Brand Executive

Brand Executive

Founded in Japan in 1887, Kao is passionate about making a difference in people's lives with our high-quality products and services to create a Kirei Life for all - a beautiful life that respects the needs of our consumers and customers as well as the planet. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment.

As a company driven by purpose and strong corporate values, we pride ourselves on being listed among the World's Most Ethical Companies for 16 consecutive years. Our corporate philosophy, the Kao Way, guides us in everything we do - acting with integrity, courageously driving innovation, and treating each other with trust and respect.

The role :

The Brand Executive is a field sales position responsible for driving business, brand loyalty, and brand recognition in a defined geographic territory through both new business development and existing business growth strategies. You will be field-based, and the assigned territory includes the greater Los Angeles area.

At Kao, we offer amazing benefits that are available to you on your first day of employment (healthcare, 401(k) plus company match, etc.), 36 total days off (vacation holidays sick), and a salary of $80,500 plus bonus and car allowance.

What You Will Do :

• Create a powerful, trusting relationship with salon owners, stylists, and employees.
• Rotation management inclusive of both existing and new business development.
• Maintain a funnel of potential new business.
• Work with Regional Brand Managers to determine and support sell-in and sell-through strategies at a salon-by-salon level.
• Deliver the highest quality in-salon presentations and product classes.
• Launch new salons and retail accounts.
• Meet new business goals.
• Sell in new products to existing salons.
• Achieve individual revenue goals by educating and consulting with the salon owners, managers, and stylists.
• Support retail segment sales through merchandising and promotional activity.
• Manage a systematic meeting schedule for assigned accounts.
• Implement strategic education plans for each salon in the territory of focus accounts.
• Promote, plan, coordinate, and help execute regional and national company-sponsored business development and educational events.
• Attend all company-provided meetings and training sessions.
• Overnight travel up to 75%.

What You Will Need :

How we work : Having been selected among the World’s Most Ethical Companies for 18 consecutive years, we are a company with a purpose and strong corporate values. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment. At Kao, each employee can actively shape their job and their career. We work collaboratively to achieve our common goals, always aiming to deliver the best for our customers.

What we offer : A friendly and flexible work environment with great benefits packages, ongoing development, and the opportunity to enhance your skills and deliver tangible results. At Kao, your voice will be heard. Your opinion really counts. We believe that change comes from taking opportunities into your own hands, so we value and reward entrepreneurial thinking and innovation.

Hiring Process : Kao embraces the diversity and the individual personalities of its people because we believe it is diversity that makes us strong. This is why we welcome applications from all areas of the global community.

Want to learn more : If you feel you are as unique as our products and want to find out why 33,000 people across the globe opted for a career with us, please visit our Americas website ( Kao Americas ).

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Salary : $80,500