Job: Account Manager, Stonor

Employer: Stonor
Posted: 29 Sep 2009
Reference: 349CG
Contact: Mr Charlie Griffiths
Location: Home Counties
Sector: Consumer Goods,
- FMCG - Household Products
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Position: Account Manager
Salary: £45 - £55k

Account Manager - SP

This is a great opportunity to join an award winning out of town agency following some very large account wins. You would be working on a global FMCG brand and focus on through the line marketing communications. It would suit a confident AM/SAM who has a strong personality and plenty of experience working on SP and POS campaigns preferably for FMCG clients.

Preferred personal attributes:

- Strong leadership skills
- Strong social and interpersonal skills
- Selling and negotiation skills
- Strategic and analytic in approach to briefs
- Consultancy approach to service delivery
- Thorough knowledge of the categories you are dealing with and ability to
demonstrate knowledge, researching markets/categories as required
- Demonstrate profitable growth of client accounts though wide-ranging
account management skills
- Ability to set budgets, expectations and deliver results under pressure
- Demonstrate strong organisational skills at all times
- Exceptional verbal, written and communication skills
- Ability to interrogate, structure and respond to briefs.
- Liaising with clients at all levels, display good judgment at all times.

Preferred Skills

- Thorough understanding of sales promotion and below the line techniques
(min 3/4 years experience in a below the line role or similar)
- ISP or CIM qualified /or having similar level of proven experience
- Ability to propose, in detail, mechanics that are both legal and feasible within current sales promotion law to both clients and colleagues
- Thoroughly understand the fundamentals both consumer and trade marketing
- Mentoring skills for junior members of the team

Specific activities include:
- Internal development of team members and knowledge sharing
- Managing a Client team
- Reporting to Board and Management Team with regular updates on performance
- Learning the objectives of the client and acting upon knowledge shared
- Formulating strategies and setting targets
- Reporting to the client
- Time reporting of the client team

This could be an immediate start so if it sounds like you then please don't hesitate to get in touch.