Account Executive

Location: gold-coast
Salary: Competitive salary on offer
Job Type: permanent
Contact: David Kettle

About the Company
Our clients ethos is pets make us better people.  That’s why they only make products that are kind to them, and to the planet.  Caring about the wellbeing of our pets, and the environment, and knowing their customers.  They manufacture and sell a number of leading pet litter and animal bedding products.  With manufacturing plants, in Australia and in the UK, with a worldwide network of distributors and retailers, sold in over 20 countries worldwide.  .They are on the precipice of something big, with a solid strategic plan in place to underpin sustainable business growth over the next 2-3 years. 

About the Role
This is a newly created role is critical to delivering sustainable business growth and was created to provide day to day support to the sales leadership team, and to drive efficiencies in the sales process.  This role will have full P&L responsibility for some of their developing accounts and will also shadow the Head of Sales in managing major customer accounts in all aspects of account management from customer planning through to delivering sales growth and profitability. The successful candidate will be customer and results focussed, commercially savvy and be hungry to progress.

Responsibilities
  • Full P&L responsibility for some of their developing accounts
  • Shadow the Head of Sales in managing major customer accounts
  • Streamline existing sales support process and drive efficiency
  • Analysis data for new opportunities
  • Re-developing daily sales reports, using SAP.
Skills and Experience
  • 1-2 years’ experience in an account management role in an FMCG environment.
  • A good understanding of promotional programs, and structured sales processes.
  • You will be commercially savvy, with well-developed negotiation skills.
  • Previos dealings with Coles, Woolworths and/or the Indapendents.
  • An understand the sales process and be willing to use your initiative to make improvements and drive efficiency in all aspects of our business.
  • Experience with SAP will be advantageous.
  • Most importantly you will be willing to learn and forge your own career path as our business grows.
 
Benefits and Perks
  • A fun work environment, based at the northern end of the Gold Coast.
  • Bring your dog to work.
  • Small supportive ambitious team
  • Fantastic career opportunities
  • Work from home

How to apply

Should this opportunity be of interest to you, click on the APPLY button above or contact David Kettle on 0480 002 516 for a confidential discussion.
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