Junior Channel Manager

Indigo Brands, based in Cape Town, is a subsidiary of AVI Limited (AVI). Leaders in personal care and beauty products including female and male perfumed body sprays, roll-on deodorants, body care, face care, colour cosmetics and liquid fragrances. Well-known brands include Yardley- Bond Street, Gorgeous, Lace, English Blazer and Lenthéric -Hoity Toity, Solo and Masculin. Indigo’s brand portfolio is strengthened via the Coty distributor agreement that includes world-renowned brands such as Rimmel, Exclamation, Adidas, Guess and Sally Hansen. An exciting opportunity exists for a Junior Channel Manager at Indigo Brands, Epping, Cape Town. As the successful incumbent you will be responsible for winning, maintaining, and expanding relationships with assigned customers in the portfolio. The Junior Channel Manager is responsible for achieving Indigo’s sales and profitability targets as well as aligning the Customer’s goals with Indigo’s strategic goals (under the guidance and mentorship of the National Channel Manager).Line Manager: National Account ManagerJob Specification:Key Performance Areas:Achieve the Sales and Profit BudgetKey Account Management and Development of Online PlatformsDevelop and Maintain Reports for Sales DepartmentCo-ordination and Administrative Control between Indigo Systems /Departments and the Customer PortfolioAnnual Customer Business Planning which delivers the strategy, sales targets, co-op budget requirements and promotional grid as enablers to meeting company objectives for the channel and the account/sManage Gross to Nett on the Customer PortfolioMaintain excellent standards of account administration on the Customer PortfolioMinimum Requirements:Experience: 2 years’ experience as a Junior Key Account Manager within an FMCG / Retail / similar environment dealing with relevant retailersExperience within the Personal Care and Beauty industryExperience working for/with major Online RetailersQualifications:Commercial Degree or DiplomaOnline CertificationsAdditional Requirements:SAP reporting and BIKnowledge of financial processesMicrosoft Office (Excel, Power Point, Word)Relevant retailer HO Buying and Planning processes/systems regulations knowledgeBrand product knowledgeAnalytical skills to interpret sales dataTrade math and numeracyRelevant retailer store operations knowledge (Pep, Ackermans, Online Retail, Jet, Foodlovers, Truworths, Mr Price, Woolworths)Competencies:Thinking AnalyticallyInterpreting DataWorking TogetherAttention to DetailPlanning and OrganisingTaking InitiativeSeizing Business OpportunitiesPersisting