Key Account Manager - Industrial, Professional - Midlands/North Area

Key Account Manager - Industrial, Professional - Midlands/North Area

Job Description

What makes working for Kimberly-Clark so special?

Kimberly-Clark is a leading Consumer Goods organisation with much-loved UK brands such as Andrex®, Kleenex®, Huggies® and Depend®.

We lead the world in providing essentials for a better life, and our global brands are a trusted part of the everyday lives of nearly one-quarter of the world's population, in more than 175 countries.

But we don’t take this for granted, we also recognise our responsibility in developing sustainable practices to support a healthy planet, and in helping to build stronger communities to ensure our business thrives for decades to come.

In all that we do, we’re building a legacy of positive impact.

Our UK head office is based in Walton Oaks, Surrey.

Our work environment fosters personal, professional and corporate growth whilst reflecting a sense of community that nurtures innovation.

 We recognise that employees are our most valued resource and as such, they are at the centre of everything we do.

Their talent, diversity and commitment are crucial to our innovation and success.

 

Excited yet?

You should be! Not only do our brands already have a rich heritage but fuelled by increasing brand investments and strong product innovation, we also have bold plans to further accelerate growth over the coming years.

About You

You’re driven to perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fuelled by authentic caring.  You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference.

At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results.

When you join our team, you’ll experience the flexibility of working from home, with travel to customer sites when required empowering you to have purposeful and productive time at your desk as well as have the critical time to manage your customer relationships in the field.

In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the centre.

In role as a strategic Industrial Key Account Manager you will focus on Winning and Managing large End user customers in the Industrial and Food Manufacturing segment, with a strong lens on extension of our Wiping Solutions to these customers.

You will come with


* Strong commercial skills including contract negotiation, price and mix management, category extension


* Data analytics skills


* Experience working within an Industrial environment and understanding of manufacturing processes.


* You will have the ability to ‘Matrix Manage’ from C-Suite through production/  procurement leads and down to end user sites within external customers and internally champion your segment....