[{"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bentonville", "description": "Title: Sr. Strategic Account Manager (WalMart)\nLocation: United States-Arkansas-Bentonville - Virtual Office\n \n\nThe Wal-Mart / 1-800 Contacts Strategic Account Manager will be responsible for managing and aligning all support resources for these customers, including EDI, VMI, category management, promotion management, private label, and the dedicated supply chain personnel. Will also be responsible for the effective management and maximization of the P & L for their customer base, including pricing programs, cooperative fund management and sales execution. This position requires excellent analytical skills and forecasting acumen to provide accurate and timely reporting on key metrics such as shipment projections, consumption projections, key competitive insights. Market trends, and new product / packaging opportunities.\n\nServing as point person to develop and facilitate relationships with all appropriate customer personnel to ensure effective account service and customer satisfaction, utilizing business management, analytical and consultative skills to attain key business unit objectives. This includes: sales volume quota, customer defined service level metrics, category management initiatives, ACV retail distribution, regional strategies, promotional program coordination, productivity and ROI.\n\nWorking with Sales/Marketing Management to analyze, develop and implement business plans for key strategic business unit accounts. Manage execution of account specific strategy, programs, logistics, processes or tactics that contribute to the achievement of functional goals. These programs / strategies may include global initiatives and require the ability to coordinate a strategy and process across international boundaries.\n\n\nEffectively working with direct reporting personnel, account support personnel, and/or contract resources (i.e. trade programs/ operations, brokers, part-timers, etc.) to ensure attainment of business unit objectives including; establishing objectives, evaluating performance against objectives and communicating feedback to both brokers and Director; making appropriate recommendations on resource performance resulting in corrective plans or termination; recruiting, screening, interviewing and selecting contract resources.\n\nBausch  Lomb is one of the best-known and most respected healthcare brands in the world, offering the widest and finest range of eye health products including contact lenses and lens care products, pharmaceuticals, intraocular lenses and other eye surgery products. The company is solely dedicated to protecting and enhancing the gift of sight for millions of people around the world \u2013 from the moment of birth through every phase of life. Our mission is simple yet powerful: Helping you see better to live better.\n\n\n\n\n\nBA/BS degree required; MBA preferred. 7 years related sales experience with 5-7 years minimum of consumer products sales, preferably HBC/OTC products or medical/contact lens products. Strong analytical and computer skills required. Excellent communication and presentation skills, ability to work independently and in a team environment is necessary. \nJob: Sales", "date_new": "2012-04-16 19:34:16", "url": "http://bausch.jobs/xml/27928184/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Bausch + Lomb", "title": "Sr. Strategic Account Manager (WalMart)", "reqid": "00007600", "state": "Arkansas", "state_short": "AR", "location": "Bentonville, AR", "uid": 27928184}]