Key Account Manager Trainee

The Programme

You'll be in charge of maintaining and expanding a long-term partnership with your customers by continuously proposing solutions and plans that meet their objectives. 

To do so, you’ll develop a keen understanding of our product categories and markets.

Your role:

• Be the point of brand and category expertise with our customers - serving as a trusted business advisor. 
• Help by innovating new solutions to complex business challenges. 
• Own and manage significant customer accounts. 
• Participate in diverse, multi-functional teams and eventually lead and manage others.

What You Will Do

• Developing, selling, implementing, and evaluating business plans to meet or exceed financial goals. 
• Collaborating with multi-functional teams (Marketing, Finance, Logistics, Operations, among others) to develop strategies and plans. 
• Managing and improving distribution, pricing, shelving, and merchandising. 
• Translate Business Plans into actionable selling stories for the customer. 
• Develop productive working relationships with key customer contacts and sell mutually beneficial business plans. 
• Turn raw data into actionable conclusions. 
• Use analytical tools and integrate various data systems to develop new insights. 
• Provide input into retailer category strategy.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor's degree in any field with an excellent academic background. 
• Must have proven success from school or part-time work experience of strong leadership capabilities. 
• Have strong analytical thinking and skills. 
• Curious individuals who can make complex decisions using all the data available but comfortable enough to use their gut feeling and instinct when these are missing. 
• Proficient in English.

About Us: 
 
We produce globally recognized brands, and we have grown to be the best business leaders in the industry.  
 
With a portfolio of trusted brands as diverse as ours, it is paramount our leaders are able to lead with courage the vast array of brands, categories and functions.  
 
We serve consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ariel®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Herbal Essences®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, Tampax® and more.  
 
Our community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide.