Unparalleled Knowledge of
the Consumer Package Goods Industry
The consumer package
goods industry is our sole focus. It’s
an industry that is more demanding and challenging than ever. Webhunters.com
will find you the candidates with the up to date experience and
skill sets to thrive in a highly competitive, rapidly changing
environment.
Our
Candidates
In many cases top candidates don’t even have their
resumes updated. In our experience, the best and the brightest
are also the
hardest to find because they’re also the most focused. They
don’t have time to send their resume out all over town. They’re
the ones who are doing their jobs to the best of their ability
with their current employer, whether they’re happy or not.
That says a lot about our candidates.
And our candidates should
be your first choice – they’re
the most place-able. They’re on the way up. They’re
always marketable because they’re smart, results oriented,
adaptable and have good attitudes.
They’ll make your organization
more money, achieve your sales and revenue targets, and save you
a bundle of time –time we’re
sure you could spend in a myriad of other, productive ways.
The
Top 12 ‘Must Haves’ for Consumer Package Goods Candidates
When
webhunters.com identifies a top candidate we know with certainty
that they’ll possess the vision, strategic acumen, and tactical
expertise the position will require. Our candidates are able to:
- Provide
strategic leadership in managing one or more major customers. Identify
issues and opportunities within key accounts, develop
annual customer plans to achieve volume, profit, and share targets
with
each customer
- Build trust with all customers. Understand the category
and retail environment better than anyone else and deploy a combination
of store
level grass roots knowledge and savvy head office planning
abilities
- Incorporate
category management best practices into sales and marketing initiatives
- Develop
and execute category plans that align with strategic goals for
the category and the customer, and maintain your position
as
the category captain.
- Promote and manage business development initiatives.
Integrate the activities of sales, customer service, and marketing
managers
- Use customer and client databases, and other information
sources such as A.C. Nielsen and Retail Link to uncover category
opportunities.
- Manage the inventory supply chain efficiently and
effectively through an ability to obtain the right information
in the least
amount of time
- Understand the customer’s micro and macro
strategies and work in tandem to create and facilitate the
execution of dynamic
retail programs. Plan and execute shelf merchandising strategies,
and maintain and execute the proper SKU assortments
- Direct and manage
product selection, new product development, pricing, promotion,
and market research activities. Leverage both
price and non-price marketing strategies
- Make clear, quality, fact-based
presentations to key accounts
- Equip sales personnel with information,
information systems, tools and programs to provide a competitive
selling edge with the
trade and maximize the input of trade expenditures
- Develop consumer
insights through an understanding of consumer trends, demographics,
and purchasing habits
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