Job Description
We are looking for a Key Account Manager to join the team in Switzerland till end August 2026. It is a great opportunity to take responsibility for developing and growing accounts in the Swiss Off‑Trade.
Contract type: Temporary contract until end of August 2026, covering parental leave.
Responsibilities
* Management and ownership of your customer accounts in the Off Trade channel. Run full day‑to‑day business.
* Establish and foster relationships at customer level with decision‑makers.
* Plan and conduct annual negotiations.
* Increase sales by identifying distribution opportunities, white spots, optimize promotional plans and activations together with support functions.
* Comprehensive analysis of the relevant customer and category data. Elaborate and implement tailormade and data‑driven customer strategy recommendations.
* Support development of customer specific marketing concepts together with Customer Activation and track via measures of success.
* Implement new product launches and campaigns.
* Facilitate category management projects.
* Collaboration with the field organization and important internal stakeholders such as revenue growth management, customer activation, finance, logistics and customer experience teams.
About You
* Proven experience in a commercial or Key Account Management role, ideally in an FMCG environment.
* University degree (or equivalent) in business administration/economics or similar.
* Proven negotiation skills.
* Strong ability to build, develop and maintain relationships.
* Intuition for business paired with analytical skills.
* Engaging teammate, focus on total team delivery.
* Positive energy, solution oriented, self‑confident in own area, strong team member, committed to own development, pro‑active, structured way of working, strong analytical skills.
* Fluent in English and German.
Our Offer
* An inclusive company culture that puts employees and their development first.
* A flexible working environment.
* A competitive salary with bonus and benefits to suit your lifestyle and needs.
* An excellent parental leave policy.
* The best colleagues.
Diversity and Inclusion
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere.” We value everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity. We rely on diverse talent to drive our business growth.
Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part‑time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.
Primary location: Lausanne
Worker type: Regular
Job posting start date: 29 August 2025
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