Responsibilities
- Work directly with one of the UK’s leading FMCG brands, delivering and executing campaigns from brief to production.
- Collaborate closely with our PMC partners and DS Smith production teams, driving projects through the design process efficiently and learning the intricacies of a high-performing POS business.
- Be pivotal in growing a key contracted client by driving and managing their sales and overall value.
- Develop a strong commercial understanding to identify and boost value for all parties involved.
- Champion the client's values, ensuring we deliver outstanding service that aligns perfectly with their needs, working closely with your Account Director on strategic growth plans.
- Take charge of managing special innovation projects that enhance the client's potential.
- Build strong professional and personal relationships with the client through regular interaction, whether in person or remotely, is crucial.
- Actively collaborate with both the client and our internal departments to ensure continually improving service levels.
- Meticulously manage all key project documentation, ensuring it's collected, shared, and communicated seamlessly and on time to all relevant internal and external parties, guaranteeing smooth project execution.
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience in Point-of-Sale account management
- Strong commercial awareness and comfortable handling the financial aspects of a role
- A sales-driven mindset with the ability to uncover and investigate new opportunities for the team
- Excellent communicator, adept at liaising with customers, with a genuine passion and enthusiasm for POS retail marketing
- Excellent organisational, project management and problem-solving skills
- Excellent attention to detail, self-motivated and able to work at pace
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Additional Information
- Fair recruitment at DS Smith To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas, and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria.
