Job Description:

United States, Bentonville, AR, Beauty Care

VP Sales

HENKEL IS FOR THOSE WHO STEP UP. DO YOU? At Henkel, you can make a difference and craft your career. That's why you own your projects and take full responsibility from an early stage. Our unique brands in markets around the world open up countless opportunities to follow your convictions and explore new paths. If you have an entrepreneurial mindset that allows you to always think out of the box - take the chance and shape the digital future together with us.

YOUR ROLE The Vice President Walmart, Beauty Retail is responsible for setting strategy, growing revenue and profitability and leading the execution of sales initiatives to ensure the achievement of Henkel Beauty branded products within Walmart. This position is responsible for promoting effective customer relationships, partnering with key individuals at all levels within the customer organization, gaining a full understanding of the customer's needs, anticipating changes in the business environment, and further establishing Henkel Beauty as a strategic leader in the eyes of the customer. This Vice President has organizational responsibility for a team of four direct reports, and four indirect reports. This individual is also responsible for managing retail execution through one retail service organization. The Vice President Walmart collaborates cross-functionally with the Henkel Beauty management team to establish a growth platform, identifying business opportunities, setting and communicating priorities, and coordinating appropriate resources to achieve desired results.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Establish clear vision, strategies and goals and objectives for the Walmart team cross-functional team. • Create an environment that fosters communication, collaboration, coordination, and productivity
• Oversee and direct the activities of the Walmart sales team in the successful attainment of all planned sales & profit objectives. • Foster a cohesive account team with responsibility and the authority to achieve goals, as well as holding each member accountable for the attainment of those goals.
• Develop a customer-centric culture that is solutions-based and exploits new market opportunities.
• Hire, train, develop, and inspire top sales talent to support the strategic needs of the organization and ensure the successful attainment of all sales objectives and company initiatives
• Design and drive best-in-class account management process and practice to drive consistency.
• Establish and communicate to the Henkel Beauty' leadership team a clear vision and strategy to deliver incremental and profitable sales.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to develop partnerships with other key disciplines to ensure company resources are focused to maximize marketplace opportunities.
• Develop execute and evaluate sales promotion plans, utilization of market development funds and merchandising ideas while ensuring execution, review and tracking of all plans.

YOUR SKILLS

• Excellent transformational leadership abilities and knowledge to create a win-win situation with Henkel Beauty and Walmart.
• Ability to interpret data to identify problems, establish facts and draw valid conclusions to create a successful business plan.
• Visionary, positive, and energetic leader with a strong sense of urgency to create a sustainable winning culture.
• Exceptional record of hiring, managing and promoting top performers.
• Exceptional sales skills including negotiation, account management, account penetration, strategic selling, category management and leading-edge sales strategies.
• Demonstrated track record of developing cooperative relationships; demonstrated success inspiring and leading cross-functional business initiatives.
• Strong strategic and tactical skills and an ability to solve problems and set priorities.
• Demonstrated track record of achieving tough, demanding goals.
• Strong communication and listening skills with the ability to adjust style to effectively interact with external customers and internal staff.
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable plans.
• Exceptional record of hiring, managing and promoting top performers.

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression,and other legally protected characteristics.

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JOB ID: 21017950

Contract & Job type: Full Time, Regular

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