Junior Account & Marketing Manager
Job Location: North Sydney
Company description
Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 38,767 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.
About the Role:
We are seeking a motivated Junior Account & Marketing Manager to join our Foodservice team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to drive sustainable growth and develop strong customer relationships within the Foodservice channel. This is a great opportunity if you are ready to start your career and are passionate about marketing, business development and eager to make an impact. Key responsibilities include:
- Distribution: Ensure the right product range is available for each customer, optimizing distribution strategies.
- Availability: Manage the supply chain to ensure consistent product availability, minimizing out-of-stock situations.
- Display: Ensuring Ferrero brands are clearly communicated across each customer’s marketing channels.
- Impact: Applying innovative solutions to enhance visibility of the Ferrero brands.
Main Responsibilities:
As the Junior Account & Marketing Manager, you will aim to achieve agreed targets for sales revenue and market share by maximising trade investments and planning and executing joint business plans with customers through campaigns, promotional strategy, launching new products, executing activations, and identifying opportunities for growth.
Being the first point of call for your Foodservice customers, you will need to solve any issues that arise and ensure that relationships are strong, and Ferrero is viewed as a trusted partner. This will require excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as well as an innovative and solution focused mindset.
You will drive internal negotiations to ensure mutually beneficial outcomes between Ferrero and our customers, as well as assist with preparation in external negotiations for trading terms, investments, and discounts. You will need strong attention to detail and intermediate Excel skills
Who we are looking for:
- Result-oriented mindset with a focus on achieving targets and driving growth
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and negotiation abilities
- Attention to detail
- Intermediate Excel skills
A few years’ experience in account management or marketing in FMCG is preferable, however, we are open to graduates who have a proactive, results orientated approach who are eager to learn and develop.
Join our team and contribute to our triple win approach, delivering top and bottom-line business results for Ferrero, Wholesalers, Distributors, and end-user venues. Apply now to be part of our exciting journey!
How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:
Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.
Diversity Statement
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.