Key Account Manager II

Key Account Manager II - JLB

JLB is an award-winning retail consulting firm that is passionate about helping brands succeed at Target and Target win in the Marketplace. More than a traditional broker, we offer tailored solutions across Sales, Strategy, Category Management, Insights, Digital, Shopper Marketing, and more helping brands thrive at one of the world's most innovative retailers.

The KAM II is a salesperson responsible for meeting sales quotas and expense budgets for assigned clients by managing sales programs, promotional spending, distribution levels, shelf placement and strategic planning initiatives. Our clients are defined as the manufacturers, vendors, or brands who have contracted Advantage as their sales force. Our customers are defined as retailers, wholesalers, or distributors, to whom we sell our clients' brands.

This teammate will collaborate with clients to develop strategic plans to accomplish the business goals and work with retailer associates (such as buyers, category managers, replenishment managers, and others) on Headquarter calls to implement the programs. This teammate will have a relationship with our clients. This teammate will make decisions regarding spending of our clients' trade funds to drive increased sales, and will sign, implement, and execute contracts at our customers, on our clients' behalf.

This position also works closely with internal Advantage Solutions associates such as Customer Managers and order entry, claims, category management, schematics and retail associates to increase sales volume within a market. This incumbent may be dedicated to servicing one or multiple clients' goals, while also encompassing customer relations and implementation. Clients will consist of Pioneering clients (manufacturers that do not currently have distribution in the customers the associate is responsible for), Regional clients (manufacturers not represented through a National contract but rather retain the services on a regional, market, or customer specific basis) or Tier 3 clients (manufacturers with minimal volume, sku counts, and commission revenue).

The Company is one of North America's leading sales and marketing agencies, specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of consumer-packaged goods. We support a broad range of trade channels and partner closely with our clients to deliver solutions that drive performance and growth.

Take this opportunity to join a growing organization and build your career while working with talented teams across technology and business functions.

What We Offer

• Full-Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)
• 401(k) with company match
• Training and Career Development
• Generous Paid Time-Off

Responsibilities

• Drive our clients' business at assigned customer. Increase distribution, grow sales dollars/units/share/other KPI's, while staying on spend
• In addition to the above statement, also responsible for ensuring retail/merchandising execution and basic eCommerce execution
• Achieves targeted income and expense budgets by implementing promotional and marketing strategies
• Analyzes trends and results to identify growth opportunities and makes recommendations to clients and customers
• Monitors and drives growth through efficient management of promotional spending within guidelines on assigned clients
• Meets budgetary goals by maintaining strict control and accounting of accrual and bill-back funds for assigned clients
• Meets expectation for managing period ending fund balance performance with no overspends vs. trade budget
• Meets or exceeds Client's goals for sales, distribution, share, pricing, shelving, and promotional volume
• Launches strategies to pursue new opportunities
• Implement retailer headquarter calls and penetrate key positions at the retailer to:
• Achieve sales goals by managing and maximizing manufacturer marketing and promotional funds while staying within financial guidelines
• Ensure that all retail pricing and indirect order guides within the division is updated by regularly correcting discrepancies
• Secure Client approved schematics for all Clients' brands by providing direction and communication to our schematic, reset, and retail departments
• Ensure incremental sales through distribution of new products and maintenance of existing SKU's
• Collaborate with category management team to develop retailer presentations by using database rationale such as SKU optimization, efficient promotion causal data, and lift analysis
• Manage accounts to achieve the targeted ACV on Innovation
• Builds and maintains effective client and retailer relationships in order to ensure customer access and client perspective that we are connected and engaged with key stakeholders
• Demonstrates sales accomplishments and areas of opportunity by developing sales presentations for Customers and Clients
• Implements Customer HQ Calls and demonstrate an ability to penetrate key positions at the retailer
• Offers strategic input pursuant to annual business plans, problem solving, and ongoing customer management. Finds the intersection of retailer and client objectives and drive win/win scenarios
• Provides timely and fluid communication on Client goals, programs, price changes, and priorities to include all necessary people and information
• Manages difficult situations, issues and conflicts to get to an effective outcome

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 4-6 years of experience with retail, CPG, account management, agency, broker
• Strong sales presentation and development skills
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
• Working knowledge of syndicated data
• Intermediate or advanced computer skills
• Strong written communication and verbal communication skills
• Conflict management skills
• Demonstrated ability to provide cross-functional leadership
• Well-organized, detail-oriented, and able to handle a fast-paced work environment
• Flexible and adaptable, able to change and alter according to changes in projects or business environment
• Ability to complete multiple duties with accuracy shifting from one to another with frequent interruptions and competing deadlines

Job Will Remain Open Until Filled