Area Sales Manager

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our, collaborative, and flexible working environment. Our organizational ambition centers around creating workplaces that foster equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging across all aspects of our business. Our field sales team is the face-to face contact with our customers, delivering innovations, incentives, and solutions. This role offers a company vehicle as you will be managing a sales territory. As a

Territory Development Manager,

you will be responsible for driving sustainable business growth via Operators, Chains and Trade Partner engagement. You are accountable for delivering business targets and executing a multi touchpoint contact strategy online and face to face for generating demand for Food Solutions Products as you deliver a seamless customer experience. Operators and Local Chain Accounts Engage with Local Chain Account and Operator Customers, and be accountable for delivering business targets for the assigned Territory including Turnover, Reach & Penetration & digital, FPO (Fully Profiled Operators), Digital Engagement, Demos, Sampling etc. Execute CBP (Customer Business Plans), Win & Retain funnel, Contact Matrix and execute Multi touchpoint contact strategy on and off-line. Ability to convert Business Insights to Solution Selling to highlight Unilever’s ability to be ahead of the food trends. Gain insight and lead your customers to the right solution by preparing recommendations specific to their menu, kitchen operation and consumer.

Engage trade customers to gain alignment for Secondary Sales Data (SSD) partnerships with proof of value addition. Close collaboration with Food Solutions Trade & eComm team to implement promotions by ensuring adequate stock availability and customer related activity to drive Sell-out. Ensure timely submission & settlement of distributor trade claims.

Digital & Data Responsible for 100% engagement on automated warm leads & targeted leads driven via CRM. Accountable for penetration strike rate target achievement based on automated Accounts & SKU prioritization. Drive digital buying behavior via ecommerce platforms (Webshop/trade Partner Webshop/pure players). Drive Social Media Engagement & attendance of UFS Webinars CRM Tool. Data Enrichment – continuously enrich all operator data to ensure personalized content. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are

utilized

in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.

Bonus:

This position is bonus eligible.

Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any

coverages

for health insurance and retirement benefits will be

in accordance with

the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

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