Junior Key Account Manager - temp 1 year
Reckitt
We are Reckitt
Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.
Sales
Our Sales teams help to deliver Reckitt's purpose by building shared success with our customers, making access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment possible in-stores and online. Within Sales, we're focused on achieving outperformance across all of our channels, operating in highly competitive categories. This focus results in a dynamic, fast paced environment where cross functional teams are encouraged to collaborate to achieve success. We have around 10,000 sales people across the world, within market roles and ranging in areas like Field Sales, Key Accounts, Trade Marketing and Category Development.
About the role
We are looking for a proactive and motivated Junior Key Account Manager to join our Swedish Sales team. You will manage a portfolio of smaller customers while supporting our Key Account Managers on Sweden’s largest retail partners. This is an ideal role if you want to grow into a full KAM position and develop strong commercial and customer‑facing skills.
Your responsibilities
- Manage a set of smaller and medium-sized accounts with strong relationship building and follow‑up.
- Support senior KAMs in preparing customer meetings, business reviews, and negotiations.
- Assist with promotional planning, assortment proposals, and forecasting.
- Track performance, sell‑out and promotional results across your customer base.
- Collaborate with Trade Marketing, Supply and Finance to secure strong execution.
The experience we're looking for
- First experience in sales, account coordination or similar roles – ideally in FMCG or retail.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into practical actions.
- Structured, curious and eager to learn.
- Confident communicator with a positive, collaborative mindset.
- Fluent in Swedish and English.
What you can expect
- A strong development role with clear progression toward a Key Account Manager position.
- Close collaboration with experienced KAMs and exposure to major customers.
- A dynamic, international environment with iconic global brands.
- Empowerment, ownership and opportunities to grow your career at Reckitt.
Ready to grow your career with us?
We look forward to receiving your application and hopefully welcoming you to our team!
The skills for success
Attention to detail, account coordination, key account management, Sales, FMCG, data analysis, retail
What we offer
With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.
Equality
We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.