General Information
Country: USA
State: Michigan
City: Grand Rapids
Office Location: 901 44th Street SE - - - - -
Date posted: 24-May-2024
Business Function: Marketing
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Description
We are hiring a Marketing Program Specialist to join our Design Customer Vertical Marketing team and focus on sales support programs that span multiple brands and categories and help make our portfolio easy to sell and position.
What You Will Be Doing:
Implement new programs and processes to support marketing initiatives.
Promote and train sellers on Programs availability, utility and functionality
Improve operational performance of programs by learning logistics and operation processes and seek an excellent customer experience through them.
Use data and trends to analyze assortments to create pre-sales support programs (particular as related to product) that are relevant and economical.
Embrace iteration and improvement - after establishing programs, the Specialist should bring fresh ideas on how to enhance, as well as survey users and collect field feedback.
Our Design Brands are a group of almost twenty global brands that provide solutions for the workplace, healthcare and education spaces. Support programs are needed to provide easy product sampling, a cohesive centralized process for engaging with the sales organization, and other initiatives.
We are passionate about our design customers and focus on tools and resources that make their shopping experience across our portfolio as seamless and delightful as possible.
Who You Are:
Scrappy and Creative: You use the resources around you-or dig to find resources previously unknown to you-to come up with creative ways to work towards a goal
Strategic: You keep the bigger picture in the back of your mind when working on task-based work. You know how to prioritize your day based on what's most important (and you know how to define 'what's important' given various contexts).
Collaborative: you are comfortable with and excited by working with people of different backgrounds and perspectives. You have experience building coalitions between people who are dissimilar.
Strong executive presence: You have or are comfortable having experience working with executive-level decision-makers like General Managers and Vice Presidents.
Detail-oriented: you understand that great experiences are often the result of "the little things." You are thoughtful about details.
Analytical: You are good at analyzing situations, including identifying which activities are highest 'bang for your buck'
Enthusiastic about project management: you are a great PM. You keep teams motivated, keep them accountable, keep them focused on what's important, and know when to raise a red flag to stakeholders when there's a potential problem.
Results-oriented: you take pleasure in setting and achieving goals
Required Skills and Competencies:
Bachelor's degree required
At least 1 year of professional experience, preferably in Marketing or military equivalent experience
Excellent communication and organization skills
Who We Are:
Steelcase is a global design and thought leader in the world of work. Along with our expansive community of brands, we design and manufacture innovative furnishings and solutions to help people do their best work in the many places where work happens.
Why People Choose to Work with Us:
At Steelcase, we put people at the center of everything we do. We understand the role of work and believe that it can bring meaning and purpose to the lives of our customers and our employees. We prioritize supporting our employees both in and out of work, in all aspects of their lives. When we bring our talents together, we make a positive lasting impact through our work and communities.
Our Approach to Hybrid Work:
At Steelcase, we have always believed that the office is our best place to work. Our workplace is designed to foster collaboration and engagement, providing employees with a space to do meaningful work that drives results. Levels of flexibility vary by role and team, and employees and their leader need to align on expectations of flexibility.
What Matters to Us:
More than qualifications, we're looking for talent and potential. We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we're always looking to improve our global community. We value applicants who are comfortable interacting with people different from themselves, building mutual respect and positive relationships. We invite people from all backgrounds and genders to apply. If we can make the application process easier through accommodation, please email us at myhr@steelcase.com.
We are proud to be recognized for our inclusive workforce by the Corporate Equality Index for the past nine years.
Steelcase is a MVAA- Silver Level Veteran-Friendly Employer. Steelcase recognizes the amazing experiences and skills that Veteran's possess. We encourage all Veterans and Veteran Spouses to apply.
Please see ourWorking at Steelcase Document for more detailed benefits and compensation information.
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