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Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Petcare Grocery Field Sales Account Manager

Account ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • University graduate.
  • Hold a standard first-class driver's license.
  • Have sales experience; consumer goods sales experience is an advantage.
  • Demonstrate negotiation, planning, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead assigned work independently, keeping the manager informed about routine negotiations and bringing proposed solutions to the manager when problems arise; negotiate with senior counterparts with support from the line manager as needed.
  • Propose and adopt new ideas and approaches within the team and in personal work practices.
  • Understand and analyze each assigned chain's current situation and execute effective account planning, collaborating with customer marketing where chain support is provided.
  • Work with the merchandising team to lead implementation of distribution and visibility plans at store level for key accounts.
  • Track account activity, identify problems and opportunities, share them promptly with the manager and relevant departments, and agree on and implement suitable countermeasures.
  • Improve planning skills through account planning and regular progress reviews; lead win-win proposals toward shared sales and profit growth targets, lead practical annual contract and initiative work, report national progress, confirm actions, share information, and prepare customized proposals for customers.
  • Contribute to the business through collaboration with relevant departments.
  • Influence and collaborate across the sales organization beyond assigned duties.
  • Proactively support the area manager, lead team engagement, and support junior team members.
  • Develop and execute account-specific plans aligned with sales and area strategy; provide input to area strategy; make decisions on store-level matters; and contribute to team operations and lead execution.

Desired Qualifications

  • Consumer goods sales experience is preferred.

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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