Marketing Manager

The purpose of the Marketing Manager position is to lead the design and development of competitive strategies, market segmentation, targeting and positioning, and customer needs analysis. The Marketing Manager will be responsible for all aspects of marketing at each point in the value chain for the respective Contractor, Owner, and Distributor channels.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Qualify and promote business opportunities, set the direction, value proposition, and value delivery system for all channels in the marketing plan
• Lead category management efforts – promotion, advertising, analyze, and communicate market demand, market trends, and develop forecasts used in strategic planning
• Analyze and communicate competitors strategies. In conjunction with product managers develop marketing strategy and lead the business execution of these plans
• Support the sales organization to meet and exceed the operating plan for sales revenue and contribution margin
• Develop and execute the marketing communications plan, including trade merchandising, trade media, and trade public relations plans
• Be an industry expert and thought leader, providing vision and leadership
• Maintain a key focus on mega trends and other broad influences that shape critical customer requirements and JMs solution planning
• Work with Product Management and Product Engineering to develop and commercialize new products, which includes product solution messaging and content management
• Provide key leadership throughout the product development cycle, with particular emphasis on the voice of the customer and product launch activity
• Anticipate and mitigate competitive reactions to JMs strategies. Track and direct expenditures consistent with identified budgets
• May be required to perform other related duties as assigned

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What You Bring to the Team:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Marketing with a minimum of 10 years of marketing experience, some of that should be in a leadership role where you are managing a group of other marketing professionals
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Working knowledge of SAP or ERP systems
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Proven project management skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Proven ability to negotiate
• Strong leadership skills
• Proven analytical and quality improvement ability
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Ability to interface at all levels of the organization, both internally and externally
• Leads project team to achieve milestones and objectives by setting priorities and providing direction. May provide feedback for performance evaluations.
• Moderate travel required 20%-30%
• Work environment is typical of an office setting, hybrid work schedule, 3 days in the office and 2 days remote
• Incumbent must be physically able to perform essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.