Position Title: Amazon National Account Manager
Reports to: Amazon Sales Director
Location: Seattle, WA
The National Account Manager (NAM) position is responsible for developing and executing a collaborative growth agenda between Newell Brands and Amazon. Successful candidates will work in collaboration with Sales Planning and Marketing functions to develop sustainable growth strategies.
Utilize leading edge data, information systems, and metrics around financial, brand, and shopper trends to maximize market share, sales, and profits through price optimization for Newell Brands and our customers. Build customer relationships at multiple levels and facilitate connectivity in other functional areas including Marketing, Supply Chain, Communications and Operations. Deliver results while maintaining the highest level of integrity.
Specific responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
Deliver consumption and sales growth targets for Newell Brands and Amazon.
Develop and achieve e-originated sales penetration targets across the account responsibility
Build customer relationships across multiple levels within the Amazon GL.
Build and foster relationships with Amazon in-stock teams.
Build a digital forecasting process allowing for in-stocks to remain at the optimal level aligned upon between the customer and Newell Brands
Use data, information systems, and metrics around financial, brand, and shopper trends to maximize market share, sales, and profits.
Lead the Business Segment on the needs of the Customer.
Develop and execute Customer & Category Strategic Development and annual operating plan.
Negotiates and manages trade funds to create customer and company value by consistently measuring and enforcing trade terms and identifying opportunities for improvement.
Collaborates with sales planning and marketing teams to provide and explain market data to the customer
Works with trade to implement methods that assist our customers in effectively and creatively winning with consumers, shoppers, end-users, and purchasers through promotions, packaging and merchandising.
Leverages our brands and product mix to improve profitability and meet customer, shopper, and Newell Brands targets
Qualifications:
BS/BA or University degree in Business or similar field, MBA a plus
Minimum 8+ years of direct and hands-on experience in sales and/or channel marketing
Selling experience within consumer products, preferably across multiple brands
History of setting and delivering a growth agenda.
Experience developing and managing trade budgets
Willingness to travel 15-25%
History of negotiating complex business deals that provide value to all parties
Experience managing and / or influencing others
Ability to operate independently given direction, and bring ideas and solutions to issues raised
Ability to analyze and assess organizational needs and provide solutions accordingly.
Interpersonal savvy; an ability to effectively work with and connect with all levels of employees across multiple functions and geographies.
Ability to motivate teams to produce desired tangible outcomes within tight timeframes.
Strong project planning, tracking & organizing skills.
Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Paper Mate, Sharpie, Dymo, EXPO, Parker, Elmers, Coleman, Marmot, Oster, Sunbeam, FoodSaver, Mr. Coffee, Graco, Baby Jogger, NUK, Calphalon, Rubbermaid, Contigo, First Alert, and Yankee Candle. For hundreds of millions of consumers, Newell Brands makes life better every day, where they live, learn, work and play. Newell Brands and its subsidiaries are Equal OpportunityEmployers and comply with applicable employment laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply.
Hoboken, NJ
Newell Brands Inc. designs, manufactures, sources, and distributes consumer and commercial products worldwide. The company’s Food and Appliances segment offers household products, including kitchen appliances, gourmet cookware, bakeware and cutlery, food storage and home storage products, and fresh preserving products under Ball, Calphalon, Crock-Pot, FoodSaver, Mr. Coffee, Oster, Rubbermaid, Sistema, Breville, and Sunbeam brands. Its Home and Outdoor Living segment offers products for outdoor and outdoor-related activities, home fragrance, and connected home and security products under Chesapeake Bay Candle, Coleman, Contigo, ExOfficio, First Alert, Marmot, WoodWick, and Yankee Candle brands.
The company’s Learning and Development segment offers writing instruments, including markers and highlighters, pens, and pencils; art products; activity-based adhesive and cutting products; labeling solutions; and baby gear and infant care products under Aprica, Baby Jogger, Dymo, Elmer’s, Expo, Graco, Mr. Sketch, NUK, Paper Mate, Parker, Prismacolor, Sharpie, Tigex Waterman, and X-Acto brands.
It markets its products through club, department store, drug/grocery, mass merchant, specialty retailers, distributors and e-commerce companies, home centers, sporting goods, warehouse clubs, office superstores and supply stores, contract stationers, and travel retail, as well as sells directly to consumers via online. Newell Brands Inc. was formerly known as Newell Rubbermaid Inc. and changed its name to Newell Brands Inc. in April 2016. The company was founded in 1903 and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.