Key Account Manager

ESTÉE LAUDER COMPANIES
Is looking for a
Key Account Manager – premium beauty products
Are you passionate about premium beauty and retail? Do you have Key Account Management experience, strong negotiation skills and excellent relationship skills? Then you might be our next Key Account Manager to our Commercial Division.
Estée Lauder Companies at a glance
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, MAC, La Mer, Bobbi Brown, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD BEAUTY, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, and the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD.
The Role
As Key Account Manager you will be responsible for driving our business with some of our valued retail partners and you will be based in our Swedish office in the center of Stockholm. You report to the Nordic Business Unit Manager and will be part of a commercial team with colleagues in both Copenhagen and Helsinki.
Your key mission is to drive growth and market share through a strong and trusting relationship with our retail partners, and you will be the point of contact in all aspects related to your retailers.
The job has an equal balance of operational day to day tasks as well as a more strategic perspective on the business with a 1-2-year outlook. You need to embrace both aspects of the role.
Your Key Responsibilities
Build a strong and clear business plan for your retail partners based on value opportunities and differentiation, fitted with the retailers’ own strength and strategy
Setting yearly and monthly targets on net sales and retail sales by retailer and by brand
Presenting and negotiating trade plans and business opportunities on a regular basis
Developing a complete understanding of your key accounts’ needs
Managing communications between retailers and internal teams
Working with Brand Teams, Field Sales Teams, Store Design/Visual Merchandising teams, Supply chain teams, and Digital Teams dedicated to the same key accounts to ensure that the highest quality of processes and deliveries are achieved, and that all client needs are met
Developing a solid and trusting relationship between your retail partners and The Estée Lauder Companies

Your Qualifications:
Master’s degree in marketing, business administration, sales, or similar educational background
Today you are either Key Account Manager or a Buyer in a large retail organization. Experience from the Beauty industry is a plus but not required
You have a strong understanding of business building blocks (gross sales, net-sales, margins, new launches, returns etc.)
 Additionally, you can analyze data and sales statistics, and you are able to translate results into actions
Proven results of delivering key account solutions and meeting sales goals 
Strong negotiation skills, with ability follow through on client contracts
Good understanding of the digital opportunities to drive business
Mastering MS Office with emphasis on superior Excel skills. Knowledge of SAP is a plus.
You speak a Scandinavian language and English fluently and you are based in Sweden.


Your Personality
You easily adapt to change, and you take an active role in distinguishing what to preserve and what to change. The role has many points of contact internally and externally, so it is important that you can build collaborative relationships across teams and roles. Our company standards and ethics are very high, and it is imperative that you embody them with your own behavior. You are a fast learner and you strive for excellence in execution. You proactively seek ways to improve personal and organizational effectiveness to meet current and future business needs. You learn equally from successes and failures. You must be a listener, a presenter, and a people-person
What We Offer
We offer an exciting opportunity to join a global company with a strong heritage within an innovative and growing industry, including:
Attractive & Competitive compensation package including Friskvårdsbisrag.
A hybrid working model with the opportunity to work from home 2 days per week
Market competitive pension package  
30 days of vacation  
Wide variety of social office events   
Social networks and Global ERGs (Employee Resource Groups)
Generous staff discounts on products



We are the global leader in prestige beauty — delighting consumers with transformative products and experiences, inspiring them to express their individual beauty. In fact, we are the only company focused solely on prestige makeup, skin care, fragrance and hair care with a diverse portfolio of 25+ brands sold in approximately 150 countries and territories. Infused throughout our organization is a passion for creativity and innovation — a desire to push the boundaries and invent the unexpected — as we continue the bold work of our founder Estée Lauder.
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity in the core of everything we do:
Estee Lauder Companies is an equal opportunities employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
Next Step
We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and please note that virtual interviews are part of this recruiting process. Preferred Start date is as soon as possible.
We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Please apply by sending your CV to our HR Business Partner in Sweden: amazzini@estee.com