, India
Job Family Group:
Commercial and Retail
Worker Type:
Regular
Posting Start Date:
February 6, 2025
Business unit:
Downstream and Renewables
Experience Level:
Experienced Professionals
Job Description:
Key Account Manager – KAM-Bearings, Gears and Wind
Purpose
Grow the B2B Lubricants business in assigned sector and geography by applying Key Account Management techniques to large customers and prospects.
Accountabilities:
Apply Key Account Management techniques to develop large direct accounts to achieve:
- Volume, Net Proceeds, C3, Credit DSO and Opex targets as per T&R plans for the year.
- Sales Productivity performance indicators: Pipeline Strength, Target Delivered, Hit Rate, Cycle Time, Customer Churn, Revenue and C3
- Working Capital Management with accurate Sales forecasting, good credit control as focus areas and deliver business plan within Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and Overdue (OD) % targets.
- Drive the business through SPANCOP process ensuring increase in market penetration and market share.
- Ensure business / market share growth in line with the Sector strategy. Ensure rigorous implementation of Key Account Management and Sector strategy.
- Adhere to Sales 1st processes, tools and gladiatorial standards. Increase the value for existing Shell customers through cross-selling and up-selling.
- Develop new opportunities with prospective customers independently and from leads developed through Prospecting.
- Develop, update, maintain, and communicate the Key Account Plan. Understand the activity, business and needs of customers, provide sound information and advice on products and services, and to sell and negotiate win-win solutions with customers.
- Develop and maintain good working relationships with all Support Functions Marketing – Technical / Marketing / Credit / Finance / S&OP / Finance to improve customer satisfaction.
- Align activities with Marketing, Specialties and Technical Teams. Maintain and grow good working relationship with the assigned OEMs and customers/prospects.
- Understand and report competitor activities. Adhering to Shell General Business Principles in all transactions and conduct of business with external parties.
- Demonstrating commitment to and be responsible for HSSE and the company commitment to sustainable development; inculcating safety conscious behaviour with external parties; meeting own safety targets as per the performance contract.
- Demonstrate inclusive behavior in all aspects of the company's work, provide equal treatment to people from both genders, different cultural and ethnic backgrounds and recognize and respect different ways of thinking.
- Be accountable for own development plan to continuously improve competencies.
What we need from you:
- Graduate of bachelor’s in mechanical engineering or anything related
- With relevant work experience of around 10 years in Direct Sales, Key Account Management and B2B Industrial Knowledge.
- Proficiency in English is required, while knowledge of Tamil is considered an advantage.
- This position requires 75% travel
- Gained hands on experience or Skill level in:
- Selling and Negotiation
- Channel Management
- Obtained knowledge or exposure among on the following sale competencies:
- Applying Customer Value Proposition
- Commercial & Economic Acumen
- Value Chain Understanding
- Managing Customer Experience
- Pricing & Exposure Management
- Contract Management
- Applying Technical Capability
- Generating Insights
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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Shell is a global energy company where we work towards powering progress through more and cleaner energy solutions. We use advanced technologies and take an innovative approach to help build a sustainable energy future. In India Shell has its businesses footprint in Information Technology, Projects & Technology, Finance Operations, Integrated Gas, Downstream & Upstream spread across more than 7 main locations.
An innovative place to work
Join us and you’ll be adding your talent and imagination to a business with the ambition to shape the future – whether by investing in renewables, exploring new ways to store energy or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently, everyone at Shell does their part.
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A rewarding place to work
As an equal opportunity employer, combining our ideas through a creative, collaborative environment and global operations – we have developed and will continue to nurture a unique workplace with an impressive range of benefits to ensure that joining Shell is an inspired and rewarding career choice for everyone.
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