Channel Manager - Drug Stores Exclusive

Qualifications:

• Seeking candidates with 2-3 years of sales experience in consumer goods, preferably with drugstores accounts.

Proficient in managing key account specifically South Star Drug Stores & The Generics Pharmacy

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint

• Distribution Management:

Conduct regular store visits to key accounts such as South Star Drug Stores & The Generics Pharmacy, maintaining high merchandising and trade compliance standards

• Maintain strong relationships with key accounts to optimize distribution efficiency and ensure successful product launches.

Collaborate with the Sales Admin Group for timely and accurate booking order encoding.

• Coordinate with the CSG or Branch Manager on order delivery dates, ensuring effective distribution management.

Execute strategic distribution plans with key accounts to optimize product placement and enhance market presence.

• Analyze distribution metrics to identify opportunities for improvement and efficiency in key account management

• 2. Key Accounts Management and Development:

Develop and execute strategic account plans to optimize distribution efficiency, maximize sales potential, and achieve mutually beneficial goals.

• Collaborate with key accounts in selling new SKUs from partner principals, contributing to the diversification of product offerings.

Analyze key account data and market trends to identify growth opportunities, recommend innovative programs, and implement strategic distribution plans.

• Maintain strong trade relations, cultivating partnerships to secure additional distribution channels and market presence.

Implement trade initiatives and promotional activities to stimulate sales and capture new market segments.

• Address trade challenges and identify business opportunities for key accounts, recommending and implementing programs that maximize sales and profitability.

• 3. Accounts Receivable Management:

Review official, highlighting their significance as official and accountable documents.

• Achieves observance of OR Remittance Policy, validating deductions and verifying data accuracy.

Implements Promotion with Purchase (PWP), ensuring strategically aligned trade promo spends.

• 4. Inventory and Bad Order Management:

Coordinate trade returns/bad orders pick-up from outlets, maintaining effective relations with accounts.

• Plan and schedule regular clean-ups of FC (hanging balances) and the previous year's HD, optimizing distribution efficiency.

Provide necessary documents for clean-up drives, ensuring accurate assessments and reconciliation.

• Implement and enforce the Bad Order Policy to keep trade BO returns within acceptable levels defined by company standards.

• 5. Trade Marketing:

Formulate and implement all-encompassing trade marketing strategies to boost brand visibility and drive sales growth.

• Collaborate with key accounts and distributors to implement effective in-store promotions and merchandising initiatives.

Analyze market data and consumer insights to identify opportunities for impactful trade marketing campaigns.

• Work closely with the marketing team to align trade marketing activities with overall brand strategies.

Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of trade marketing programs, making data-driven adjustments as needed.

• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless execution of trade marketing initiatives

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Additional leave

Company car

• Company Christmas gift

Company events

• Free parking

Health insurance

• Life insurance

On-site parking

• Opportunities for promotion

Schedule:

• Fixed shift

Supplemental pay types:

• 13th month salary

Commission pay

• Performance bonus

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Account Management: 2 years (Preferred)

Language:

• English (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Professional driver's license (Preferred)

Willingness to travel:

* 100% (Preferred)