Key Account Manager - Beauty Care

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

International Key Account Manager -  Argenteuil, France - Your future role

As a Key Account Manager for one of our major International accounts and Leader on the beauty segment, you will be responsible for generating growth, delivering high win rates, building and maintaining strong customer relationships, and creating innovative solutions for our client.

If you are passionate about perfume development, business strategy and adept at delivering on the customer sales target and securing new wins, then this role will allow you to make an impact!

Sounds interesting? It could well be your perfect opportunity if you always aim to exceed customer needs, deliver value and are skilled at fostering strong relationships. 

Reporting to the Global Business Director, In this exciting role, you will:

• Deliver profitable business growth for the clients’ brands.
• Define, implement and coordinate strategic business plans with clearly defined priorities in accordance with our business plan and global brand/category strategies.
• Effectively Manage Global Projects, coordinating global and multi-functional teams: work closely with the Consumer Market Insights, marketing and development teams, planning and driving account activities including defense of existing business and attacking new opportunities and identifying consumer or market-led proactive opportunities.
• Build and maintain winning relationships with key decision makers
• Develop a strategic approach to pricing and margins, in consultation with the Category Global Business Director in line with global pricing guidelines in order to maximize gross profit for the brands under your responsibility.
• Work closely with our  Global Teams around the world to provide commercial support for other global, regional and local brands, as required.

Your professional profile includes:

• 7+ years’ functional/technical experience in the fragrance/beauty industry
• International sales and marketing experience with a successful track record in key account management
• Experience of leading functional teams and managing multiple complex projects
• Competent olfactory knowledge
• Strategic understanding of industry, sales and scope by segment, category or specific geographical area
• Ability to work internationally, negotiating complex sales agreements across categories/brands
• Identifies gaps in customer product portfolios representing business opportunities
• Great command of English

You?

Are you someone who wants to shape your world? Who grows in a culture where you can express yourself in a creative team environment? Who wants to collaborate and learn together with teams who are as passionate as you are? Then join us – and improve your world.

Our Benefits include:

• Great Compensation package plus bonuses
• Health coverage partially paid by the company
• Paid holiday
• Career development opportunities

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At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
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