Senior Key Account Manager, Professional
Location: Midlands / South
We’re looking for a Key Account Manager to join our fast‑paced, high‑impact team. This role is a career‑defining opportunity to play a critical role in accelerating the team’s impact on the business while developing your career within a world‑class organisation.
Key Responsibilities
* Strategic Account Planning: Develop and execute customer plans aligned with company objectives, providing market intelligence and accurate forecasts.
* Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Coordinate with sales, marketing, supply chain, product planning, finance, and customer service to ensure smooth delivery and execution of account plans.
* Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong, long‑term relationships with key stakeholders within customer organisations, acting as the primary contact for strategic discussions and negotiations.
* Reporting & Insights: Analyse account performance, identify risks and opportunities, and deliver actionable insights to internal and external partners.
* Joint Business Planning: Lead the development and implementation of joint business plans, setting mutual targets and managing annual negotiations for terms and pricing.
* Value Creation & Problem Solving: Identify customer‑specific solutions, resolve operational and supply chain issues, and support innovation and product launches.
* Distributor Management: Ensure product availability and compliance, collaborate with distributor account managers and field sales teams, and manage the flow of information and accountability across the value chain.
About Us
Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, Kimberly‑Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. At Kimberly‑Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform.
About You
You perform at the highest level possible, appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring, and want to be part of a company dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing and career development. You love what you do, especially when your work makes a difference.
Qualifications
* Minimum of 2 years’ experience managing a cross‑functional team of senior external stakeholders in either a Key account function or equivalent.
* Strong commercial and negotiation skills.
* Strategic thinker with good business acumen.
* Cross‑functional leadership ability.
* Data‑driven decision‑making ability and strong analytical skills.
* Customer‑centric mindset.
* Excellent communication and relationship skills.
* A team player who thrives in a fast‑moving, high‑performance environment.
Total Benefits
We offer competitive pay and benefits to employees and reward excellence and performance. We support a healthy work‑life balance with benefits such as gym memberships, private medical insurance, dental cover, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, critical illness cover, travel insurance and a market‑leading defined contribution pension scheme. Certain benefits, such as flexible work schedules and parental leave, can be tailored to meet specific individual needs.
To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role. In the meantime, please check out the careers website.
Equal Employment Opportunity
For Kimberly‑Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. We are a committed equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Primarily Location
No K‑C Work Site UK South East
Employment Details
Employee – Regular full‑time
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