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Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Key Accounts Executive

Account ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeKyiv, UkraineIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree or higher.
  • A Category B driver's license and at least six months of active driving experience.
  • Successfully pass a driving test.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Upper-intermediate English proficiency.
  • Knowledge of basic finance.
  • At least five years of active-sales experience at an FMCG company.
  • Experience managing key accounts.
  • Experience negotiating with decision-makers.
  • Experience leading projects within a region or country.
  • At least two years of people-management experience.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and implement opportunities to increase product sales and improve product representation in client stores.
  • Develop strategic client development plans.
  • Negotiate with clients and prepare contracts.
  • Achieve required operating and product-representation standards in client stores.
  • Conduct in-store promotional activities within the annual marketing plan and target budget.
  • Monitor client spending against the planned annual target.
  • Monitor timely ordering and adherence to delivery schedules across all client stores.
  • Prepare periodic reports.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of promotional activities.
  • Improve delivery efficiency to client distribution centers and merchandising processes.
  • Conduct field training and field audits.
  • Prepare and implement category-management principles.
  • Hold regular meetings and training sessions with regional employees to share expertise.
  • Increase product sales by developing client categories.
  • Ensure product sales targets and key sales-promotion performance parameters are met in client stores.
  • Ensure quantitative and qualitative standards for product representation are met.
  • Monitor the efficient use of budget funds.

About the Company

Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Mars makes confectionery, food, and petcare products and also operates pet health services through networks like Banfield, VCA, BluePearl, and Royal Canin. Its products are marketed under familiar brands such as M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Skittles, Dove, Orbit, Pedigree, Royal Canin, Whiskas, and Cocoavia, sold globally to consumers and pet owners. The company differs from competitors by combining a broad, diversified portfolio with a global, family-owned structure guided by the Mars Principles (Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, Freedom), which drives its operations and partnerships. Mars aims to help communities prosper and to grow its business while improving social and environmental outcomes, using its scale to support responsible practices across the world.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$27B
Headquarters
McLean, VA
Founded
1911

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