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Regional Functional Consultant Commerce & Marketing

Perfetti Van Melle perfettivanmelle.com Open · verified Sep 21, 2026
Breda Mid-level General Marketing

At a glance

Mid-level General Marketing role at Perfetti Van Melle. Breda.

Pay not stated General Marketing salary

RoleGeneral Marketing
SeniorityMid-level
LocationBreda
Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • Own commercial applications across Europe and move Commerce & Marketing toward a shared application setup
  • Turn business needs into scalable functional designs, then define scope and help plan delivery
  • Coordinate implementations from initial demand through launch and transition into IT operations
  • Work with users, managers, project teams, architects, security, vendors and operations
  • Set business-led governance for commercial applications and their integrations

What you bring

  • A bachelor's degree or a more advanced qualification is required
  • Bring more than seven years in FMCG, with strong Route-to-Market process knowledge
  • Have delivered commercial application projects end to end, from requirements through go-live
  • Understand Azure, GCP or AWS cloud data platforms and core data architecture principles
  • Can design or support integrations between business applications and work fluently in English

Who this fits

This role suits a functional consultant who connects business needs with IT delivery across international Commerce & Marketing work. The position is based in Europe, preferably the Netherlands, with Spain or Poland also available, and uses a hybrid office-and-home setup. SAP knowledge and automation experience are useful additions.

From the employer

ABOUT THE ROLE

As one of the leading confectionery producers worldwide, every day is a sweet day at Perfetti Van Melle. Come join us in confecting a sweeter future. We are focused on growing our business by building on and developing our talent, to be serious about sweets and to continuously refresh our way of working.

Are you an experienced functional consultant who thrives at the intersection of business and IT, and do you enjoy driving transformation across an international Commerce & Marketing landscape? Join our Regional IT team and play a key role in harmonizing commercial applications across Europe. The position we are hiring for is located in Europe, preferably the Netherlands, but we are also open to locate this position in Spain or Poland.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

  • Be the functional owner of commercial applications across the European region.
  • Drive the transformation towards a harmonized European application landscape within Commerce & Marketing.
  • Gather, analyse and translate business requirements into scalable functional solutions.
  • Define project scope, support vendor selection processes, and contribute to project planning activities.
  • Lead and coordinate implementations from demand through go-live and handover to IT operations.
  • Manage relationships with key users, managers, project teams, solution architects, security, vendors and IT operations.
  • Drive functional governance of commercial applications and integrations from a business perspective.

OUR PERFECT CANDIDATE BRINGS

  • A bachelor's degree or higher.
  • +7 years of experience within an FMCG environment and strong understanding of Route-to-Market processes.
  • Proven experience with commercial applications and end-to-end project delivery from requirements to go-live.
  • Solid understanding of cloud data platforms (Azure, GCP or AWS) and data architecture principles
  • Ability to translate complex business challenges into practical functional solutions.
  • Experience supporting or designing integrations between business applications.
  • SAP knowledge and automations skills are a plus.
  • Fluent English language skills.

WE OFFER

  • Excellent remuneration package.
  • Bonus opportunity.
  • Personal development opportunities.
  • Work at a dynamic international company with leading global brands.
  • A family-oriented culture where we care about our people.
  • Hybrid working: partly in the office and from home.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Perfetti Van Melle is a privately owned company that manufactures and distributes candy and chewing gum in over 150 countries worldwide. Today, Perfetti Van Melle is ranked as the third largest sugar confectionery/chewing gum company in the world, second in Europe, with strong brands like Mentos, Chupa Chups, Fruittella, Frisk and Smint. The ability to develop products, varieties and flavours that meet the different demands and opportunities of markets is one Perfetti Van Melle’s keys to success.

Are you excited for this role? Apply now via the ‘Apply now’ button! Do you have any queries regarding the vacancy, please contact René Kleinveld (Recruiter) via rene.kleinveld@perfettivanmelle.com or +31 6 31 95 94 53.

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