Key Account Manager

SUMMARY:
Plastic Processing Manager

POSITION INFO:

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 or equivalent
• Marketing Degree or Diploma

Job Requirements:

• 5 – 10 years’ experience in the specific discipline in a specialist, supervisor or senior role in a research environment and quality time in a product development, process optimization or similar environment
• At least 3-5 years’ in the same or similar position
• Microsoft Office proficiency
• Experience in a Plastic Processing environment would be advantageous

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

• Showing insight in systems management principles and systems alignment with company strategy
• Strong people skills; the ability to identify talent, mobilise individuals and teams towards the achievement of departmental objectives
• Scanning the departmental/discipline specific business environment to ensure best practice is applied
• Representing the organisation and department within the management team as well as external environment
• Ability to interface effectively with market sectors and people
• Adaptability
• Agility
• Emotional Resilience
• Learning orientation
• Good communication skills
• Exceptional work ethic and strict adherence to company policy and procedures
• Analytical

Your key responsibilities will be:                                                                                                                                                            

• Ensure that solid customer and supplier relations are built, maintained and managed to ensure timely delivery from suppliers, and customer satisfaction (internal or external)
  • Building solid customer and supplier relationships by managing key accounts, new business development and business growth through the generation of new business
  • Development and maintenance of a market intelligence system
  • Developing operational implementation plans aligned to strategic objectives
  • Involvement in development and innovation of products
  • Analysis if inventory to implement and maintain customer monthly requirements
  • Sales specific support to the division by on time, accurate delivery within budget parameters
  • Business Improvement initiation and implementation of continuous improvement within distribution
  • Effective and efficient information reporting to enable strategic decision-making

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