Customer Business (Sales Associate)

Job title:

Customer Business (Sales Associate)

Company

Bayer

Job description

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.Customer Business (Sales Associate)This opportunity delivers on:

• Activating customer-focused plans and initiatives across several Customers/Categories to achieve sales and profit objectives
• Working with Customer Business Managers/Leads on select categories/projects to deliver sales volume to ensure achievement of Bayer Consumer Health (BCH) goals and objectives
• Focusing across various accounts and categories to build opportunities and relationships

Bayer is committed to a flexible hybrid working environment. This is a permanent position based out of the Mississauga, Ontario office.What you will do:

• Executes short and long-term account strategies and business plans that support achievement of Divisional strategy and desired outcomes
• Demonstrates leadership and strategic partnership with the customer through category leadership, consumer and shopper insights, and marketing to help steer and grow the business together
• May manage budgets, including trade allocation, promotional funds and displays
• Partners with Forecasting to analyze volume for sales and displays
• Utilizes strategic selling and negotiation skills to maximize sales growth and promotional effectiveness
• Builds customer relationships through Merchant meetings, where appropriate, to share consumption and category trends, Planogram recommendations, and identify opportunities to win between BCH and the customer
• Responsible for promotional tracking and management, including displays, flyers, and shopper marketing programs
• Responsible for back-order mitigation, reporting and providing a voice for the customer on operational/order flow details to effective inventory management
• Understands and is oriented-towards a balanced business of store- based retail and Omni-Channel expansion in e-Commerce and Digital solutions

Who you are:

• BA degree or equivalent required
• Experience working/educated in the Canadian retail industry
• Customer Management/CPG Industry experience considered an asset

• High ability to self-start and show leadership
• Ability to think strategically and prioritize activities with short and long-term planning
• Good financial acumen – managed budgets
• Ability to identify risks and business opportunities to support business plan objectives
• Strong computer skills, including MS Office applications, database information sources
• Negotiation and influencing skills
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
• Collaborates with accountability and an inclusion mindset; ability to hold each other accountable across teams while respecting differences and embracing inclusion
• High learning agility; demonstrated ability to act, learn fast and evolve
• Self-motivating and outcome focused, driving to highest impact outcomes

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation and rewards package
• Collaborative, diverse and inclusive culture
• Career development and global opportunities
• Work-life flexibility programs such as flex hours, employee discounts, volunteer days, wellness, and other employee offerings

Bayer is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of Inclusion and Diversity. We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences and believe that our people are our most valuable asset. The collective sum of individual life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities that our employees invest in their work represents our culture, reputation, and Bayer’s values and purpose.All referral candidates must first be submitted via our internal referral system by a current Bayer employee in order to participate in the referral program. Once a Bayer employee has successfully referred you in our system, you will receive an automated email with instructions on how to complete your application.Application deadline: October 9, 2024YOUR APPLICATIONIf your background and personal experience fit this profile, please send us your complete application at If you have any recommendations, please kindly send mail toLocation:Canada : Ontario : MississaugaDivision:Consumer HealthReference Code:829609

Expected salary

Location

Mississauga, ON

Job date

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:10:43 GMT

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