
TAIWAN] OTC Business, Key Account Manager (New Business Expansion)
- Taipei City
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Santen is a specialized life sciences company with a proud 130-year heritage focused exclusively on ophthalmology. As a Japan-originated, global company with our footprint in over 60 countries, we are dedicated to delivering innovative treatments and digital solutions for eye health and addressing vision-related social issues for people around the world.
- Develop customer business plan align with company and brand strategy
- Lead joint business planning with key customers and regular business review and strategy meetings
- Build strong relationships with customers to negotiate best space & location, promotion support, develop right assortment, shelving, pricing, and merchandising strategies unique to customers
- Responsible for secure POP presence of the brand in responsible accounts
- Follow up on daily management and implementation of defined activities with buyers/assistant contacts
- Communication with distributor with respect to logistics & after sales to secure service level
- Build and maintain strong collaborative key customer relationships to deliver preferred supplier status
- Able to independently execute channel promotions and sales achievement plans, while collaborating and communicating effectively with team members to accomplish tasks in the most efficient and impactful way.
- Deliver top line and bottom line targets
- Allocate & spend effectively sales promotion expenses within budget
- Negotiate trade terms with customers in line with corporate terms & conditions guideline developed by trade marketing team
- Advise POSM development to marketing to secure ROI
- Lead, develop and coach field sales team (3rd party) to achieve POP implementation
- Work closely with trade marketing team and share markets, competition, channel and customer insights to develop fit-for-use sales support tool kit as well as develop channel strategies
- Bachelor degree's
- More than five years’ experience in managing Key Account in various channels including Personal Care Specialists & National Chain Pharmacies to develop customer business in other multinational company. Field sales or Trade marketing experience is a plus.
- Knowledge & experience in OTC Heath care/FMCG industries
- Strong collaboration and analytical skills
- Experience in autonomous customer meetings and initiative planning including coordinating top to top meeting
- Strong communication skills in Mandarin Chinese, both in verbal and written, sufficient for structured commercial selling and negotiation. Fluent in English or Japanese verbally is a plus
- Strong communication skills with a customer oriented language
- Strong problem finding and solving skills
- Sympathetic to Santen business principle
- Strong Leadership skills, you will lead in the envisioning of the future of business
- “Can do” attitude
- Willingness to accept and lead change in a dynamic environment