Retail Territory Manager - San Jose

Retail Territory Manager

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It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World. Sound like you Join our top-notch team of nearly 60000 professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the worlds most beloved brands including DEWALT CRAFTSMAN CUB CADET STANLEY and BLACKDECKER

Who You Are

Youre a curious problem solver who can bring big ideas to life. Youre creative and scrappy but can navigate a large organization with ease. Youre agile and adaptable but work with precision to ensure we deliver top-notch customer experiences always.

Were looking for an individual who is self-motivated goal-oriented can thrive both independently and in a team-based environment. Were also looking for someone who is persuasive in the use of selling skills a solutions provider and good communicator. Additionally you will need to be able to build and maintain positive customer relationships and work with diverse personalities. You also must have:

• 3-5 years of Retail Sales Experience in Consumer Goods Industry
• Willingness to travel regionally and work occasional weekends (8-10 annually)
• Valid drivers license and ability to pass MVR screening
• Ability to pass all drug and criminal background checks
• Capable of handling training on and demonstrating our products including the ability to lift up to 50lbs. Some additional physical labor will be required including climbing ladders and being on your feet for several hours a day.

The ideal candidate will also meet the following criteria:

• Ability to analyze Power BI and SalesForce data to develop strategic growth plans to improve financial performance.
• Goal-oriented and highly driven to provide results that grow develop and drive strong quarterly and annual sales results within a specific region or market.
• Ability to apply strong product and market knowledge to drive sales and gain share with retail partners

• Flexible towards change and able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Proven desire to meet and exceed measurable performance goals
• Highly effective communicator with strong verbal written and interpersonal communication to partner with customers and SBD team personnel
• Demonstrates promotional and event success using creativity and problem solving
• Possess an understanding and knowledge of IT Business systems (BW Tool Commerce) and Microsoft Applications (Word Excel PowerPoint)

What Youll Do

In your role as a Retail Territory Manager you will manage a territory of Home Depot Lowes ACE True Value or Tractor Supply accounts or a combination of these accounts. You will be responsible for managing your retail accounts and managing your daily activities including retail account visits. In this role you will be responsible for analyzing metrics in SalesForce Power BI and ShowPad to strategically map out your customer routing schedule. You will need to establish strong relationships with the Key Decision Makers in your territory. While in store youll focus on driving top line sales through strategic initiative planning and store POS analytics with Key Decision Makers End User Engagement both direct selling and lead generation managing accountability with the Retail Service Team to ensure servicing standards and leveraging store level relationships.

Through the Management by Objectives (MBO) Process you will be responsible for several core objectives:

• Driving Top Line Sales to deliver your quarterly and annual POS Goals
• Partnering with Store and District Managers to understand and align our strategies with their retail specific goals
• Influencing the Key Decisions Makers (KDM) on store level placement of national promotions
• Analyzing POS by store and promotional performance to develop individualized store and territory sales plans
• Work closely with the Sales Operations team to inform them on your needs to ensure proper inventory for promotional activities
• Drive execution strategy based on trends and SKU level detail by analyzing the Power BI and SalesForce.
• Driving compliance with Retail Specific Plan-o-gram
• Selling In and executing the national event activations to drive sales and gain market share as well as developing and driving local territory activations
• Implementing the national overdrive strategies to promote product sell-through and identify key territory specific opportunities to execute and measure performance
• Engaging the Store and District Key Decision Makers to inform them what you have identified as key initiatives and developing selling in and implementing customized specific initiatives.
• Partnering with retail service partners which will require active store and district level engagement inclusive of monthly district meetings and quality walks to assess servicing accountability and drive corrective actions
• Actively engaging with Professional End Users store side to develop leads to drive sales
• Leveraging sales enablement tools to analyze data to identify sales gaps and create and sales plans to close sales gaps
• Driving effective inventory management and retailer specific order writing with our retail partners and developing exit strategies for Special Buy promotions
• Establishing developing and maintaining key relationships with professional end-users (Pro) through product and services solutions including job site blitzes product training product seeding etc. at each retailer
• Execute monthly job site visits aligned with your retailers pro strategies to provide product training new product seeding end user conversions etc. to deliver pro target POS goals
• Effectively manage budgets (T&E Demo Tool etc.) to drive profitability
• Communicate opportunities issues and trends to management and marketing.

This is an active hands-on position requiring employees to operate in a dynamic environment that pivots from Key Decision Maker store level presentations to recognizing sales and service opportunities to training and educating Associates to Drive End User Sales to deliver top line sales goals to Job Site Visits to drive End User Engagement.

What Youll Receive

Youll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan:

• Medical dental life vision wellness program disability 401(k) Employee Stock Purchase Plan paid time off and tuition reimbursement.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

How Youll Feel

We want our company to be a place youll want to be and stay. Being part of our team means youll get to:

• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20 brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources including our Lean Academy Coursera and online university.
• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for diversity equity and inclusion.
• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism giving back and sustainable business practices.

Whats more youll get that pride that comes from empowering makers doers protectors and everyday heroes all over the world. Were more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. Were visionaries and innovators. As successful as weve been in the past we have so much further to go. Thats where you come in. Join us!

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