Agriculture Business Account Manager

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, South Africa

Job Family Group:

Commercial and Retail

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

February 18, 2021

Business unit:

Downstream

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

Strong role and accountability for commercial delivery of the lubricants business strategy

in the Agriculture sector. Work with Global and local stakeholders to establish clarity on growth opportunities and strengthen relationships to ensure delivery of our growth agenda and needs; leverage OBAM for delivery of upsell & cross-sell opportunities. Retain and maximize the margin of existing customers, leveraging challenger selling behavior and marketing techniques including Customer Value Propositions. Drive growth – through the identification of new growth opportunities with existing key accounts through new segments and value options / premium delivery.

Key Accountabilities:


Be responsible and proactive in HSSE issues affecting Shell staff and customers
Delivery of Goal Zero, role model HSSE culture, near misses (NM) reporting and Focus on Road safety.
Sales 1st Leadership and Flagship Behavior: Act as role model for Sales 1st leadership and Frontline Excellence, mindset & behavior; Demonstrate Sales 1st behavior, mindset and disciplines regularly including daily use of Sales Force and Coaching Tools. Record all customer interactions and ensure that they are accurately captured in the appropriate systems
Bottom line accountability (OPEX, Volume) delivering strong growth and target delivery; focus on - margin, growth, named customer Value Propositions, customer


churn, invoice accuracy, touchless and Overdues.


Accountable for profitability of accounts, control of Opex and Balance Sheet/ Working Capital targets
Provide regular updates to Demand Planning team to ensure accurate forecasts are in place for existing accounts. Develop, monitor and act upon Key Sales Indicators.
Ensure customers perform within agreed authority levels with credit management, pricing and debt to ensure that there is minimum risk to the


Company.


Accelerate delivery of Full Potential initiatives
Manage strong interface externally with key partners, customers and prospects as well as internally with global, marketing, Supply Chain and Customer Operations.


Skills & Requirements

The ideal candidate is expected to have the following attributes:

Authentic leadership capabilities, ability to engage with senior leaders and Stakeholders internally and externally

A true Sales team expert with a proven track record to Coach, develop and successfully grow a business

Highly commercial mindset with understanding of the End-to-End Value chain and Lubricants Business with a track record of working in a B2B environment within a competitive OEM business culture

Good interpersonal communication skills with strong personal ambition to grow and develop the business, succeed in the marketplace.

Take personal commitment to grow the business and develop the Shell offer

Agriculture experience is advantageous

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According to the United Nations, the global population could increase to more than 10 billion people. A key role for society – and for Shell – is to find ways to meet the growing demand for energy, with less carbon emissions. We need people who dare to think differently – to take part in developing tomorrow’s energy solutions today.

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