Account Manager

**Business area: Nestlé Purina PetCare Canada**
**Location: Greater Montreal Area**
**Remote / On the road**

**A little bit about us**
As a company made up of pet owners, we believe that pets and people are better together. If you share our passion for pets and you're looking for a career where you can take ownership, collaborate and contribute to challenging, satisfying and meaningful work, then you are the type of person we want at Nestlé Purina PetCare Canada. We are a leader in the pet care and pet nutrition industry, producing Canada’s best loved brands including Alpo®, ProPlan Veterinary Diets®, Pro Plan®, Purina ONE®, Beneful®, Beyond ®, Dog Chow ®, Cat Chow ®, Fancy Feast®, Friskies®, Tidy Cats®, and many more. Join us in enriching the lives of pets and the people who love them.

**What to Expect**:
We are looking for an Account Manager for a 12-month contract based out of the Greater Montreal Area and reporting into the National Sales Manager. This position is focused on the Specialty Channel and involved leading a large portfolio of products, including Pro Plan, Merrick, Supplements, Fancy Feast, Friskies, and more. You will also be responsible and accountable for sales and management of key strategic regional customer and group of customers in excess of $18 Million and the associated Customer Contribution to Nestle Purina. In addition, you will be responsible for the Account “go to market” strategic plan, based on the Integrated Commercial Plan with PSCC and Trade Marketing, and Retail.

**A Day in the Life of an Account Manager**:

- Leverage MDO (CD/SI/SM) resources to develop and implement category and consumer centric strategies through ICBP.
- Develop timely and accurate monthly forecasts in order to project annual sales volume along with improving supply chain efficiencies by tracking shipments, consumption, and inventory changes.
- Identify profitable opportunities to grow incremental volume through new item listings, SKU optimization and distribution.

**Role Requirements**:

- 3-5 years of progressive sales experience managing a territory and/or Trade Marketing
- 1-2 years of account management
- Bilingualism in English and French is required for this position. The role involves frequent and complex collaboration with stakeholders across the Canadian market. These interactions necessitate a high level of proficiency in English to effectively perform the tasks associated with the job.

**Preferred Skills**
- Relevant experience in the packaged goods industry
- Advance MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills and experience working with other sales tracking software program

**Benefits**
- Flexible and hybrid work arrangements
- Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company
- Access to the Discount Company store with Nestlé, Nespresso, and Purina products (Located across various Nestle offices/sites)
- Bring your dog to work

**What you need to know**

Nestlé Canada is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome qualified applicants to bring their diverse and unique experiences as a result of their education, perspectives, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. Nestlé will work with you in an effort to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.