Client Director Canada

Advantage Solutions; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-Time Benefits

PerkSpot Discounts

Training and Career Development

Generous Paid Time-Off

Job summary

Advantage Solutions is seeking a highly dynamic Client Director to lead the team for a specific client in Ontario, Canada. This role involves overall management, development, and growth of assigned markets, along with achieving profit and loss targets and generating new business opportunities.

Key responsibilities include developing strategic plans, building customer relationships, and ensuring efficient workflow. Candidates should have a university degree and a minimum of 5 years experience in the consumer-packaged goods industry.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in the consumer-packaged goods industry.
• 5 years managing a P&L, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Strong knowledge of syndicated data.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic plans for customer teams.
• Coordinate category reviews with key customers.
• Build strong customer relationships.

Skills

Leadership

Presentation skills

Communication skills

P&L management

Trade marketing

Education

University degree, college diploma or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Client Director - Canada

At our Company, we grow People, Brands, and Businesses! We are seeking a highly dynamic Client Director who will lead the team for the specific client assignment. Responsible for the overall management, development, and growth of assigned markets. Achieving the market’s Profit and Loss targets, generating new business opportunities, and managing the business unit operations.

What We Offer:

• Full-Time Benefits (Health, Dental, Disability, Life, Lifeworks Program)
• PerkSpot Discounts on Travel, Movies, Cell Phones and more
• Training and Career Development
• Generous Paid Time-Off

Responsibilities:

• Develop strategic plans to be implemented by customer teams that will achieve client's overall sales objectives while staying within trade spend guidelines.
• Coordinate and organize category reviews for key categories with key customers. Attend key meetings with customers and their teams.
• Build strong customer relationships at mid to senior level of the organization.
• Meet and exceed annual revenue budget by achieving objectives and expanding the Company services where applicable.
• Work closely with customer teams and administration to ensure the client's proprietary trade planning system is accurate and updated.
• Ensures workflow and processes are followed as needed to achieve business objectives and maximum level of operational efficiency.
• Build and execute effective go to market strategies for new product launches and line extensions
• Ongoing timely and clear communication to internal and external partners

Qualifications:

• University degree, college diploma or equivalent job-related experience
• Minimum 5 years progressively responsible experience in the consumer-packaged goods industry either with a manufacturer or sales agency
• 5 years successfully managing a P&L, budgeting and forecasting, managing client expectations either personally or through a team
• 5 years previous experience with managing direct reports
• Effective presentation skills; strong people management skills; Outstanding written and oral communication skills
• Strong knowledge of syndicated data
• Experience working in a matrix structured organization
• Trade marketing experience working with tier one brands.
• Strong functional knowledge of Microsoft Office and AI capabilities