Future Key Account Manager Program

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Work schedule: 100% with flexible working hours

Duration: 6 months

Location: Zagreb

Interested in joining a world-class Sales organization of a leading global company, selling our iconic brands like Ariel, Pampers, Gillette, Pantene, Always, Lenor or Oral-B? As one of the largest manufacturers of consumer goods in the world with operations in over 180 countries, P&G is a global Fortune 100 company that cultivates future leaders across diverse industries around the globe.

Join our best-in-class Future Key Account Manager Program, which offers a path as short as one year to become Future Key Account Manager. We provide you with a comprehensive development opportunity. You’ll expand your knowledge based on personal experience with industry experts and great managers who will invest in your development.

About the Program

Program combines 2 areas of Sales work in which you will have the chance to learn skills which every good sales leader needs to have:

• Already in the first phase of your journey, you are fully responsible for your own accounts. You will influence in-store promotions, executions, visibility, sufficient stock level and learn priceless retail experience for your future.

• You will co-lead the business with one of our retailers as a Key Account Manager Trainee responsible for a category or a customer. You will plan and develop business, learn the specifics of categories and customers and how to sell what to whom.

During the program you will:

• Work with key market retailers (like Konzum, dm, Spar) getting an understanding of the customers and shoppers needs and contributing to recommendations on assortment, merchandising and promotions. You will collaborate with the whole customer team to prepare business plans and external negotiations.

• Build positive relationships with customers and effectively collaborate with them in critical business areas like space & location, promotion support, developing right assortment, shelving, and merchandising strategies.

• Acquire a deep understanding of customer needs and requirements.

• Not only develop your negotiating and sales skills, but also your financial & marketing skills, analytical insights, and logistical understanding.

• Collaborate with a diverse group of people from different functions (Finance, Marketing, Product Supply).

As a Future Key Account Manager Trainee, you will benefit from:

• Participating in accelerated on-the-job and classroom training to develop your personal and professional skills and capabilities

• Being supported in independent decision-making and risk-taking

• Having an opportunity for a managerial role upon the successful completion of the Traineeship program

• Enjoying an attractive salary (2 160 EUR gross/month for full working time) and benefit package

• The benefit package includes 100 % covered sick leave, transportation allowance, meal allowance, work from home payment and Employee Assistance Program

• Receiving an iPhone to support you in your daily responsibilities

• Being invited to join regular Commercial offsite meetings

• Our wellbeing program – to help you stay energized in both your personal and professional life

• Individualized development plan, including relevant coaching, mentorship, on the job training and a large portfolio of resources within our learning platforms that are all part of industry leading and award-winning development program

• Flexible working time

Job Qualifications

• Students in the 3rd, 4th, or 5th year of university or a recent graduate from any field of study

• Strong initiative, problem solving and advanced language skills in Croatian and English

• Valid driver's license (active driver)

• Positive attitude towards challenges and changes

• Good interpersonal and multinational cooperation skills gained through international student exchanges, voluntary work etc.

• Excellent analytical thinking and leadership skills

At P&G, you’ll be a leader from Day 1, building your enterprise skill set in a dynamic and ever-evolving environment so that you can become a world class leader. That’s because P&G gives you meaningful, challenging work and our culture helps coach, develop, and mentor you to offer fast-paced career progression.

Hiring process

We look for the best talent to join us, so our hiring process is thorough and purposeful.

The recruitment process is designed around 3 main steps: application, online assessments and interviews.

We recommend checking this link to get fully prepared.

Tell us what you’re proud of – be it playing a musical instrument or holding down a job alongside your studies. We want to get to know you during your application and encourage you to include examples that demonstrate our Universal Skills including what actions you took and the results you achieved in your CV.

Please click apply and submit you CV in English.

At P&G #weseeequal

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. At P&G we strive to build a culture where everyone feels welcome, included, and able to bring their full selves to work.

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process. Please click here if you require an accommodation during the application process. Please make sure to wait to hear back from us regarding your accommodation before proceeding with the online assessment, we thank you in advance for your patience.

IF ALL OF THAT SOUNDS EXCITING, CLICK APPLY AND JOIN US TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON MORE THAN JUST YOUR CAREER #PGDAY1

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