Goodyear Hiring for Shopper Marketing Assistant Manager – Key Accounts Job at Akron, OH Full Time

Requisition ID: 107250
Sponsorship Available: No
Relocation Assistance Available: No

Goodyear. More Driven.

About the Position

The Shopper Marketing Assistant will focus on helping Goodyear grow our share of volume and profitability with our most aligned retailer customers, including Walmart, Sam’s Club and Discount Tire.

This associate will be asked to provide tactical support for consumer-facing marketing campaigns, to assist with the development of strategic retailer marketing programs, and to help manage the day-to-day deliverables of a variety of marketing initiatives.

Partner with the Shopper Marketing Managers to develop and implement Walmart and Sam’s Club, Discount Tire, Pep Boys, Monro, etc. shopper marketing programs

• Lead marketing projects from brief initiation through project recap, working collaboratively with internal cross-functional teams and agency & vendor partners
• Own cross-functional bi-weekly status meetings, and maintain marketing status reports, timelines and budget tracking documents
• Manage external vendor relationships
• Complete program scorecards and share out program results
• Lead the development and project management of key customer trade shows, working jointly with channel teams and shopper marketing managers, and attending trade shows as needed
• Provide tactical marketing support for emerging customers, including large regional retailers
• Maintain and distribute our holistic campaign insights document, tracking KPIs across customers and campaigns to develop benchmarks and ensure insights are applied to future projects

Primary Responsibilities

• Key Customer Programs
  • Development, execution, budget management and measurement of key customer programming. Internal selling to Channel teams, external customer facing interaction. Agency oversight and completion of deliverables including trade shows.
• Tier 2 and Tier 3 Customer Programming including Dealer Channel and Company Owned
  • Development, execution, budget management and measurement of key customer programming. Internal selling to Channel teams, external customer facing interaction. Agency oversight and completion of deliverables including trade shows.
• Tactical support for Emerging Customers
  • Development, execution, budget management and measurement of key customer programming. Internal selling to Channel teams, external customer facing interaction. Agency oversight and completion of deliverables.
• Tracking, Measurement, and Reporting of all key account programs

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree in Communications and/or Marketing
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an advertising or marketing role
• Agency or vendor management experience
• CPG marketing experience preferred
• Direct to consumer marketing experience preferred
• Shopper marketing experience preferred

Desired Skills and Abilities

• Strong project management, communication, budgeting, and organizational abilities
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks daily
• Understand a broad-range of marketing vehicles (digital/social media, point-of-sale, promotions, sales materials, etc.) and the strategic application of all
• Current knowledge of industry, retailer, shopper and consumer trends and application of insights

Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tire companies. It employs about 72,000 people and manufactures its products in 57 facilities in 23 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate.

Goodyear is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you need reasonable accommodation to complete the online application, or any other part of the employment process, please contact the Goodyear Candidate Care Line at 330.796.4500.

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