Job Description

Job Description
Sales & Marketing Specialist

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, youll get the unique chance to impact some of the worlds most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are
Were the Worlds largest tool company. Were industry visionaries. Were solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art smart factory products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company

Job Scope:
Whether you are looking for a career platform or a great position to enjoy for years to come, this role offers flexibility and variety. Representing the world's largest producer of power tools and accessories, you will spend your time in working in our largest retail customer (Lowes) to maintain merchandising best practices, build relationships with store personnel, and drive business using your selling skills. We'll provide product training on industry leading brands such as DEWALT, Craftsman, Stanley, Black & Decker, IRWIN, Lenox and Porter-Cable.

To be a good fit for this opportunity you should have a strong understanding of merchandising, sales, retail practices, and store operations. We're looking for individuals who are goal-oriented, self-driven and successful when working independently and in a team-based environment. We're also looking for someone who is persuasive in the use of selling skills and a strong problem solver to achieve desired results. You also will need excellent communication skills and the ability to work with diverse personalities. This is an active, hands-on role with a physical component and you'll need to be able to life 75 pounds, down stock merchandise, and climb up and down ladders

In addition to the qualifications detailed above, you'll need:

Organizational skills to maximize efficiency during store calls. Be task orientated with the ability to take direction and successfully complete corporate marketing initiatives. The ability to strategically solve day-to-day store operational issues and effectively overcome objections and obstacles. Demonstrated consistent attention to detail. The ability to multi-task and work independently in a fast-paced environment. The ability to think outside the box to create solutions and a willingness to learn new concepts and take feedback constructively. Enthusiasm for labor-intensive activities and working with your hands. Technically savvy and the ability to use a hand-held device such as a smart phone and laptop. We will conduct a background check on all qualified applicants covering drugs, driving record, and criminal record. A valid drivers license is required.

What's in It for You:
No two days are the same. If you love to be out and about rather than tied to a desk or single location, and prefer personal interaction to phone time, this is an ideal role for you. Each store will present different challenges, and you'll get hands-on with our products. In addition to interacting with the people who sell those products, you'll work with customers to advise them on the right tool to meet their needs.

You'll own your territory of stores, and we'll provide support when you need it and elbow room when you don't. This is a 40-hour work week and you'll work with your direct manager and team to create a schedule that allows you to be the most productive in your stores and territory. This schedule allows for work, life balance. At the same time, we'll look for you remain flexible and willing to work some evenings and the occasional weekend.

This role will put you on the front lines of our sales and marketing team, and you'll be responsible for millions of dollars in business. In addition to impacting the purchasing decisions of thousands of customers, you'll see first-hand what works and what doesn't in our merchandising strategies. The feedback you'll provide will help shape those strategies.

More About Your Role:
Lowes is one of the top retailers for Stanley Black & Decker products. You will be responsible for marketing and merchandising the strategies developed at the corporate level, and your mission will be to ensure those strategies are implemented at the store level.

In general, you will visit two stores a day, rotating so that you call on each on a regular and frequent basis. You'll invest most of your time building relationships with key personnel in the stores, executing merchandising strategies that will drive sell through of our products at the store level, and owning and executing event initiatives.

Another important goal will be building rapport and maintaining relationships with the key decision makers in each store, to ensure complete and timely execution of merchandising initiatives and to make sure they have the resources and support they need from Stanley Black & Decker. This will set the stage for another objective: utilizing sales skills and being aggressive in driving incremental business at the store level through leveraging additional merchandising space and selling-in store specific sales driving initiatives.

Essential Skills:

* An exceptionally self-driven sense of motivation
* Track record of profound achievement
* The desire to meet and exceed measurable performance goals
* Must be willing to travel regionally, work occasional weekends
* Pass a MVR check given that this position is driving in nature
* Bilingual is a plus

Benefits & Perks
Youll get a competitive salary, company vehicle and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401k, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

Stanley Black & Decker is one of the world's largest, fastest growing and most dynamic companies. SBD, a Fortune 200 company is a world-leading provider of tools and storage, commercial electronic security and engineered fastening systems, with unique growth platforms and a track record of sustained profitable growth.

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All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veterans status or any other protected characteristic.