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Join Mars as a New Retail Development Manager (Account Manager) in Shanghai, China. This full-time role focuses on driving profitable sales growth, executing customer plans, and managing trade funds and category solutions in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods industry.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or equivalent required.
  • 5+ years of experience in Sales or Marketing for Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industries required.
  • Prior retail account management experience required.
  • Fluent understanding of forecasting, Nielsen, and trade management systems required.
  • Availability to travel 10% of the time, plus a valid driver's license and clean driving record required.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Sales strategy: Deliver profitable sales growth for seasonal, placement, and shelving initiatives to meet company and category objectives.
  • Fact-based presentations: Influence customers to implement growth solutions using data and category information.
  • Trade fund management: Manage customer trade funds compliantly while continuously improving spending effectiveness.
  • Forecasting and execution: Execute agreed-upon solutions with accurate forecasting, detailed follow-through, and timely new product launches.
  • Potential transition routes: People from key account or category management roles may bring strong retail sales and negotiation skills, alongside meeting the FMCG experience and forecasting requirements.

Job description

Job Description:

Account Manager is responsible for achieving profitable sales growth at customers for the Mars business. This role is expected to maintain strong relationships & best execute customer plans that deliver objectives of; revenue, growth, profit, product/assortment, everyday shelving, merchandising, pricing, promotions, and seasonal merchandising. What are we looking for? Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or equivalent. 5+ Years’ experience in Sales, Marketing, for Fast Moving Consumer Good Industries Prior Retail Account Management experience Fluent understanding of forecasting, Nielsen and trade management system Availability to travel 10% of time A valid driver's license and clean driving record What will be your key responsibilities? Create and execute customers solutions of profitable sales growth for seasonal, placement and seasonal shelving, merchandising & pricing, that achieves customer objectives, category leadership and company objectives Influence customers to implement solutions through fact-based presentations that deliver results that are beneficial for both customer and company Complete new product launches with timely and effective execution to maximize customer impact Execute all agreed to solutions with customers to include accurate, timely forecasting and detailed follow through Manage customers trade funds that complies with internal and external requirements and continually improve effectiveness of spending Provide customer with category information & make recommendations for category growth, bring customer feedback & potential solutions. What can you expect from Mars? Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles. Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today. A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University. An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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Mars

New Retail Development Manager

Shanghai
Competitive salary + bonus + benefits

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