Assistant Manager – Key Accounts

About GMG

GMG is a global well-being company retailing, distributing and manufacturing a portfolio of leading international and home-grown brands across sport, food and health sectors. Its vision is to inspire people to win in ways that make the world better. Today, GMG’s investments span across four key verticals: GMG Sports, GMG Food, GMG Health, and GMG Consumer Goods. Under the ownership and management of the Baker family, it has become a leading global company, affiliated with the world’s most successful and respected brands in the well-being sector. Working across the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia, GMG has introduced more than 120 brands into its markets.

Core Responsibilities:

• Develop new and fresh strategies to respond to high-volume client concerns and meet budget guidelines.
• Manage a team of 5-7 merchandisers – plan their roster and coverage of doors.
• Building modern trade accounts.
• Analyze market needs, develop account strategies and convey to chief responsible personnel.
• Propose new products to clients using entire data sources to prepare and conduct optimum presentations.
• Identify account distribution and resolve void issues.
• Contribute in proper product quantity enabling client to retail profitably.
• Increase accounts revenue and identify fresh business opportunities adhering to given budget structure.
• Recommend main lifestyles and SKU’s through presentations before clients.
• Interact regularly with top ten accounts related to weekly selling, deliveries and stock availability.
• Develop and maintain relations between company and client following details to ensure quick response to identified problems.
• Recommend management routinely of tribulations and opportunities trying to resolve issues and improve growth prospects.
• Maintain steady in-store visitation frequency to ensure implementation of brand presence, door volume, visual roll-out and driving turn.
• Schedule advance working appointments and respond promptly.
• Plan steadily and arrange work efficiently.

Educational Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in business administration, communications, marketing or a related field.

Experience:

• A minimum of 2 – 3 years of relevant experience.

Language Skills:

•  Fluent English and Arabic language skills (written and spoken).
  

Additional Skills:

• Networking and negotiation skills
• Leadership skills
• Problem Solving
• Company and customer expertise