KEY Account Manager STG Sweden located in either Gentofte, Denmark or remote (Sweden)
If you’re the kind of person who likes to do the same thing every day, working at Scandinavian Tobacco Group is not for you. It takes a team of quick minds to survive and thrive in our business, and we look for smart, tenacious people who will go that extra mile – every single day.
Join us in a role where you will have the accountability to proactively manage sales and profit potential of assigned accounts, with the objective of maximizing sales and distribution on all our key categories.
Welcome to the world of tobacco
We are looking for the best Swedish speaking Key Account Manager to partake in our daily work with our Swedish key accounts, that represent all the biggest retail customers in Sweden. We are a dynamic company in constant transition and while we are leaders in much of what we do today, we are on a journey to become much more. In the Danish and Swedish entity, we have in the past 8 months made 2 significant launches in Nicotine Pouches and Modern Actives and we are in the finalization of incorporating another brand in the Nicotine Pouch category, making us a significant player in this rapid growing segment.
We need ambitious people to support our ambitious growth plans. Is this you?
You will be located in Denmark (Gentofte) and is expected to travel to Stockholm for meetings with your customers as well as deliver at, and participate in, sales meetings with the Swedish salesforce. Whether you live in Sweden or Denmark is not important.
Number of yearly travelling days to be expected, is minimum 30 days.
You will become a part of our Scandinavian Key Account Team working across borders, that as a team is responsible for all trade in Sweden, Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands as well as the border trade in both Sweden and Denmark. You’ll play a central role in the organization and be responsible for running long-term profitability in the category with and through our key customers in the grocery and service business.
The retail business is undergoing rapid changes in tobacco and nicotine pouch category, and you must therefore thrive on change and complexity in everyday life and not be afraid of the challenges a category with great focus from the outside world entails. If you are motivated by complexity and challenges, we can offer you a job in an industry, where you will never be bored.
You’ll get to play an important role in:
- Dealing with larger client accounts in close collaboration with our Key Account Team.
- Ensuring the implementation of our company KA strategy and proactively manage the sales and profit potential assigned to your key accounts.
- Developing strong relationships with assigned key accounts to provide value added exposure and assortment of our brands
- Preparing and. executing status meetings with your key accounts and conduct yearly negotiations.
- Developing and maintaining key account plans and analysis of account results and opportunities and contribute to internal reporting processes.
- Optimizing business performance in order to achieve company goals.
To be successful in the role, you:
- Are educated at degree level or equivalent, business/marketing is an advantage.
- Have experience with key account management within FMCG.
- Are a strong communicator at all levels and build strong working relationships with both customers, our Danish/Swedish organization and other internal stakeholders.
- Have strong analytical skills and a proactive and systematic approach to your work tasks.
- Have a strong will to learn and grow and a winning mentality.
- Superuser in MS Office, especially Excel and Powerpoint.
- Strong Swedish and English competencies required.
What happens next?
- You apply for the position.
- We carefully review your application. All applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to submit you application as soon as possible.
- If we are a match, you’ll receive an email or call from our HR team.
- And a final note for you to know – we’ll get back to you, even if it is a no (for now).
Join a world leading manufacturer of cigars and pipe tobacco
At Scandinavian Tobacco Group DK/SE you will come across many colleagues in your daily work, and thus learn and benefit from the way we blend our strengths within our teams. You’ll become a part of a professional, focused and experienced Key Account Team, who will ensure to support your needs, train and develop your negotiation techniques and make sure, you are always challenged.
We have a strong on-boarding program to ensure you will be equipped with the right tools to manage and grow both your customers and yourself. At Scandinavian Tobacco Group, you are to a large extent co-responsible for your own and the team’s development and you must therefore like to inspire your colleagues – and be motivated by having influence on the company’s results.
Do you know how to challenge the status quo?
If you are up for the challenge, we are looking forward receiving your application. Please send it no later than 4th of June, 2023. If you have any questions you are welcome to contact Head of Key Account Management Pernille Thomas Skovbøg at +45 2088 3207 and to visit our website www.st-group.com
