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As a Global Key Account Manager II, you'll be the designated contact for General Mills, one of Amcor’s Global Key Accounts. This role provides tactical sales direction and communication strategies to defend existing business, improve profitability of existing business, and to profitably develop new business. You'll work with internal stakeholders to build and implement strategic business and marketing plans for assigned accounts. This role is focused on share of wallet growth for the global key account.
Location: This role is 100% remote, candidate must reside in Minnesota or Wisconsin
WHAT YOU GET TO DO
Geographic Scope: Global with a heavy North American footprint
Number of colleagues directly reporting to this job: 0
Annual sales: $30-55 million (Actual sales may vary by job. To be filled in by recruiter on job posting.)
Drive for results:
Ownership of global key account, connecting Amcor’s values of safety. collaboration, accountability, results & outperformance into all aspects of role.
Support development and execution of account strategy to maintain share of wallet and profitability grow account.
Manage account complexities to support customer requirements and anticipate future needs
Orchestrate and drive key business negotiations with internal stakeholder support, supporting Amcor’s interests demonstrating an ability to influence decision and actions
Leverage knowledge of Amcor, our products, the industry and competitive market to enable the business to win
Deliver sales goals including profitable year-over-year growth for assigned territory.
Relationship Management:
Advance relationships with customers to ensure the ability to have proactive & difficult conversations
Leverage highly collaborative relationships between Amcor and your account/s to include: senior leadership, marketing, R&D, procurement, engineering, quality, operations, sales management, support teams, key Amcor global contacts etc. with a view of enhancing sales initiatives and profitably while meeting customer needs
Manage cross-functional relationships to create the share of wallet growth strategies as well as support the commercialization and onboarding process with other key areas (both internal and external)
Build an external network consisting of key influencers and collaborators within the industry with a specific focus on co-packers, machine suppliers, OEMs, industry associations, and senior decision makers at targeted accounts
Ensure Amcor and the Key Account adhere to contractual commitments. This includes inventory management, execution of value leadership strategies, and ownership of quality and service key performance indicators.
Stakeholder Engagements:
Coordinates Sales Management, R&D, Marketing and Field Service in support of validation trials and customer trials
Manages accounts receivable as acceptable levels with assistance from the credit department
Work with Strategic Marketing to identify, analyze and recommend actions to meet strategic unmet customer needs
Collaborate with cross-functional teams on the development and implementation of defined strategy (technology, product management, commercial) for the market and targeted segments
Reporting:
Report and communicate current performance achievements in terms of sales and marketing contribution to the business unit for monthly management reporting
Drive forecast accuracy for improved business results
Identifies competitive insights marketing strategies, pricing structures or product performance and communicates intelligence to stakeholders
Responsible for the management of Account Planning, Pipeline management, profitability improvements, and churn management in CRM tool
WHAT WE VALUE
Proven track record of successful sales growth and profitability in business-to-business environment
Solid understanding of price and profitability
Complete ownership mentality of Global Key Account
Ability to operate in fast paced environment, prioritizing tasks and key deliverables
Solution focused mindset while demonstrating resourcefulness in value creation for the customer as well as Amcor
Results oriented attitude
Solid project management skills, ability to delegate and drive meaningful results
Business and financial acumen which would translate toward but is not limited to being able to understand P&L’s, build customer proposals, and conduct in-depth analyses
Ability to work across various time zones and cultures, while upholding the expectation of 48 hour response timing.
Ability to reduce complexity, cultivate relationships and clearly articulate customer proposals, needs and strategy to internal senior stakeholders.
WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU
Bachelor’s Degree
5+ years of experience working in a large-scale business-to-business environment
7+ years' relevant experience in technical, sales and general management, preferably within the packaging industry
Experience leading negotiations
Ability to travel domestically / internationally / globally 60% of time.
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When you join Amcor, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits and compensation package that includes:
•Medical, dental and vision plans
•Flexible time off, starting at 80 hours paid time per year for full-time salaried employees
•Company-paid holidays starting at 9 days per year and may be slightly higher by location
•Wellbeing program & Employee Assistance Program
•Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
•Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary accident disability benefits are available
•Paid Parental Leave
•Retirement Savings Plan with company match
•Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)
•Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)