Junior Key Account Manager @ Zuru

Passionate about the Beauty Industry? Do you thrive in a fast-paced and high-ownership environment? This will be an exciting opportunity for you!🧴🫧

ZURU is on a mission to disrupt across industries, challenge the status quo and catalyst change through radical innovation and automation advances. This is in play in different pillars of the company: ZURU Toys are re-imagining what it means to play; ZURU Tech is shaping a better future by leading the next building revolution; ZURU Edge is pioneering new generation FMCG brands to better serve modern consumers.

Founded in 2003 by EY Entrepreneur of the Year and World Entrepreneur Hall of Fame brothers Nick and Mat Mowbray, ZURU has quickly grown to a team of over 5000 direct and indirect members across more than 30 international locations.

One of the largest toy companies in the world, globally recognised and award-winning brands include Bunch O Balloons, Mini Brands, XSHOT, Rainbocorns and Smashers. Our global FMCG brands include MONDAY Haircare, Rascal + Friends, NOOD, BONKERS, Gumi Yum Surprise and Dose & Co.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We have an opportunity for a Junior Key Account Manager to support our rapidly growing business in Walmart Health and Beauty. In this role, you will own the partnership between ZURU and Walmart/Sam’s Club in our growing Beauty, Personal Care, and OTC Pharmacy business.

ZURU is a company built on a spirit of entrepreneurship and high-accountability. As the JKAM Beauty, you will own your P&L and results across all assigned departments. Additionally, you will utilize your analytical acumen to help support across the wider portfolio of ZURU brands in Baby, Pet, and Household Chemicals.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Own and achieve targeted sales objectives for within Walmart and Sam’s Club Health and Beauty consistent with the annual business plan by leveraging data, consumer and shopper insights
Build relationships and lead meetings with the buyers, planners and marketers on the Walmart Beauty, OTC Pharmacy, and Personal Care teams as the first layer of contact
Identify business opportunities within these department and work with internal partners to create customized plans to drive results
Support the ZURU Edge business with Walmart with analytics and insights across the wider Baby, Household Chemicals, and Pet portfolios
Support the wider US business with deep insights on Beauty from a shopper and category perspective to drive optimizations in sales, marketing, and NPD
Conduct internal discussions with demand, customer service, and marketing teams to ensure strong retail execution
Design and implement display and prepack process to secure out of aisle space at retail accounts.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

2 years of relevant experience with at least 1 year of it as an analyst
Strong background in analytics, especially sales, shopper, and category insights
Ability to build powerful category and shopper stories from comprehensive data sets to drive optimizations both internally and with the customer
Passion for the beauty category, with previous experience in the beauty industry as a major advantage
Experience in Walmart Luminate is a strong advantage, but not required
Strong communication & influencing skills, with previous experience presenting to retail partners as a plus, but not required
Leadership capability Including ability to influence and motivate cross-functional teams, while holding stakeholders accountable to deliver on business objectives
A drive to develop quickly alongside the business and a relentless spirit to “level-up” in a culture of consistent growth and improvement
Openness to give and receive feedback in a system of radical candor

LIFE@ZURU (on instagram & tiktok)

At ZURU, we have cultivated a high-performing culture that encourages excellence. Our team works towards ambitious goals, learning, performing, and improving together, all while having fun. We empower talented individuals to do their best work every day.

At ZURU, you get out what you put in. You are responsible for driving your own career and we provide the platform to achieve it. As ZURU is on such a fast growth trajectory, there are opportunities here that you won’t find anywhere else.

We recognise that ZURU’s success stems from our people and you can only be at your best when you are looking after yourself. ZURU encourages all our team members to invest in their wellbeing by providing an array of benefits and tools.

WHAT WE OFFER

🌱 Culture for Growth

🌎 Global Opportunities

💡 Be surrounded by an A-Player Team!

💰 Competitive Remuneration

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