The Key Account Manager is responsible for:
- Managing and developing the company’s most strategic accounts (including global customers)
- Driving sell-in, accelerating sell-out, and expanding market share
- Leading the execution of Joint Business Plans (JBP)
- Leading and developing a multi-layered commercial team
- Influencing cross-functional stakeholders and aligning organizational priorities
- Driving growth of strategic products and categories
This role operates at the intersection of strategy, execution, and leadership, acting as a key driver of business performance.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions & Accountabilities:
Strategic Account Leadership
Lead and develop long-term partnerships with key accounts, positioning the company as a strategic business partner.
Responsibilities include:
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, including C-level executives
- Manage complex and high-impact customer relationships
- Drive long-term business growth and strategic alignment
- Influence customer decision-making through value-based discussions
Lead and develop a high-performing team responsible for key account execution.
Scope includes:
- Direct leadership Key Account Specialists
- Leadership of the Inside Sales structure
- Define clear priorities, goals, and performance expectations
- Develop team capabilities in consultative selling and execution excellence
- Foster a high-performance and accountability-driven culture
Joint Business Planning (JBP)
Develop and execute robust Joint Business Plans with key customers.
Includes:
- Define shared strategic objectives and KPIs
- Align company and customer growth strategies
- Drive disciplined execution and follow-up (PDCA)
- Ensure continuous performance tracking and optimization
Sell-out Acceleration & Execution Excellence
Drive strong execution and sell-out performance across key accounts.
Responsibilities include:
- Accelerate sell-out through demand generation and activation initiatives
- Ensure execution of category fundamentals and "perfect store"
- Monitor performance indicators and implement corrective actions
- Guarantee high standards of execution across channels
Lead complex and strategic negotiations with key customers.
Includes:
- Negotiate commercial agreements, pricing, and investments
- Ensure balanced agreements with clear counterparts
- Protect profitability while driving growth
- Manage trade investments strategically
Strategic Product & Category Growth
Drive the growth of strategic products and categories within key accounts.
Includes:
- Prioritize high-impact and strategic products
- Align product strategy with customer needs
- Drive category development within accounts
- Monitor performance and adjust strategies accordingly
Cross-functional Leadership & Alignment
Act as a central point of alignment across multiple internal stakeholders.
Responsibilities include:
- Influence and align teams such as Sales, Marketing, Trade Marketing, Supply Chain, and Finance
- Lead projects involving multiple functions and senior stakeholders
- Drive organizational alignment to deliver customer strategies
- Provide strategic directions to ensure execution consistency
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Performance will be measured through:
- Revenue growth within key accounts
- Sell-out performance and acceleration
- Market share growth
- Execution of Joint Business Plans
- Team performance and development
- Customer satisfaction and partnership strength
- Profitability and ROI on investments
Travel:
Frequent travel required (approximately 40-60%) to engage with key customers, including strategic and global accounts, and to support execution of business plans
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Key account management, JBP, and commercial strategy
- Market dynamics, channel management, and category development
- Financial and commercial analysis (pricing, margins, ROI)
- Executive communication and C-level influence
- Strategic negotiation and stakeholder management
- Leadership and team development
- Build and influence high-level strategic partnerships
- Align and mobilize cross-functional teams toward common goals
- Translating complex data into strategic decisions and actions
- English: Advanced proficiency (required for interaction with global customers and stakeholders)
- Strategic Thinking, Leadership & Influence, Customer Centricity, Results Orientation, Analytical Mindset,Protagonism and ability to challenge the status quo
Experience:
- 8 to 12 years of experience in sales or key account management roles
- Proven experience managing strategic accounts and driving business growth
- Experience leading teams and influencing cross-functional stakeholders
- Strong track record in negotiation, JBP execution, and customer partnership development
- Experience engaging with senior stakeholders, including C-level
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Marketing, Economics, Life Sciences, or related fields
- MBA or postgraduate degree in Business, Marketing, or Sales Management preferred.
Job Info
- Job Identification 12580
- Job Category Sales
- Posting Date 09/02/2026, 04:34 PM
- Apply Before 10/31/2026, 03:00 AM
- Job Schedule Full time