• Ability to build strong relationships
• Strong demonstration in making decisions
• Excited to be working in a fast paced environment

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE – COLES

Brand Influence Group (BIG) is an industry leading experiential and field-marketing organisation that provides an outsourced solution for mobile workforce optimisation. Our mobile workforce community is over 1,500 strong across Australia and includes experts in fields such as; brand representation, sales, planogram and visual merchandising.

Due to our fast growing environment, we are in search of a proactive and innovative individual to work as an Account Executive for one of our largest clients, COLES .

This role is ideal for individuals who have 2 years plus experience in an accounts, retail or FMCG environment, although not a necessity.

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Experience in FMCG - Sales, Retail, Accounts or related role.
• Worked collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders across a broad range of products/categories.
• Actively supported the implementation of projects and strategies within a team or customer environment
• Strong written & verbal communication skills, ability to create influence
• Ability to work on multiple tasks, including ad-hoc requests.
• Proficient Excel skills
• Delivered results in a fast paced project environment
• A reputation for determination, integrity and strategic thinking
• Ability to work independently – head office located out of state
• Proficient management experience and people skills.

Responsibilities include:

• Work closely with the Coles Account Team to translate sales plans into the executional / field plans to drive sales and in-store excellence through the BIG field team
• Measure, monitor and effectively communicate performance, progress and results between the BIG field team, BIG head office staff and Coles team
• Design job briefs to communicate the job priorities to the field team
• Track the ongoing progress of the layout and ensure cost is adhered to as per quoted amount
• Support the communications and operations lead in ensuring layout implementation is supported
• Have the ability to manage accounts (jobs) on behalf of Coles Relay from sales to completion
• Co-ordinate activation tasks for field team execution by utilising BIG process and systems
• Create meaningful Q&A for field teams to help drive quality in store execution and compliance
• Develop a variety of weekly activation / status reports deliverable to Coles customer teams and internal operations
• Provide effort based costing based on Job Scope provided
• Working with a field team of 100+ people efficiently and effectively to deliver the desired outcome.
• Operational eye for detail, managing the progress of jobs on a day to day basis to ensure expectation/results are delivered in time & in full

At BIG, we have the reputation for hiring the best talent in the market and investing the time and individualised attention to make every one of our team members a success at everything they do.

This is an opportunity to stamp your mark on an exciting career with BIG, creating growth & influence!

Please apply NOW, if this sounds like you.

Create Influence, Think BIG!