Requisition ID: 33043

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FUNCTION OVERVIEW:

The Jenn-Air Sales Market Manager is the dedicated sales resource for the Jenn-Air brand across all channels. This person will have accountability for Jenn-Air and ownership of the total marketplace.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Strategic and business planning for territory
• Identify business opportunities in the marketplace through all distribution points
• Develop/implement tactical plans based on marketplace analytics
• Sell through emphasis on replacement and suite sales
• Implementation of national consumer and co-marketing promotions through trade customers
• Develop and execute key event and advertising calendar for each trade customer
• Utilize and direct strategic growth funds for events, advertising and sell through activities
• Develop and manage to a travel budget
• Jenn-Air product training
• Trade customer, designers, architects, key influencers, builders, etc..
• Luxury consumer
• Product - features/benefits
• Service and Installation
• Coordinate/manage relationships and events with trade customers, designers, influencers and architects
• Develop relationships with buyers and store managers at trade customer locations
• Identify, develop and sell key designers, architects and influencers in super premium business
• Connect key contacts and relationship to existing trade base
• Grow and manage existing displays at trade customer locations, design centers, model homes and kitchen dealer locations
• Setting, implementing, and owning individual store locations plan to sell
• Implementation of brand point of sale material
• Expanding floor presence through model home and kitchen dealer programs
• Implement marketing plans and initiatives across all channels
• National and local brand marketing plans using strategic growth funds
• Travel 25-30% of the time within designated territory:  Florida

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in sales, marketing or business
• 5 plus years consumer goods sales experience

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Master’s degree in sales, marketing or business
• Luxury consumer goods sales experience 
• Superior training and engaging presentation skills
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to find and establish new business opportunities
• Ability to develop business plans and drive sales strategy
• Experience in best practices for connecting with designer and influencer community
• Experience, knowledge, and insight of Luxury brands, products, and customer base preferred
• Specific experience in remodel or the super-premium single-family new construction segments
• Ability to showcase product with passion for cooking demonstrations.
• Knowledge of the replacement and suite purchase process
• Strong analytical and merchandising skills

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Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is the world’s leading major home appliance company, with approximately $21 billion in annual sales, 92,000 employees and 70 manufacturing and technology research centers in 2017. The company markets Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, Consul, Brastemp, Amana, Bauknecht, Jenn-Air, Indesit and other major brand names in nearly every country throughout the world.

At Whirlpool Corporation, we believe that all people matter. Celebrating diversity and including thousands of perspectives empower us to create products that blend into every concept of home. Whirlpool Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. 

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