Account Manager DACH & BeNeLux

at  Kerry

ABOUT THE ROLE

Due to growth and demand, we now have an exciting new opportunity to expand the team and recruit an Account Manager – Central Europe (Home office).
Aim: To develop and accelerate further growth in Central Europe by a bigger focus on Savoury /Taste business

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

• New Account Manager to be part of the Savoury, Snacks and PMSSD team which is taking care of nutritional food companies in the Central region.
• Deliver & maximize the budgeted profitability of the defined channel
• Accountable for the performance of a customer management team
• Provide expert knowledge of customers to key cross functional stakeholder groups
• In collaboration with the Sales Director, prioritizing, managing and allocating budgets and resources for the defined customers/channel
• Accountable for driving excellence in customer business planning and delivery
• Management of key activities, linking consumer and shopper plans to customer strategy
• Ensure category & brand strategies/plans are reflected in customer plans.
• Building senior level customer relationships to leverage Kerry’s market performance
• Accountable for the development and direction of customer strategy and activation plans, detailing clear targets per brand/product/account delivered through agreed joint business plans
• Responsible for co-creating relevant strategies that connect consumer and customer thinking into a single plan
• Accountable for identification of the customer opportunity for all new innovation projects
• Initial customer/channel feasibility for all innovation projects.
• Accountable for ensuring an optimum plan is in place with all strategic customers for innovation (generation & delivery)