Head of Marketplaces

Alpine is the ultimate destination to skyrocket your ecommerce career. We’re one of the front runners in marketplaces, building out our multi-million business on marketplaces for many years. We have direct access to worldwide strategic account services at Amazon and constantly push ourselves to the next level. We have a 7-digit (and fast growing!) annual advertising budget to fuel our growth and to support the launch of multiple new innovative products each year. 

With our ambitious mission to become the leading brand in hearing protection worldwide, we offer an unparalleled environment for your professional growth and success. 

About the role: Head of Marketplaces 

As Head of Marketplaces, you will be the frontrunner of Alpine’s ecommerce efforts, driving growth across all our marketplaces worldwide. You will lead one of the most developed marketplace teams in the Netherlands with tons of Amazon experience, while also challenging and sparring with the broader organization. You will report directly to the Chief Digital Officer and work closely with our Head of Growth and Head of D2C.  

In this role, you lead the global marketplace growth trajectory. Your mission: ensure Alpine continuously wins by being faster, smarter, and more innovative than the competition, resulting in an outperformance on ROI. 

Responsibilities 

• Own the growth strategy and execution roadmap across all marketplaces worldwide.  

• Take full P&L responsibility for our global marketplace business, focusing on revenue, profit, market share, CAC, and ROAS.  

• Lead, build, and inspire the marketplace team, including external partners and agencies. 

• Run a rigorous test & learn cycle, turning insights into scalable improvements across channels and customer journeys. 

• Ensure scalable setups and playbooks that can be rolled out across markets. 

Your impact 

• Directly contribute to Alpine's ambition to triple the business in 5 years! 

• Help establish Alpine as the global #1 in hearing protection. 

• Build and lead a high-performing team that sets new standards in digital growth.  

• Protect the hearing of millions worldwide and make a tangible difference in people's lives. 

What do we expect from you?  

You are mastering Amazon from A to Z, knowing exactly what drives sustainable growth and how to move up the ranks. Your mission: grow our marketplace business from a 8-figure to a 9-figure business in a few years. You thrive in a fast-paced, international scale-up environment and love building, testing, and scaling what works.

Next to that you are: 

• Growth-minded: you think in terms of scalable growth and run experiments to get the flywheel going.   

• Competitive: you want to win by being smarter and faster than the rest. 

• Data-driven and detail-oriented, but able to zoom out to the bigger picture.  

• Curious, ambitious, and energized by continuous improvement. 

• A strong communicator and networker who shares knowledge and builds connections.  

• Tech-savvy and always thinking in scalable solutions.  

What can you expect from us? 

At Alpine, you'll join a purpose-driven, international working environment in the booming hearing protection market. We combine a professional scale-up vibe with a passionate, young, and motivated team of 75 people. Within Alpine, you have the opportunity to work with the best digital experts which will speed up your own learning curve for sure!      

Besides a highly competitive salary, we offer extraordinary benefits such as: 

• Participation in our management incentive plan (investment opportunity). 

• Relocation budget (for international hires). 

• A dynamic and supportive team with legendary team outings (sailing trip, overnights, Christmas parties). 

• Access to global events and festivals where Alpine is present with free tickets!  

• Weekly free company workouts and lunch twice a week at the office. 

More information about Alpine as an employer can be found here.  

We are located at a nice new office on the Europalaan in Utrecht. More information about our office can be found via this link.  

Ready to lead digital growth at Alpine and help build the #1 hearing protection brand worldwide and become one of Maurice Barten’s teammates? Hit apply to hear from us! For more info or questions, contact Maurice or Karen Bongers (karen@alpine.nl).