Home Care Key Account Manager - Mega Mart & Lotte

Job description

Job Purpose

Modern Trade is a strategic department in Customer Development function. We ensure that Customer plans fit with channel/customer and shoppers’ needs in order to maximize benefit for Unilever and our customers. The Key Account Manager develops and executes joint business plan with assigned customers. He/she is responsible for the achievement of turn over target, the P&L of the assigned categories and the engagement of Unilever cross-functions with such customer group.

Main Responsibilities

Customer Strategy and Business Plan

• Manage the customer P&L for the customer and by categories, counterparts and budget planning.
• Develop relationship with customers.
• Work out a joint customer business plan for his/her respective customer. Lead and execute Joint Business Planning according to the global standards together with the customer.
• Work out a Target Group Management strategic plan for existing businesses.
• Develop and execute a market development plan for Target Groups other than big traders in close collaboration with Customer Marketing.
• Develop, implement and execute a Cell Approach plan in close collaboration with the customer, Category managers and BUD’s.
• Develop and implement a promotional plan with clear roles and objectives of how to drive promotional sales in C&C linked to OPSO program.
• Works in close collaboration with CSP Managers for the category input, and with customer marketing for the customer/channel plan.
• Develop in-store communication activation for channel/customer initiatives.
• Generate insights for the assigned customer/channels (store layout, traffic).
• In charge of in-store extra visibility/highlight display, not execution.
• Develop and guides implementation of customer events.
• Provide clear objectives and deliverables for the field team, under responsibility of Field Operation Team.
• Implement Customer audit.

Negotiation

• Close the deal with the Customer by negotiating the trade terms, trade funding, and counterparts according to the UL strategy on his/her customers.
• Manage overall levels of Customer investments for his/her customers.
• Monitor Customer Performance by tracking customer contribution and market share for major categories. Play active ambassador role
• Act as active ambassador of Unilever at the customer and of the customer at Unilever.
• Participate actively to the account managers meetings, looking at the best solution for the business even if not in line for his/her customer. Job requirements
• 4+ years of experience.
• Two to three roles in Customer Marketing/Trade Category Management and Account Management / Field Sales (when wanting to pursuit a Customer Development career).
• Customer Facing experience combined with Brand Building experience is ideal.

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