Sales Executive-Mindanao (CDO-based) - Makati City PH

We, as Arla - a European dairy cooperative with over 19,000 employees and 12,600 farmers, stand for a strong community with pronounced Scandinavian values and strong roots in our local markets. Our cooperative principle enables us to be particularly close to our farmers - the owners of Arla - and motivates us every day to do only the best for our farmers, our colleagues, our milk, our consumers and our environment! We are convinced that together, we will achieve the best results!

With the growing presence in the Philippines and Southeast Asia, we are faced with opportunities and challenges alike. These constant developments require us to build a high performing team that will thrive in the dynamic environment we are in. Arla Foods Corporation is looking for a Sales Executive who has a wealth of experience that can make a significant contribution in driving this growth further.

This high performing individual will specifically handle our strategic products in both Ambient and Chilled categories of the regional accounts of Arla Foods Retail.

If you see yourself thriving in this kind of environment, we are looking forward to having a conversation with you!

Your Tasks

• Drives engagement with the distributor team during the implementation of all Arla product initiatives including negotiation, distribution, displays, promotions and other brand-building activities for the Arla Ambient & Chilled products

• Coordinates all internal interfaces that are in contact with the distributor and customers, and consequently ensures a comprehensive external service for both distributor and key accounts

• Needs to have personal drive and motivation to execute the entire sales and in-trade marketing initiatives to identified stakeholders

• Be an active sparring partner of the Head of Retail to enable Arla to win within the store

• Participates in the development of programs that can continuously develop and sustain store visibilities

• Conducts and reports data analyses on assigned Arla Ambient & Chilled customers and products (e.g. offtake, customer category share, competitors) that will provide insights in achieving success in the business
• Participates in establishing and overseeing internal budget with the company and external budget with the distributor and accounts, ensuring the assigned budget is spent in the most cost-efficient way with the highest ROI

• Works with relevant internal stakeholders including logistics, marketing and finance to ensure the highest quality of support and results are being produced and all client needs met

Your work experience

• You have a business degree or relevant commercial experience

• You have at least 5-7 years of professional experience in retail account management in supermarkets and other retail channels as well as relevant experience in working with distributors which is the primary distribution link in the said channel

• You can work independently but demonstrates exceptional collaboration skills

• You are results-driven, thrives in a dynamic work environment, able to create sound decisions and demonstrates ownership

• You are passionate in delivering key initiatives while collaborating with your internal and external stakeholders

• You can do thorough data analysis and confidently communicate results and insights for action planning

Application and contact

Please apply through our website with your CV in English language under reference of your salary expectations and your earliest availability. All applications will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

Equal opportunity

Arla Foods is a company with equal opportunities for everyone regardless of age, race, gender or any other criteria that is not a professional qualification for an open position. Purely for reasons of readability we have chosen to create all our job postings in male format. We explicitly look forward to all applications regardless if the candidate is male, female, diverse and will also exclude any other criteria from our screening process that is not professional qualification.

We have a purpose for Good
At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

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