Regional Business Manager - Asia

at  Premier Foods

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Strong understanding of at least 2 of focus market (China, Japan, South Korea, India) or East Asia more widely
• Experience working with distributors
• Entrepreneurial, self driven & action oriented
• Eager, problem solver and a quick learner
• Able to work independently (with support of the wider team)
• Demonstrable 5Y+ experience in Sales /Account Management/ Business development in branded FMCG businesses
• Financial understanding including assessing value chains
• Numbers tracking on Excel
• At ease with sales data analysis and systems
• Ability to travel to the region for customer meetings (as needed)
  Our strength lies in the diversity of our team members’ previous experiences. For all our roles, we are open to candidates from several sales backgrounds and from exciting growth start-up businesses to highly sophisticated blue chip FMCG organisations.

Working with a team of dedicated professionals, you’ll be driving the business strategy in Asia across both existing (World Food) and new categories (e.g Breakfast). Your remit is to manage and grow existing in-market distributors and establish new relationships. You will be responsible for prioritising opportunities amongst your markets, customers and brands.
Your day-to-day activities will include developing joint annual plans with your customers, tracking progress against the plan, and ensuring pricing structures are implemented correctly and on time. Responsible for all systems, processes and housekeeping related to your customers, you will contribute to the wider team success with input into the European strategy and execution.