also additionally add your CV in that language.

Earlier this year (March 2026), Unilever announced an agreement to separate our Foods business. Our Foods business, including brands such as Hellmann's and Knorr, will join forces with McCormick to become a global flavour leader, with leading positions across spices, seasonings, condiments and complementary food categories, supported by a strong retail and foodservice platform. McCormick has 135+ years of heritage, a presence in 150+ countries and territories, and a portfolio of trusted brands. The transaction remains subject to consultation, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions with a targeted deal close of mid-2027.

For the recruitment of this position, we would like to emphasize that local conditions apply to the position and for this vacancy in principle we will consider candidates based on the set locations. If you are based outside of these locations and you are interested in applying, please feel free to do so but at this stage we will not take your application forward. We will only consider your application if a decision is made to also recruit outside of the set locations. Please be aware i