Key Account Manager
Job Location: Praha 5
Prague
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.
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.
About the Role:
To promote and sell company products within defined customer accounts/group of customers - supermarkets and discounts – in order to meet and exceed sale targets in the given market segment, which is the frozen segment (ice creams and frozen bakery).
Main Responsibilities:
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
Creates product listings, controls purchase of agreed volumes and analyses any divergencies. Develops sales plan and monitors sales and competitive activities within assigned accounts and disseminates information to relevant parties.
Negotiates positioning of agreed listing.
FORECASTING, BUDGETING
Prepares sales forecast and budgets, monitors sales volume, revenues and costs against forecasts, adapts plans to improve the sales performance of the products.
CLIENT MANAGEMENT
Maintains relationship with assigned key accounts for the negotiation of customer contracts in accordance with overall company sales strategy, agrees with clients on pricing.
MARKETING
Coordinates marketing activities with clients and sales resulting from advertising campaigns, liaises technical parameters of POS materials with marketing and the client, agrees on number of promotion events
Who we are looking for:
- Sales Representative experience from food industry very beneficial
- English – oral and written
- Negotiation and communication skills
- Flexibility, ability to interpret data, creativity, promptness
- Perfect knowledge of Czech language (written and spoken)
- Very good level of English language
How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:
We encourage all our people to think creatively to set personal targets and objectives and push new, better ways to work. Employee contribution and engagement at Ferrero is based on the individual, team and organization dimension, so should have the ability to work independently, as a part of the team and be able to build proper relations with stakeholders at all levels. A demonstrable consumer-focused attitude and autonomy in managing relationships will help you in building your position among stakeholders and achieving expected sales outcomes.