Position
Customer Business Manager – Walmart/Sam’s (Rogers, AR)
Department:
Sales
Our Customer Business Manager, reporting to the Senior Director of Sales, is accountable for the overall management of select categories into Walmart/Sam’s Club.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Works with category management resources to identify opportunities and create selling components to accomplish engagements with the customer.
- Works with trade marketing to identify and implement appropriate business tactics that support overall Prestige and individual brand strategies.
- Develops and maintains forecast by gross dollars, ANS% and units for production planning and overall business understanding.
- Develops and maintains annual trade spending budget.
- Achieves rapid retail distribution of designated priority items in assigned accounts.
- Executes promotion planning and sales activities directed toward mutually profitable business growth.
- Initiates and maintains internal and external communication to foster excitement yet convey challenges in a professional manner
- Coordinates and encourages cross functional contacts and activities between Prestige and account that support our overall business development/partnering efforts.
- Fosters innovation and creativity and can effectively exercise conceptual program development.
- Effectively manages administrative tasks related to overall account management including but not limited to: POS reporting, deduction management, trade spending allocation, utilization, order processing and shipping issues
Qualifications:
- Must have a Bachelor’s Degree plus 5 or more years experience in Sales demonstrating the ability to effectively communicate and penetrate accounts, preferably at Walmart/Sam's Club.
- Must have strong technical skills involving inventory reconciliation, cost analysis and month-end close.
- Superior knowledge in Tabs, IRI and various category information to support a fact based approach to selling/decision making.
- Must have solid decision making skills and the ability to exercise independent judgment.
- Must have the capability to prioritize and plan work activities efficiently to meet deadlines; work on multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
- Must have the capability to work in a team environment with varied departments and diverse personalities.
- Must be detailed oriented with excellent oral and written communication skills. must be proficient in MS Word, MS Outlook, and Intermediate to Advanced in MS Excel programs
- Negotiation skills to understand total programs and negotiate more for less or more than our fair share
Prestige is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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