About the Role
This role involves providing maternity cover for a 9-12 month fixed-term contract within the European Sales team, focusing on driving brand growth across Spain, Portugal, and Italy by managing distributor relationships and executing commercial plans.
Responsibilities
- Act as the primary day-to-day contact for distributor partners across Europe, with focus on Southern Europe
- Support the delivery of commercial plans across key markets in Europe
- Monitor distributor performance, identifying opportunities to accelerate growth
- Lead regular business reviews and performance discussions with partners
- Coordinate product launches, promotional activity and in-market execution
- Work cross-functionally with wider Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain and Finance teams to ensure smooth delivery of plans
- Analyse sales and market performance data, turning insights into clear actions and recommendations
- Support forecasting, demand planning and commercial reporting activities
- Ensure distributor partners are equipped with the tools, information and assets they need to succeed
- Build a strong understanding of customer and consumer trends across European markets
- Identify new opportunities to grow distribution, sales and brand visibility
Requirements
- Experience within FMCG, food, or drink is essential
- Experience managing distributor relationships, international customers or export markets
- Strong commercial acumen and confidence working with data
- Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills
- Comfortable working independently and juggling multiple priorities
- Fluent English essential
- Spanish speaking
- Italian is a big plus
- All applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom
Location
- Europe
Work Type
- Fixed-term contract
Experience Level
- Experienced commercial professional
Benefits
- Medicash, Private Health Scheme & Life Insurance
- Enhanced Baby Leave - sixteen weeks off on full pay during the child’s first year of life (available to people who have worked for Little Moons for one year at Week 26 of pregnancy)
- Remote emotional support through Health Assured
- Discretionary annual bonus based on company performance
- Paid sick leave
- Respect, trust, and honesty
- 25 days holiday plus public holidays
- Additional days off with long service
- Salary Extra - Discounts and Vouchers
- Birthday off
- Team volunteer days
- Cycle to work scheme
About the Company
- Little Moons are bitesized, handheld balls of artisan gelato, cheesecake, and ganache wrapped in a soft and chewy rice flour dough.
- Founded in 2010 by Vivien and Howard Wong, the product originated in high-end restaurants and has since expanded into retail packs across frozen and chilled snacking categories.
- Little Moons has rapidly established mochi and frozen/chilled snacking globally, generating over £50m revenue in 2025.
- We are a Certified B Corporation, committed to balancing profit and purpose and meeting high standards of social and environmental impact.
- We have built a culture of smart, passionate, interesting, and funny people who work hard to support our values and mission.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to welcoming everyone, regardless of gender identity, orientation or expression.
- We are diverse in age, race, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective.
- Our diversity fuels our innovation, brings diversity of thought, and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we serve.
