National Account Manager – Independents

The Company
Founded on the philosophy that consumers have great taste, they just need great options, Chobani is today recognised worldwide for its market leading yogurt range. They offer a unique and inspiring story in the Australian FMCG landscape, having achieved phenomenal success in such a short period of time.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Sales – Retail, the new National Account Manager will be a key contributor to the achievement of Category, Marketing and Sales plans and objectives across the Independent, Aldi, & Costco portfolio’s. The National Account Manager will work very autonomously with the support of the wider team to formulate and negotiate effective promotional programs that will optimise Chobani’s opportunity for category growth.

Day-to-Day responsibilities will be varied with a split between nurturing the customer relationship through daily relationship building, customer support and administration or project-related tasks, and will include;

• Maintaining trade and promotional spend
• Working closely and collaboratively with internal teams across replenishment marketing and category to monitor current strategies and assist in setting future strategy direction
• NPD Forecasting
• Working with the Category team to facilitate coordination of the range review process/presentations and other customer meetings such as JCP/BDP.
• Manage customer activations
• Facilitating the flow of customer direction and strategy back into the Chobani business.
• Delivering whole business solutions through working closely and collaboratively with other internal functions such as Planning, S&OP, Operations and Marketing

Skills & Experience
The successful candidate will:

• Possess FMCG industry experience as an Account Manager and demonstrate a clear understanding of the grocery retail environment.
• Demonstrate examples of customer relationship management and know how to develop strong effective business relationships with key personnel operating with agility and ownership.
• Be a collaborative influencer and negotiator with internal and external stakeholders and possess strong business acumen

Benefits
Besides working for Australia’s #1 yogurt brand, benefit from:

• The collaborative, inclusive and progressive culture that Chobani have become well-known for and loved within the FMCG industry.
• A competitive Salary, a flexible and work-life balanced working environment
• Being a part of a hugely respected and innovation driven FMCG brand

For More Information
For a brief, confidential discussion about this role or your next career move, please contact [email protected]

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Profession:FMCG

Company: Miller Leith
Date posted: 4th Oct, 2022