Retail Account Manager (Remote)

What you’ll do:

In this function you will:

• You will be responsible for the preparation and achievement of annual sales budgets and forecasting agreed upon by the senior executive team.
• You will lead customer supply chain efforts to actualize customer and internal sales budget and triage potential shortcomings.
• You will produce weekly & quarterly reporting for both customer and internal teams to manage business, expose opportunities for improvement, and improve dialog with all stakeholders.
• You will manage merchandising projects related products resets, new product releases, and strategic efforts to drive a more productive business.
• You will facilitate develop and execute the retail Account’s strategic plan (playbook) throughout the sales and cross-functional teams that support the Account’s retail channel.
• You will be responsible for providing external intelligence and compiling competitive analysis (new product introductions, benchmarking, market share, SWOT analysis, pricing, etc).
• You will assist in the development of new product roadmaps (MGPP), pricing and marketing strategies – identifying gaps in the current product offerings, and lead the team to identify and implement innovative and differentiated solutions.
• You will have ongoing collaboration with supply chain and operations team to align sales/event forecast with production planning. Review key customer scorecards / metrics and facilitate improvement plans when needed.
• You will leverage the Product Management and Marketing teams to identify market trends and growth opportunities to drive customer behavior and profitability.
• You will proactively prepare strategic development and participation of key customer line reviews.
• You will foster relationships with the Merchants and their teams to proactively respond to their needs, identify new opportunities, resolve current issues and participate in Product Line Reviews, Promotions, Training, and other customer driven initiatives – striving to enable account satisfaction through superior customer service, account management and data management.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• 4+ years’ experience in sales, marketing, or merchandising roles working with consumer products
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future.
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Candidates must reside within 300 miles of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Active Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
• Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver’s license

Preferred:

• Retail Account Management Experience of 2 years or more
• 4+ years’ experience in sales, marketing, or merchandising roles working with consumer products, preferably in electrical products.
• Proficiency working with Microsoft Office Suite, strong analytical skills and high learning agility.
• Retail Marketing Experience of 2 years of more
• Supply Chain or Logistics Experience of 2 years or more