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Henkel holds leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses: Our portfolio includes well-known hair care products, laundry detergents, fabric softeners as well as adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings.
Associate KAM
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About this Position
Leads regional key account strategy and revenue growth by identifying opportunities, managing key relationships, and aligning solutions with customer needs. Drives contract negotiations, sales execution, and market adaptation while mentoring teams and ensuring strong financial performance and reporting.
What you´ll do
- Defines and executes regional / local account strategy, including annual revenue plan (KP) and target plan (TP)
- Identifies business opportunities, steers business development budgets for agreed accounts and defined objectives
- Translates customer’s strategy and priorities into a joint innovation roadmap & advocate for reg. customer needs in HQ product/service decisions
- Drives and rolls-out customer approvals and pushes upstream solution selling & monitors local market trends to adapt pricing or promotion
- Develops and maintains sustainable and long-term relationships with key accounts, key executives and sponsors
- Implements new customer acquisition plans for chain and prestige accounts & drives adoption of digital tools to streamline reg. workflows
- Defines account-specific pricing, negotiates contracts, ensures fulfillment of commitments and implementation of commercial policy
- Optimizes sales processes in country and leads junior KAMs & trains junior KAMs on regional compliance and cultural nuances
- Develops and maintains strong executive and cross-functional relationships at HQ and key locations
- Steers and supports internal resources to execute account strategy
- Delivers account targets KP/TP OSG and PC & partners with cross-region teams to align strategies and share best practices
- Analyzes financial KPIs and proactively steers key account business Is responsible for timely and accurate admin. tasks supporting account strategy, including sales forecast updates, monthly reports, etc
What makes you a good fit
- Minimum 5 years sales experience.
- Technical education background in engineering field Automotive industry experience.
Some perks of joining Henkel
- Diverse national and international growth opportunities
- Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
- Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
- Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
- Best-in-class Group Medical Insurance policy covering employee, spouse and up to 2 children
- Competitive accident and term life policies for up to 3 times annual gross salary
- Progressive OPD policy of INR 30,000 for employee, spouse and up to 2 children
At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We look for a diverse team of individuals who possess different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and mindsets.
JOB ID: 26095398
Job Locations: India, Haryana, Gurgaon- Gurugram
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I am interested in several jobs. Can I apply for multiple positions at the same time?
Yes – simply fill out your profile in our online application system. Once your online profile is complete, you can apply for multiple positions.
The job offer is written in English – should I write my application in English as well?
Yes, please. As Henkel is an international company you will be working with colleagues from all over the world and English is our official company language. Generally, the ‘rule’ is: please write the application in the same language as the job ad.
Do I get feedback during the application process about the state of my application?
Each position that we have open with Henkel is unique, and finding the right candidate is important for both the hired candidate as well as for Henkel. We want to make sure that both the candidate and the company are a good fit for each other. We will provide feedback to the candidates throughout the entire process.
Can employees move between business areas and/or to a different country?
Yes, in fact it is an expectation within Henkel that our talent is flexible and mobile. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
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Whom do I contact if I have questions concerning my application?
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