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About this Position
The Key Account Manager (KAM) National Sales is responsible for driving the commercial growth and market expansion of the Kuul and Tec Italy brands across Peru's provinces. This role manages strategic distributor relationships, leads a field-based sales team, and ensures the achievement of sales, customer development, and portfolio growth objectives. The position plays a critical role in expanding brand presence, strengthening partnerships, and identifying new business opportunities in a market with significant growth potential.
What you´ll do
- Lead the commercial strategy and execution for Kuul and Tec Italy brands across Peru's provincial territories.
- Manage and develop relationships with approximately 4-5 key strategic distributors located in major cities such as Arequipa, Trujillo, and other regions.
- Drive revenue growth through distributor channels and ensure achievement of sales targets.
- Negotiate commercial agreements, business plans, promotions, and growth initiatives with distributors.
- Identify new market opportunities, expansion initiatives, and business development strategies to accelerate growth.
- Analyze market trends, customer needs, and competitive activities to support decision-making.
- Own the full distributor management cycle, including business planning, forecasting, performance monitoring, inventory management, and market execution.
- Ensure distributors meet commercial objectives and maintain strong market coverage.
- Monitor distributor performance and implement corrective actions when necessary.
- Develop long-term partnerships that support sustainable business growth.
- Provide guidance, support, and performance management to ensure execution excellence.
- Monitor team productivity, customer acquisition, and commercial effectiveness.
- Foster a high-performance culture focused on accountability and results.
- Collaborate with distributors and internal stakeholders to ensure timely collections and healthy account management.
- Proactively minimize commercial risk through disciplined portfolio monitoring.
What makes you a good fit
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Business Management, Marketing, or related fields.
- 3 to 5 years of experience in Sales, Key Account Management, Commercial Management, or Distributor Management.
- Proven experience managing distributors and overseeing the full distributor operation cycle.
- Experience within consumer goods, professional beauty, cosmetics, or related industries is preferred.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- SAP knowledge is a plus.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen.
- Experience managing sales forecasts, budgets, and customer portfolios.
- English proficiency is desirable.
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
- Excellent relationship-building capabilities.
- Results-oriented mindset with strong business acumen.
- Leadership and team development skills.
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.
Some perks of joining Henkel
- Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
- 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
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 welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.
JOB ID: 26102851
Job Locations: Peru, Lima
Contact information for application-related questions: Recruitment.LATAM@henkel.com
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The job offer is written in English – should I write my application in English as well?
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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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