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Leonard Power

Leonard Power

Clare,Ireland

Summary

Accomplished CD professional with expertise in international customer and stakeholder management. Demonstrates proficiency in customer governance, strategy, performance tracking, data accuracy, FX handling, and category alignment. Adept at delivering performance presentations and managing invoicing, cross-charges, reconciliations, and accruals. Experienced with financial systems such as Coupa, Blackline, SAP, and PEGA and data alignment. Standardisation and synchronisation of best-practice behaviours through the creation of templates, toolkits, and repeatable processes. Utilises advanced Excel skills alongside PowerPoint and SharePoint for effective communication. Certified Scrum Master focused on driving efficiency through agile methodologies.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience

Work history

Global Key Account Manager – Global Trade & International Customers

Unilever Foodsolutions
10.2024 - 01.2026

Manage the global relationship for BEP, Unilever’s largest GPO customer Internally & Externally
Act as the global coordination point for internal & external stakeholders (Finance, CD, Supply Chain, Data) and BEP leadership.
Amazon UFS Pan‑EU Coordinator
Set the vision for Amazon's aligned off‑invoice terms across Europe
Support Metro customer community calls and senior stakeholder updates.
Manage financial flows: invoicing, cross‑charges, reconciliations, advance payments, and vendor setup across multiple markets.
Manage customer governance: quarterly business reviews, scorecards, forecast cycles and global performance decks.
Support tender submissions, pricing files and coordinated international proposals for QSR accounts
Build and maintain global SharePoint hubs, templates, and knowledge systems.

National Trade & Customers Account Manager

Unilever Foodsolutions
01.2020 - 10.2024

Managed national customers: Sysco, Sodexo, HSE, Dalata, First Choice Purchasing, Circle K, Aer Lingus.

Negotiated JBPs, trade terms, pricing, promotional plans and investment structures.

Delivered customer P&L performance: TO, GM, investment efficiency.

Supported S&OP, demand planning, and promotional analysis.

Led tender submissions and managed customer contracts and compliance.

Chain Accounts Manager

Unilever Foodsolutions
01.2016 - 01.2020

Created annual customer plans and JBPs.

Led execution across culinary, supply chain and operations.

Improved customer penetration and product adoption.

Distributive Sales Representative

Unilever Foodsolutions
01.2007 - 01.2016

Delivered customer growth, promotional activation and distribution expansion.

Built strong customer relationships across Delivered Wholesale.

Delivered training, trade marketing programmes and agreements.

Foodservice Supervisor & Previous Roles

Musgrave Cash & Carry
01.1997 - 01.2007

Led the foodservice department, managing operations, training and HACCP compliance.

Supported back‑of‑house, warehouse and customer service operations.

Education

Diploma - Economics & Information Systems

Limerick College
Limerick

Skills

International Customer & Stakeholder Management

Pan EU coordinator

GPO Management

International tender management

International trade customer scorecard governance

Cross‑market QSR coordination

Forecasting & Data management (sell in & sell out)

Scrum Master

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Co Pilot

Custom Section

Global leadership for BEP and Amazon, Cross‑market coordination for Metro and Agecore, Customer governance: FC cycles, scorecards, QBRs, community calls, Engagement with KAMs, finance, supply chain, marketing, CMI and GPO stakeholders, Forecasting (UFS & Retail) and performance tracking, Customer scorecards (BEP, Metro, Agecore, Amazon), NIV/GSV/TO data accuracy, FX handling, category alignment, Senior‑level performance presentations across multiple markets, Invoicing, cross‑charges, reconciliations, accruals, Extensive experience with Coupa, Blackline, SAP, PEGA, Ensuring timely, compliant financial flows across customer groups, One‑truth data alignment, Standardisation of off‑invoice terms, Synchronisation of best‑practice behaviours across customers and markets, Creation of templates, toolkits and repeatable processes, Advanced Excel, PowerPoint & SharePoint, SAP, Coupa, PEGA, Blackline, Scrum Master (PSM1)

Personal Information

Title: Global Key Account Manager – International Customers

References

Available on request.

Affiliations

  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Outdoors
  • Music

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Global Key Account Manager – Global Trade & International Customers

Unilever Foodsolutions
10.2024 - 01.2026

National Trade & Customers Account Manager

Unilever Foodsolutions
01.2020 - 10.2024

Chain Accounts Manager

Unilever Foodsolutions
01.2016 - 01.2020

Distributive Sales Representative

Unilever Foodsolutions
01.2007 - 01.2016

Foodservice Supervisor & Previous Roles

Musgrave Cash & Carry
01.1997 - 01.2007

Diploma - Economics & Information Systems

Limerick College
Leonard Power