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National Account Manager

Requisition ID:  6132

Introducing Suntory Oceania

Craft your future with Suntory Oceania, a new $3b multi-beverage partnership between Suntory Global Spirits and Suntory Beverage & Food. Underpinned by quality, craftsmanship and a strong sense of purpose, our exciting new partnership will be powered by two manufacturing sites, five distribution centres and more than 1500 Suntorians across Australia and New Zealand.

Our market-leading portfolio will have over 40 brands, including Jim Beam® and Maker's Mark® Bourbon, Hibiki® Japanese Whisky, Canadian Club® Whisky, -196, V Energy, Maximus, and Suntory BOSS Coffee. As One Suntory, we will be positioned as the fourth largest beverage player in the region, ready to ignite the category, creating more beverage moments from sunrise to sunset. Together, we will bring the best of Suntory to Oceania

The Opportunity

We’re building a best-in-class Sales team for our brand new Australian licensed function which will go-live in July 2025

 

Reporting to a National Business Manager, this National Account Manager role offers something unique and career defining. Joining in our build phase, you will play a key role in establishing work processes as well as building collaborative relationships with your assigned customer to enable the delivery of the Suntory Oceania strategy, including category, marketing and executional excellence and deliver sales performance with trade spend.

 

Key responsibilities include:-

Liaise with customer buying teams to deliver mutual growth in accordance to agreed Joint Business Plans through:

  • Customer and consumer centricity
  • Trading Terms and Price realisation initiatives
  • build and execute promotional and activation programs that optimise Suntory Oceania business objectives
  • Performance rigor including full P&L management

Develop strong internal  cross functional relationships to deliver:

  • Voice of Customer internally
  • Performance rigor to forecast, report and deliver key supply and commercial metrics
  • Best practice and action orientated Initiative ROI Reviews, including course correction initiatives and opportunities to grow where required
  • Process compliance, including price realisation execution and claims optimisation

What's in your toolkit

With a proven track record in account management within the FMCG industry (Liquor is highly preferred), we’re looking for an individual with a natural flair for developing and maintaining effective relationships with our customers to realise triple win outcomes.  You will have a strong commercial acumen, attention to detail, ability to prioritise, numeric and analytical problem-solving skills coupled with the ability to negotiate and influence at all levels. With a natural curiosity to influence culture during a dynamic and exciting phase of our business.

Unleash your Spirit

As Suntorians we believe in Dreaming Big and Growing for Good. We take pride in our sustainability, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, striving to grow responsibly and inclusively. Come be part of the Suntory family and Unleash Your Spirit.

 

We want our interview process to be as inclusive as possible. If you require any adjustments as part of the process, please do not hesitate to let us know.

 

We will be progressively shortlisting candidates and would encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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