Korea university Division of International Studies, Graduate School of International Studies

Overview of the job

Are you a leader? How would you like to help develop the strategy and improve the business models of global companies? Do you have an ambitious spirit, a real passion for winning, and an interest in traveling? If you have proven analytical skills and are looking for a rewarding job which will allow you to grow personally and professionally, then come be a sales manager with us!

We are looking for someone with the ability to help us build collaborative and mutually-beneficial relationships with others.

How success looks like

Functional performance - Choose success metrics that reflect work processes for an employee to get the job done. Monitoring how well an employee performs his job is essential to maintaining a competitive business

Revenue and profits - Create success metrics that reflect the revenue and profits your employee generates. It’s common for positions that directly affect revenue and profits to have commissions or bonuses tied to them e.g. SLS

Time-based performance - Stipulate success metrics that are time-specific. Choose measures that require detailed changes in performance over time

Employee growth - Set metrics that challenge your employee from the outset, encouraging him/her to reach towards peak performance.

Responsibilities of the role

We want someone who can set priorities and follow through on dedications, who work effectively with diverse groups of people, and who demonstrate creativity, innovation, and initiative, and are excellent communicators. We offer you the opportunity to strategically partner with our customers to develop and lead join value for both companies. In sales, you will influence our customer's decisions in critical business areas by using conceptual selling techniques and data-based presentations. For consumer accounts, this involves making recommendations on assortment, shelving, pricing, and merchandising strategies, based on consumer research that gives us insight into what drives shopper purchase behavior. Some of your responsibilities would include:

Developing, selling, implementing, and evaluating business plans to meet or exceed financial goals
Collaborating with multi-functional teams (Marketing, Finance, Logistics, Operations, among others) to develop strategies and plans
Managing and improving distribution, pricing, shelving, and merchandising
Translate Business Plans into actionable selling stories for the customer
Develop productive working relationships with key customer contacts and sell mutually helpful business plans
Turn raw data into actionable conclusions
Use analytical tools and integrate various data systems to develop new insights
Provide input into retailer category strategy