Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand Remote (Country) Employment

The Hershey Company is hiring a Business Development & Customer Marketing Manager

About the Role

The Hershey Company is hiring a Business Development & Customer Marketing Manager to lead the commercial agenda for our FMCG business in Thailand and Indochina (Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia). In this role, you will be responsible for driving top-line and bottom-line growth as well as market share through strategic account management, distributor leadership, and flawless execution across all channels.

What You'll Do

  • Lead Joint Business Planning (JBP) with key retailers, wholesalers, and distributors.
  • Manage annual trade terms, negotiate promo plans, and ensure ROI-positive investment deployment.
  • Coach and manage distributor partners to deliver coverage, availability, and execution KPIs.
  • Monitor customer profitability and drive continuous improvements.
  • Develop and execute the annual country sales strategy, aligned with regional commercial priorities.
  • Define channel strategies across all relevant channels (e.g., MT, GT, e-commerce).
  • Drive revenue growth and market share expansion via strategic growth pillars and initiatives.
  • Identify growth gaps and develop corrective plans to address volume delivery, price competitiveness, and distribution reach.
  • Ensure perfect store standards: availability, visibility, pricing, compliance, and promotional execution.
  • Collaborate with Distributor Trade Marketing to develop and deploy activations and POSM.
  • Track execution KPIs via field force reports, market visits, and retail audits.
  • Track competitor pricing, promotions, innovations, and market activations.
  • Identify market trends, shopper insights, and route-to-market opportunities.
  • Provide data-driven recommendations to influence brand, category, and channel strategies.
  • Own and lead the execution of a healthy P&L for the market.
  • Formulate relevant financial deliverables with respect to channels, customers, and/or shoppers.
  • Own execution of the appropriate levels of control and audit processes.

What We're Looking For

  • 8-10 years of solid work experience in sales, including key account management, distributor management, and traditional trade.
  • Must have had multi-country responsibility (more than 2 markets) outside of your home market.
  • Demonstrated ability in key functional tasks and a clear progression or expansion in terms of areas of responsibility or increase in business size and complexity.

Nice to Have

  • Candidates with an MBA is an advantage but not required.

Work Mode

This is a local-country position located in Thailand.

Required Skills
SalesKey Account ManagementDistributor ManagementTraditional TradeMulti-Country ManagementBusiness DevelopmentCustomer Marketing
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Posted 14 days ago