Job Information
Procter & Gamble Key Account Manager in Rivonia-Johannesburg, South Africa
Job Location
Rivonia-Johannesburg
Job Description
Do you have a real passion for winning? Are you intrigued by the idea to build long-term business relationships with our customers? To develop and negotiate plans which create a win-win for our shoppers, our customers and our Company? Do you have an ambitious spirit and a willingness for learning?
If you have proven analytical skills and are looking for a rewarding job which will allow you to grow personally and professionally, then come be a Key Account Manager at Procter & Gamble to strengthen your mastery!
Working in sales, you will influence our customer's decisions in critical business areas by using conceptual selling techniques and data-based presentations. For consumer accounts, this involves making recommendations on assortment, shelving, pricing, and merchandising strategies, based on consumer research that gives us insight into what drives shopper purchase behavior.
Your Role
As a Key Account Manager, you´ll directly take meaningful and impacting responsibilities as of day 1.
You'll be in charge for 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.
You will need to:
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 on diverse, multi-functional teams and eventually lead and manager others.
Your responsibilities would include:
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
What We Offer You:
Responsibilities from Day 1 – You will start working on key brands from the beginning. Over time, as you expand your impact on the business, your responsibility and ownership of a brand will quickly grow.
Recognized state of the art marketing skills – We will constantly help you improve your marketing knowledge and management abilities.
Continuous coaching & mentorship– We are passionate about our work. We will make sure you receive both formal training and regular mentorship from your manager and others.
Dynamic and respectful work environment – We live our Purpose, Values, and Principles daily. We value every individual and encourage initiatives promoting agility and work/life balance.
Job Qualifications
What we are looking for:
Minimum of Bachelor 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
Fresh graduate is welcome to apply
About us
We produce globally recognized brands and we grow 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 Neurobion, Sangobion, Vicks, Always®, Ariel®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Herbal Essences®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, Tampax® and more. Our community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide.
Visit http://www.pg.com to know more.
Our consumers are diverse and our talents - internally - mirror this diversity to best serve it. That is why we’re committed to building a winning culture based on Inclusion and our ideal candidate is passionate about the same principle: you will join our daily effort of being “in touch” so we craft brands and products to improve the lives of the world’s consumers now and in the future. We want you to inspire us with your unrivaled ideas.
We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment. We do not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status, HIV/AIDS status, or any other legally protected factor.
Job Schedule
Full time
Job Number
R000106527
Job Segmentation
Recent Grads/Entry Level (Job Segmentation)
P&G was founded over 180 years ago as a simple soap and candle company. Today, we’re the world’s largest consumer goods company and home to iconic, trusted brands that make life a little bit easier in small but meaningful ways. We’ve spanned three centuries thanks to three simple ideas: leadership, innovation and citizenship.
The insight, innovation and passion of talented teams has helped us grow into a global company that is governed responsibly and ethically, that is open and transparent, and that supports good causes and protects the environment. This is a place where you can be proud to work and do something that matters.