Junior Sales Manager (w/m/x)

MANPOWER AG – Your career, our focus!
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For our client, an internationally successful consumer goods company with strong brands in the field of adhesives, construction, and DIY solutions, we are looking for a motivated personality as of now or by arrangement as:

Junior Sales Manager (m/w/d) 80-100%
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Your Role

You are the link between Key Account Management and our customers' points of sale. Your focus is not on classic new customer acquisition, but on the support, development, and maintenance of existing customer relationships.

You regularly visit DIY stores and points of sale, present product novelties, coordinate promotional activities, and ensure that products are optimally represented at the Point of Sale. At the same time, you observe market and competitive developments and actively contribute to the success of existing customer partnerships.

This position is ideally suited for ambitious career starters, young talents with initial sales experience, or career changers from sales and field service.

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Your Tasks
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• Independent support of a defined customer portfolio in Switzerland
• Establishment, maintenance, and further development of sustainable customer relationships
• Support of Key Account Management in customer projects and annual meetings
• Independent processing of customer inquiries
• Regular visits to DIY stores and points of sale (approx. 20-40% travel)
• Ensuring optimal brand and product presence at the Point of Sale
• Presentation of product novelties and sales promotions
• Implementation of promotion and activation measures
• Analysis of market, sales, and competitive developments
• Identification of trends as well as derivation of recommendations for action
• Close cooperation with internal specialist departments and international teams
• Control and accompaniment of sales and distribution measures on site

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What you bring with you
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• Completed studies or further training in the field of business administration, sales, marketing, or comparable
• Alternatively, initial professional experience in sales, field service, customer service, or account management
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Enjoyment in building long-term customer relationships
• Independent, structured, and solution-oriented way of working
• Good MS Office skills
• Salesforce knowledge is an advantage
• Driving license category B as well as own vehicle mandatory
• Willingness to travel within German-speaking Switzerland

Languages

• German fluent in speaking and writing
• English good for internal cooperation
• French is an advantage

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What awaits you
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• Long-term temporary assignment at a renowned international company
• Exciting mix of customer contact, field service, and project coordination
• Modern working conditions with up to 40% Home Office
• 5 weeks vacation
• 42-hour week
• Expense regulation for business travel
• Opportunity to gain valuable experience in Key Account Management
• International development perspectives within a global company
• Comprehensive induction and support from experienced colleagues

Sounds exciting to you?
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Then we look forward to your application!

Take the chance to enter an international environment and develop yourself further in the area of Sales, Account Management, and customer support.