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As an Account Manager, you are responsible for joint business planning with customers to drive volume, profit, and share growth within the PetCare category. Responsibilities include proactively managing, monitoring, evaluating, and updating the overall business plan to meet all sales objectives. You’ll be responsible for implementing Nestlé Purina PetCare brand strategies and tactics with customers by working closely with key decision makers and utilizing category management initiatives and implementing Distribution, Shelving, Merchandising, and Pricing objectives.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the joint business planning process with the customer
Develop and implement trade promotion strategies and tactical plans with the customer
Proactively monitor and update the customer's overall business plan, including managing trade budgets, spending, and volume to achieve all sales objectives versus plan
Develop accurate monthly forecasts (project annual sales volume and margin contribution) by analyzing shipment, consumption, and inventory trends
Seek profitable opportunities to grow incremental volume and evaluate potential risks or threats to forecasts
Leverage customer marketing resources to develop and implement collaborative marketing programs in alignment with brand and customer strategies
Additional planning, business analysis, and problem-solving responsibilities
Communicate understanding of Purina brand strategies and tactics with team and customer
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree with 3+ years in sales, account management, business development or category development activity with a manufacturer, distributor or retail operations OR High School diploma/GED with 7+ years in sales, account management, business development or category development activity with a manufacturer, distributor or retail operations
Bilingual in Spanish is required
Nice to have:
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or Finance is preferred