Key Account Manager - Food Solutions
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Description
【Account Management & Business Growth】
- Own and manage assigned key accounts to achieve annual sales, turnover, and profitability targets.
- Develop joint business plans with customers and ensure execution excellence.
- Identify growth opportunities through menu innovation, category expansion, promotions, and new product introductions.
- Build long-term strategic partnerships with customers and key stakeholders.
【Customer Development】
- Lead negotiations on pricing, contracts, promotional activities, and commercial agreements.
- Manage customer performance through regular business reviews and opportunity assessments.
- Monitor market trends, competitor activities, and customer needs to identify actionable growth opportunities.
【Cross-functional Collaboration】
- Work closely with Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, and BE teams to deliver business objectives.
- Coordinate customer activations, product launches, and customer engagement programs.
- Ensure seamless execution of promotional and category initiatives.
- Pipeline & Forecast Management
- Develop accurate sales forecasts and account plans.
- Monitor sales performance, KPIs, and customer profitability.
- Provide timely reporting and business updates to management.
【Customer Relationship Management】
- Establish strong relationships with decision-makers across customer organizations.
- Influence customer strategies through category insights, consumer trends, and culinary expertise.
- Act as the primary point of contact for assigned customers.
【Experience】
- 7+ years of sales, national account, or key account management experience.
- Experience managing large chain restaurant, QSR, foodservice operator, or hospitality accounts is highly preferred.
- Experience working with multinational chain customers such as McDonald's, Burger King, KFC, Starbucks, MOS Burger, or equivalent accounts is a strong advantage.
- Proven track record in delivering sales growth and managing customer negotiations.
- Demonstrated experience leading annual contract negotiations, pricing discussions, and Joint Business Planning (JBP) with key customers.
- Demonstrated experience managing customers with annual business size exceeding NTD 100 million.
【Skills & Competencies】
- Strong commercial acumen with proven experience in complex customer negotiations.
- Strong strategic account management and Joint Business Planning capability.
- Excellent relationship management skills, with the ability to engage customers Procurement, Marketing, Operations, R&D, and senior management stakeholders.
- Strong analytical skills with sound understanding of pricing, profitability, P&L, and trade investment.
- Effective presentation and communication skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and matrix organization.
- High ownership mindset with strong execution discipline and resilience.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and CRM systems.
【Language】Business-level English communication skills.