Key Account Manager - temporary assignment until 31.08.2028

Location: Prague, Czechia; hybrid work with the option to work from home up to two days per week

Company

hirify.global creates play experiences and operates a global consumer brand with a focus on creativity, inclusion, and children's wellbeing.

What you will do

• Own the Tesco Central Europe grocery account and develop its customer strategy and annual joint business plan.
• Build relationships with central and local Tesco teams and align market-level execution across stores and online channels.
• Lead commercial negotiations and deliver sales, gross margin, and trade investment targets.
• Translate category and shopper insights into assortment, pricing, promotional, and omnichannel actions.
• Strengthen forecasting, promotional planning, availability, issue resolution, customer scorecards, and performance reviews.
• Collaborate with buying, merchandise planning, sales, operations, demand planning, brand and trade marketing, customer development, field sales, and regional teams.

Requirements

• Experience leading customer strategy, annual joint business planning, and commercial negotiations for a major grocery, mass-market, or omnichannel retail account.
• Experience owning account financial performance, including sales, gross margin, trade investment, and forecasting.
• Ability to translate category and shopper insights into grocery assortment, pricing, promotional, and omnichannel actions.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional or multi-market teams to deliver consistent store and online execution.
• Experience leading annual negotiations and joint business planning with senior grocery retail stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills for commercial planning, analysis, and customer presentations.
• Experience owning a complex retail account and delivering sustainable sales and profitability growth.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time temporary assignment through 31 August 2028.
• Hybrid work model with the option to work from home up to two days per week, subject to role and team arrangements.
• Enhanced paid family care leave, life and disability insurance, wellbeing resources, and community opportunities.
• Colleague discount from the first day and an eligibility-based bonus scheme.
• Inclusive culture focused on creativity, diversity, equal employment opportunity, children's rights, and child wellbeing.
• Weekly team meetings and bi-weekly sessions with e-commerce colleagues.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis, and the role may be amended or withdrawn before any advertised closing date.
• Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
• Roles with high engagement with children require Child Safeguarding Background Screening as a condition of the offer.