Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company?
At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you!
Job Description:
What will you work on?
The Sales Assistant actively assists the German Sales team to maximise sales activity in the company’s key customers.
- Support for the Sales Team: Efficient task processing, documentation, data maintenance.
- Comprehensive support for the Senior Key Account Manager: Active customer support to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Interface with internal and external stakeholders: Solution-oriented coordination and collaboration with national and international customers, as well as the Marketing, Logistics, and Finance departments.
- Customer Relationship Management: Independent handling of inquiries regarding products, prices, delivery times, and complaints.
- Marketing activities: Support for product training, “Lotteries”, and trade fair appearances (Toy Fair Nuremberg).
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Product and sales management:
- Creation of extensive product listings and sales overviews.
- Compilation of dimensions, images, and relevant data as needed.
- Procurement of samples/mockups and inventory checks.
- Timely dispatch of offers and samples.
- Project management: Participation in smaller projects if interested.
Principal Tasks:
- Sales Support
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Stock control
- To provide a supportive role and a communication link between Stock Control and the Sales Team for all accounts
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Selections
- Produce quotes, collating dimensions, images, and prices for customers as required.
- Contact with Finance re: pricing and Minimum Order Quantities (MOQ’s)
- Compiling of listing sheets
- Requesting of Price changes to be set up in the system
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Samples
- Work in conjunction with marketing to get stock, mockups, images and samples to customers
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Reports
- General Sales Requests
- Dimensions
- Meeting Notes
- Sales Marketing
- To act as a point of contact for the sales team in their absence
- To undertake any ad hoc duties
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To undertake any of the above tasks in an appropriately professional and timely manner at all times
How will you fit into the team?
The Sales Assistant reports to the Senior National Account Manager
What are your skills and experience?
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in similar role in the CPG or Toy industry preferred.
- Completed vocational qualification or Degree in Business, Marketing or related area desirable.
- Retail Experience either at store level or retail planning experience an asset.
- Customer driven approach and a “go-getter” attitude
- Ability to build and maintain relationships, both externally and internally
- Strong Excel skills with demonstrated relevant experience
- Proficiency in MS Office overall (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Ability to create and maintain business presentations, Excel files, read POS reports
- Experience in SAP, Salesforce is considered an asset
- Demonstrated organization, planning and communication skills
- Fluent in German (written and speaking)
- Good knowledge of English
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What you can expect from us:
Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.
- Growth and Career Opportunities
- Flexible Work Hours
- Innovation, Collaboration and Fun
- Comprehensive Benefits
- Other fun Perks!
What’s it like to work here?
Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.
Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.
Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at JobsEU@spinmaster.com and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.
We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.