Our client is an International FMCG manufacturer and licence holder with clients in Finland.
They now need a Helsinki based Junior Key Account Manager to take responsibility for specific accounts in the Finnish market.
Responsibilities:
– To take responsibility for the portfolio of products within the specific accounts in Finland
– To achieve sales and profit targets.
– The job holder will be a key player in the customer relationship.
– Influence and negotiate with customers in order to deliver net sales and profit targets full year, quarterly & monthly.
– Work with the Key Account Manager to devise and implement business plans and ensure account acceptance to achieve targets
– Play an active part in the forecasting process and work with the Key Account Manager to agree the appropriate sales forecast and to ensure the relevant account and competitive information is taken into consideration.
Essential Skills & Knowledge:
– Influencing and negotiating skills to achieve results
– Numerate, ability to analyse data and sales information to inform decision making and to deliver sales strategy
– Prioritisation skills and well-structured
– Results oriented and self-driven
– English to business level and Fluent Finnish language
Experience:
– FMCG/consumer durables experience in the Nordic Marketplace
– Ecommerce experience would be beneficial
– Minimum 1 to 2 years in Sales
– Some experience in ownership of account plans, budgets and forecasting
– Minimum of Intermediate level working knowledge of MS Office including Outlook and Excel
Contract – Min 9 months
Start 1/6/2016