Account Manager - Modern Trade

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JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. If you are passionate to work in the frontline sales team of Unilever Sri Lanka while being responsible for the achievement of turnover and managing the P&L of your assigned customer at a category level as well as for the implementation and optimization of category strategies with the customerthen this role is just for you!

What Will Your Main Responsibilities Be

Develop the customer strategic business plan for the respective categories and work out a joint customers business plan for the respective categories.
Work closely in collaboration with the category managers for category input, and with customer marketing for the banner/channel plan.
Develop optimal integrated promotion plan (including selling the plan at the customer) and manage promotion investments.
Manage the customers P&L for the respective categories.
Deliver the agreed plan, follow-up achievement of counterparts set in the agreement.
Close the deal with the customers by negotiating the trade terms, trade funding, and counterparts according to the Unilever strategy for the categories.
Manage any investments related to the customer.
Monitor customer performance by tracking customer contribution and market share for major categories.
Act as active ambassador of Unilever at the customer and of the customer at Unilever.
Participate actively to account managers meetings and looking for the best solution for the business.

What You Need To Succeed

Experiences & Qualifications

Candidate Should

Be a graduate in Sales & Marketing/ Business Management or possess a relevant professional qualification such as CIM, SLIM with a passion for a career in Sales.
Be willing to travel, and posses a valid driver’s license.
Be a good team player and demonstrate commitment to the organization and the team members.
Have clear and concise written and spoken communication skills.
Possess the ability to present written information in a structured and balanced way appropriate to the needs of the reader.
Have experience in sales related function such as field sales/key account management/trade marketing will be an added advantage.

Skills

Selling
Channels
Customer Relationship
Negotiation
Executional Excellence
Digital Commerce
Data Literacy
Category Growth Management

Leadership

You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
- PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
- PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
- CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
- PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
- AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

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