Trade Marketing Lead (mfd)

About HOLY

• HOLYis the soft drink revolution: With our powdered drinks HOLY Energy HOLY Hydration HOLY Iced Tea and HOLY Milkshake you get amazing taste across 50 flavors while maintaining a good consciencefor your body & the environment.
• Over 2M loyal customers: Started in a shared apartment by three best friends we have scaled to Europes fastest growing consumer brandand our cult-like community the HOLY Squad loves it: 4.6 stars on speak for themselves.
• From D2C to Global Omnichannel: In less than four years weve profitably scaled HOLY to more than 150M D2C revenue in DACH FR UK and PL. Now scaling our retail business were on an exciting transition to becoming a true omnichannel rocketship.
• We are still just getting started: Backed by the worlds best consumer investors we aim to revolutionize the soft drink industry and build a generational love brand: tastier healthier & more sustainable. Our team of 150 people aims high (Coca-Cola were coming for you!).

About the Position

HOLY entered retail in 2024 and has since quickly built a strong presence across major supermarket chains in Germany becoming Europes fastest-growing soft drink brand in retail. What started as a venture development project has rapidly become one of our most important growth drivers with expanding distribution increasing shelf presence and growing activation complexity.

As we continue to scale we are now looking for aTrade Marketing Leadto take ownership of HOLYs trade marketing function. As retail becomes more complex this role ensures that our growing presence in stores translates into consistent commercial performance. Leading the Trade Marketing and Retail Campaign setup you will build the structures processes and standards that enable HOLY to execute at scale and continuously improve retail performance staring across DACH.

This is a highly impactful role with direct influence on HOLYs retail success with the opportunity to shape how trade marketing evolves as the business continues to grow.

Responsibilities

• Trade Marketing Strategy & Team Leadership: Define and evolve HOLYs trade marketing strategy starting with DACH and translate company priorities into a clear team roadmap. Lead and develop our best-in-class Trade Marketing and Retail Campaigns team coaching for ownership accountability and execution excellence.
• Retail Activation & POS Excellence: Ensure best-in-class execution of retail activations across all key customers from displays and assortments to retailer-specific initiatives. Set clear standards and continuously raise the bar for in-store execution quality.
• Commercial Performance & Impact Ownership: Drive team performance against key retail KPIs such as rotation display ROI and distribution impact. Translate performance insights into clear priorities and actions that improve commercial outcomes.
• Process Structure & Scaling the Function: Build and implement scalable structures processes and playbooks that enable efficient planning and execution across the team. Develop trade marketing into a high-performing function that can scale across markets.
• Cross-Functional Leadership & Alignment: Act as the central interface between Sales Field Sales Marketing and Operations aligning stakeholders and enabling the team to execute effectively across all retail initiatives.

About You

• Strong Trade Marketing expertise:4 years of experience in Trade Marketing Retail Marketing or commercial project management within FMCG or a fast-paced consumer brand. Experience in leading and developing teams.
• Retail & POS understanding:You deeply understand LEH retail mechanics promotions and POS systems and know how in-store activations translate into rotation and sell-out performance.
• Structured project leader:You are highly organized and experienced in managing complex cross-functional projects involving Sales Marketing Field Sales and Operations.
• Commercially driven mindset:You think in terms of rotation distribution and ROI and are comfortable using data to evaluate and improve retail activations.
• Hands-on builder:You enjoy building structures and processes in a fast-scaling environment while staying close to execution and operational detail.
• Collaborative team player:You communicate clearly challenge ideas constructively and thrive in a high-performance cross-functional team.
• Language & tools:Fluent in German and English comfortable working with tools such as Canva Notion and Slack.

Our Offering

In todays job market A-players have many options to choose from. As part of our offer we prioritize providing a productive working environment and opportunities for addition to competitive compensation including company shares you can expect:

• A successful and growing company:Join a company that has been growing profitably and quickly for the last 36 months and has raised a Series B while many other e-commerce companies are struggling.
• Huge impact:Enjoy huge impact to shape HOLYs internationalization in a top market.
• Awesome team:Join an awesome team of colleagues who are ambitious funny down-to-earth and authentic. Get to know us and see for yourself!
• Top product:Marketing is important but a good product is essential. Our differentiated soft drinks have won over customers. Check out ourreviews or contact us for free samples.
• Startup culture:Join a startup culture that values flat hierarchies fast pace and personal development. With us you can make a real impact.
• Perfect setup:Enjoy a perfect setup that includes all the requirements of a modern employer such as a central office in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg flexible working hours and much more.
• Competitive comp. equity:Join us at a pivotal stage of hypergrowth. We offer a strong salary and meaningful equity giving you the chance to share in our current success and benefit from the massive upside as we scale.
• How we support your growth:flexible hours 28 vacation days 30 work-from-abroad days 1500 learning budget Urban Sports Club membership public transport subsidy and biannual 360 feedback tied to your compensation.

Find out more about HOLY and our team on ourcareers page.

The Process

As we are experiencing rapid growth and have ambitious plans the optimal start date for the position is today. Nonetheless we are prepared to patiently await the arrival of the ideal candidate recognizing that quality ultimately yields the best results.

1. Getting to know you:We will have a 30-minute screening interview where we will talk to you more about HOLY and the position and see if our expectations match.
2. Peer interview with Ben our Director of Retail:We will dive a bit deeper into your experience and details of the role.
3. Case study & on-site interview: As soon as you have successfully completed the first interviews you will receive a case a second meeting at our office the team will discuss your case study with you and answer questions about our workspace the HOLY Temple.
4. Reference calls: At this stage wed like to connect with 12 former colleagues or managers who have worked closely with you. These conversations help us better understand your working style and strengths from those who know you professionally.
5. Founders interview:As a strong cultural fit is important to us you will have a final meeting with Matze one of our HOLY Founders. This gives both you and us the opportunity for a final check.
6. Job offer and decision:If everything goes well you will receive an offer and we are ready to embark you this journey together with you!

Typically this process should take around 2 weeks.

Any questions or concerns

If you have any questions or feedback please send an email to .

About us

HOLY Softdrinks GmbH
Saarbrücker Str. 37
10405 Berlin

Disclaimer
EN: Holy Softdrinks GmbH is an equal opportunity workplace and is devoted to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability or gender identity. If you have a specific need that requires assistant in the application process please reach out to our People Team at .

DE: Holy Softdrinks GmbH ist ein Arbeitgeber der Chancengleichheit fördert und sich dafür einsetzt gleiche Beschäftigungsmöglichkeiten unabhängig von Herkunft Hautfarbe Abstammung Religion Geschlecht Nationalität sexueller Orientierung Alter Staatsbürgerschaft Familienstand Behinderung oder Geschlechtsidentität zu bieten. Wenn du spezielle Bedürfnisse hast die Unterstützung im Bewerbungsprozess erfordern wendest du dich bitte an unser People Team unter .

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1