Key Account Manager, Milwaukee

Who we are:
Milwaukee Tools is an industry leader in the manufacture of cordless & electric power tools, accessories, and hand tools. We pride ourselves on an unrelenting strategic focus on powerful brands, innovative products and exceptional people.
Our culture is centred around improving the lives of our users, something that not only drives our product development but underpins everything we do.

We are committed to ensuring our people have a great experience at Milwaukee, so in addition to an exciting and challenging role we also provide a range of great employee benefits including:

Discounts & Perks: Fully maintained company vehicle, laptop and phone allowance. Generous discounts on company products.

Personal Development: Access to professional development programs.

Health & Wellbeing: Paid Parental Leave and Employee Assistance Program.

Social: Recognition programs and social events to celebrate our team's achievements.

About the Opportunity:
We're offering an exciting new opportunity for a Key Account Manager to take ownership of a number of national customer accounts. In this role, you will be responsible for maximising sales opportunities across all assigned channels and driving strategic growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Account & Relationship Management: Maintain and grow relationships with key customers and distribution partners, aligning with strategic objectives and ensuring high engagement through store visits, ride days, trade shows and business reviews.
• Sales & Strategy Execution: Achieve sales targets and execute channel strategy across assigned end-user verticals, including planning and aligning sales strategies with the field team and senior management.
• Marketing & Campaign Delivery: Develop and deliver marketing and sales initiatives, manage POS distribution and support execution of planned channel and partner activities within deadlines.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Oversee A&P and travel budgets, manage financial/product forecasting, and maintain pricing, backorder and forward-order planning.
• Internal & External Communication: Ensure timely and effective communication across all stakeholders, documenting meetings and aligning messaging with company culture and strategic direction.
• Training & Enablement: Own and implement partner training plans, support team development and regularly share knowledge to drive continuous improvement.
• Compliance & Culture: Promote company values ("Milwaukee Way") and ensure compliance with legal, ethical, and corporate standards including performing ad-hoc duties as required.

About you:

• Relevant tertiary qualification with over two years of Account Management experience, including managing large-scale customers, sales growth and exposure to product management.
• Strong business acumen with a customer-focused mindset and a proven ability to build and manage relationships across hardware, retail or similar industries.
• Demonstrated expertise in stakeholder management, onboarding new distribution partners and driving cross-functional collaboration to achieve strategic goals.
• Skilled in data analysis, financial literacy, negotiation and issue resolution to deliver optimised business outcomes.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to multitask, stay organised and perform under pressure.
• Solutions-oriented with a passion for delivering results, a strong work ethic, and a commitment to a positive, productive work culture.

If you fit the above attributes and are excited at the prospect of joining a large, successful and dynamic organisation, then please click APPLY NOW!