Your Impact

The purpose of the role is to build long-standing, preferential relationships with our Strategic and Collaborative Key Accounts based on a deep understanding of the Customer’s organisation and the drivers and barriers to their buying behavior to drive volume and profitability

Key Accountabilities:

• Develop the account plan incorporating range (portfolio and innovation), pricing, positioning, merchandising, and promotions in consultation with the NBM and in line with the business unit strategy
• Tailor the ideal range plan, space allocation and merchandising for the category within that customer (clustered by outlets if required)
• Articulate ‘what success looks like’ in execution and outcomes
• Engage the field sales teams to establish execution standards and metrics in line with the key account strategy.
• Agree performance-based terms within overarching Key Account framework.
• Ensure activity implemented within account – promotions, activations, price changes.
• Drive compliance in outlets and pull from store managers.
• Build effective long-term relationships with customers by understanding their key business drivers & requirements.
• Manage the customer contact matrix from Board to store relationships.
• Understand the customer value chain and identify how to jointly create value.
• Engage with customers to evolve new standards of execution.
• Manage discretionary expenditure, prioritizing customers for resource allocation and trade spend.

About you

• Proven experience in a junior account management role such as KAE/NAE across FMCG
• Ability to manage large customer accounts
• Proven ability to exceed sales targets using a structured data-driven planned approach – strong numeric, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Customer segment profitability analysis – able to evaluate customer performance in consultation with finance/commercial analysis
• Ability to manage large customer accounts
• Proven ability to exceed sales targets using a structured data-driven, planned approach - strong numeric, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Customer segment profitability analysis – able to evaluate customer performance in consultation with finance/commercial analysts
• Account planning – able to translate the segmentation strategy into venue plans and establish clearly aligned goals and targets
• Revenue planning – able to build business case / cost-benefit analysis - strong numeric, analytical and problem-solving skills

Why Asahi Beverages?

At Asahi Beverages, we're passionate about crafting more than just drinks - we craft moments of connection, celebration, and shared enjoyment. We bring together a diverse portfolio of iconic beverage brands, a commitment to quality, and a drive to constantly innovate.  Headquartered in Melbourne and with facilities right across Australia and New Zealand, you’ll find Asahi is a place where talent is nurtured, and ambition is rewarded. If you’re ready to toast your future, we’re ready to meet you.