Division Information
The Home & Garden business unit of Spectrum Brands is based in St. Louis, Missouri with distribution, manufacturing and sales offices throughout the US and globe. We are a leading supplier of consumer products nationally for the home, lawn and garden, insect and weed control markets. We deliver groundbreaking products of exceptional value and top-notch quality to consumers with our well-recognized brands including Spectracide®, Hot Shot®, Cutter®, Repel®, Black Flag®, Garden Safe®, EcoLogic® and Liquid Fence®.
Job Summary
The Associate National Account Manager is responsible for managing all activities relating to sales and relationship growth for assigned customers . This responsibility includes entails managing a portfolio of accounts and products, presentation creation, analysis, forecasting, promotional planning and business development for the assigned region and division.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities
- Developing profitable strategies that will maximize the Spectrum Brands SKU listing and create a best-in-class assortment for our consumers.
- Becoming the expert on assigned accounts with a clear understanding of the customer's needs, strategies and objectives. Use this expertise to maximize the Home Care business within each individual account.
- Leading development of annual quotas and profit plan for assigned customers.
- Creating sales action plans; monitoring actual results vs. plan throughout the year, adjusting and adapting as needed to maximize topline sales and bottom-line profitability.
- Learning and utilizing Category Management and Fact-Based Selling concepts to uncover whitespace opportunities and/ or optimize current assortment.
- Collaborating with sales and marketing leaders to recommend opportunities for increased business penetration, based on knowledge of customers and category.
- Managing the Broker partnership to effectively complete all administrative forms, programs, resets, or projects necessary.
- Scheduling, building and delivering retailer specific presentations for line reviews, programs, mid-season updates, etc. that align with Spectrum Brands mission and vision.
- Building and closely managing relationships with customers at the buyer level and beyond to create or enhance the partnership.
- Providing the Customer Team Lead with regular updates of customer performance vs. prior year same period, identifying sales trends and opportunities.
- Building effective working relationship internally and externally.
- Facilitating and attending customer trade shows.
- Communicating effectively and on time.
- Developing the annual promotional plan to maximize sales opportunities by having the right product, in the right quantity, at the right time.
- Use data analysis to assist in the coordination of promotional plans. Integrate national marketing advertising and promotional plans into the customer plan as applicable.
- Accurately and timely forecast with Demand and Supply Planning to guarantee on-time delivery.
- Develop and coordinate the plan for product delivery and merchandising at the customer.
Education and Experience Profile
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing or related discipline is required
- Minimum of 2-4 years work experience in a related field, consumer products industry is preferred
- Knowledge of and/ or experience selling FMCG to retailers, typically gained through 3 plus years of sales/field experience or category/sales analysis
- Direct account management experience is preferred but not required. Exposure to syndicated data is also a plus but not required.
Required Skills
- Must be familiar with P&L management and managing to a budget.
- Accountable for sales volume compared to quota, profit compared to budget.
- Solid tactical and strategic abilities with proficiency navigating obstacles and finding solutions at a rapid pace.
- Ability to work independently with high integrity, managing multiple tasks and prioritizing accordingly.
- Strong analytical skills with ability to learn and use data to forecast business trends, forecast projections and trade spend effectiveness.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- High proficiency in PC skills (spreadsheet, word processing, presentations)
- Effective time management and prioritization skills.
- High level of organizational skills with acute attention to detail.
- Goal-oriented individual who can focus on obtaining objectives through a teamwork approach.
- Strong presentation skills; ability to communicate effectively with all levels within the internal and/ or customer organization(s).
- Approximately 25% travel required.
Work Environment
Working conditions are normal for a home based office sales environment.
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Spectrum Brands is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
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