Key Account Manager - FMCG Distribution | Saudi Arabia
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About the Role
A leading FMCG Distribution company in Saudi Arabia seeks a Key Account Manager to manage and grow strategic customer accounts in Jeddah. The role involves building relationships with key clients, achieving sales targets, and driving revenue growth.
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Responsibilities
- Manage and develop assigned key accounts, ensuring strong business relationships and long term customer satisfaction.
- Achieve monthly, quarterly, and annual sales targets across assigned accounts.
- Prepare and execute account plans to increase sales volume, revenue, profitability, and market share.
- Negotiate annual agreements, commercial terms, promotional plans, pricing, listings, and visibility opportunities with key customers.
- Monitor customer performance, sales trends, stock levels, and product availability to ensure continuous business growth.
- Coordinate with internal teams including sales operations, supply chain, finance, marketing, and merchandising.
- Identify new business opportunities within existing accounts and recommend initiatives to maximize account potential.
- Ensure proper implementation of trade promotions, in store activations, displays, and agreed commercial activities.
- Track competitor activities, market trends, customer needs, and channel developments, and share insights with management.
- Follow up on customer payments, credit limits, claims, and account reconciliations in coordination with the finance team.
- Prepare regular sales reports, forecasts, account reviews, and performance updates for management.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, pricing guidelines, contracts, and customer agreements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Sales, Marketing, or a related field.
- Minimum of 6 8 years of sales or key account management experience, preferably within FMCG, food distribution, beverages, retail, or consumer goods.
- Strong experience dealing with modern trade, wholesale, supermarkets, hypermarkets, or major retail accounts.
- Proven track record of achieving sales targets and managing strategic accounts.
- Excellent knowledge of the Saudi market, especially the Jeddah and Western Region market.
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Job Overview
- Leverage your abilities and join the dynamic team of a leading FMCG Distribution company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We are looking for a results driven Key Account Manager to be responsible for managing and growing strategic customer accounts within the FMCG, food distribution, retail, wholesal
Key Accountabilities
- Manage and develop assigned key accounts, ensuring strong business relationships and long term customer satisfaction.
- Achieve monthly, quarterly, and annual sales targets across assigned accounts.
- Prepare and execute account plans to increase sales volume, revenue, profitability, and market share.
- Negotiate annual agreements, commercial terms, promotional plans, pricing, listings, and visibility opportunities with key customers.
- Monitor customer performance, sales trends, stock levels, and product availability to ensure continuous business growth.
- Coordinate with internal teams, including sales operations, supply chain, finance, marketing, and merchandising, to ensure smooth execution of customer plans.
- Identify new business opportunities within existing accounts and recommend initiatives to maximize account potential.
- Ensure proper implementation of trade promotions, in store activations, displays, and agreed commercial activities.
- Track competitor activities, market trends, customer needs, and channel developments, and share insights with management.
- Follow up on customer payments, credit limits, claims, and account reconciliations in coordination with the finance team.
- Prepare regular sales reports, forecasts, account reviews, and performance updates for management.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, pricing guidelines, contracts, and customer agreements.
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Sales, Marketing, or a related field.
- Minimum of 6 8 years of sales or key account management experience, preferably within FMCG, food distribution, beverages, retail, or consumer goods.
- Strong experience dealing with modern trade, wholesale, supermarkets, hypermarkets, or major retail accounts.
- Proven track record of achieving sales targets and managing strategic accounts.
- Strong negotiation, communication, and relationship management skills.
- Good understanding of sales planning, account management, trade promotions, pricing, and customer development.
- Ability to analyze sales data, identify opportunities, and prepare business reports.
- Strong coordination skills with internal departments and external customers.
- Excellent knowledge of the Saudi market, especially the Jeddah and Western Region market.
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