TRAFFIC Gauteng

Category Account Manager

Nestlé SA

Job Description

Qualification: Bachelors' degree in Sales or BCom Accounting

Experience : 5-8 years' in Trade Marketing, Shopper Marketing, Category Marketing with minimum of 2 years' in Key Accounts Management.

Position Summary

We're now looking for a Category Account Manager within our Sales team. The role is to assist in developing and implementing annual customer plans that are aligned with overall business and customer strategies, while achieving profitable sales objectives.

A day in the life of a Category Account Manager:
  • Build complete Customer Plan to drive the overall business
  • Execute plans for assigned Account (s) that are aligned with business objectives and customer strategies
  • Facilitates excellence in execution in the daily business by planning, communicating, anticipating, measuring results consistently and implementing corrective action or learning.
  • Accountable and responsible to achieve agreed upon Key Account targets and KPIs
  • Adheres to all Company principles and policies including NestlĂ© trade policy, local Sales policy, local Trade Terms, Safety and legal regulations
What will make you successful:
  • Bachelors' degree in Sales or BCom Accounting
  • 5-8 years' in Trade Marketing, Shopper Marketing, Category Marketing with minimum of 2 years' in Key Accounts Management.
  • Demonstrated success in previous roles.
  • Must know how the retail business works
  • Understanding profitability, margins, Profit & Loss (basic understanding)

About This Role

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Salary Benchmark
$63,450/year
Source: O*NET (USD)
Job Outlook
This career will have large numbers of openings.
Key Skills for This Role
Active Listening Coordination Monitoring Reading Comprehension Social Perceptiveness
Common Technologies
Microsoft Dynamics Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Oracle PeopleSoft Blackboard software Microsoft Access Oracle Database Fund accounting software Intuit QuickBooks