Associate Brand Manager (Hybrid Schedule)

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Summary

Title:	Associate Brand Manager (Hybrid Schedule)
ID:	1200
Department:	Marketing

Description

About Festool – 90+ year Tradition

Festool is a family-owned business that has been developing innovative, precision-engineered and durable power tool solutions for nearly a century. Founded in Germany in 1925, Festool is a leading manufacturer of power tools, known for its systems-based approach to power tools that are designed for efficiency and high performance. Festool’s mission, “Built Better To Build Better”, focuses on creating better tools that empower professional tradespeople to elevate their skills and deliver outstanding results by helping them build cleaner, faster, smarter…better.

For more information, visit www.festoolusa.com or www.festoolcanada.com.

Work with Festool

Festool is growing fast and looking for proactive, talented and energetic individuals who want to grow with us. We are a customer-centric organization that cares for our team members and stays true to our guiding principles. We are seeking high-performing individuals who are just as passionate about exceeding customers’ expectations as we are. If you exude passion, creativity, commitment, and fun then we are the place for you!

Hybrid role - 2 / 3 days in office + 2 / 3 days remote per week (must live within commutable distance from Lebanon, IN)

POSITION SUMMARY:

The primary function/purpose of this job.

The Associate Brand Manager is responsible for assisting in building the Festool brand and contributing to our business results by deploying consumer-centric solutions in collaboration with cross-functional teams. Reporting to the Director of Marketing, the Associate Brand Manager has a broad range of responsibilities including brand plan development and execution, ongoing business analytics, creative and media campaigns, retail/channel management and budget management.

Job Duties/Accountabilities:

This list should address at least 80 percent of the job’s content.

Essential Functions:

Assist in the development and implementation of short and long-term marketing objectives and strategies. Lead the development and execution of brand plans and tactics to deliver against agreed upon goals.
Assist Marketing Director in the development of brand strategy, consumer segmentation, targeting and positioning of brand and consumer targets.
Participate in the creative development process and execution of advertising campaigns across brand-building and new product launch campaigns.
Lead day-to-day brand budget management and ensure financial responsibility within budgetary parameters. Responsible for maintaining budgets and forecasts monthly.
Lead brand business analysis. Continuously monitor business performance to ensure brand is tracking against goals. Responsible for using and understanding internal and external data resources to identify issues and opportunities to drive both brand development and sales performance.
Assist Marketing Director in the development of all media plans and initiatives.
Assist Marketing Director to develop and maintain in-store planograms & display guidelines.
Manage marketing collateral inclusive of development, ordering process and inventory management across point-of-sale materials and branded merchandise.
Lead the development and execution of retailer programming, custom marketing & events.
Maintain constant and concise communication of assigned marketing-related programming with internal and external partners.
Prepare material for executive updates, internal and external sales, and retailer meetings, etc. as required.

Non-Essential Functions:

Perform all other assigned tasks and requirements as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum requirements to competently perform the key responsibilities of this job in terms of educational background, work experience, licenses/certifications or other knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree with relevant focus (Marketing, Business, Management, etc.) - MBA Strongly preferred

Years of Experience:

3+ years of work/intern experience in brand marketing or related field

Other Qualifications:

Professional maturity.
Exceptional organization and project management skills
Strong writing, presentation, and verbal communication skills
Strong commercial and financial acumen, with experience working with P&L's a plus
Demonstrated skill in building and leading strong cross-functional teams; exposure to managing agency partners
Exposure to the development of brand strategy – consumer segmentation, consumer targeting, brand positioning and brand architecture; exposure to the annual brand planning process.
Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated aptitude to utilize trend analysis, syndicated and customized research and other sources to turn data and information into actionable insights.
Exposure to or ability to develop creative briefs for use by agencies and internal support groups; Strong creativity skills with the ability to evaluate creative work in the context of brand strategy.
Strong verbal, presentation, and written communications skills; proven track record for working effectively with cross functional teams
Ability to work within a fast-paced team setting, and interact and influence credibly with different levels of management
Highly motivated, self-driven with a high sense of urgency to meet timelines and the ability to work without daily guidance
Ability to speak, read, write, and comprehend English is required
Understanding of the tool industry/trades a plus, but not required

ADA Factors

Physical: For each physical demand in the job, describe the job activity involved.

If appropriate, describe accommodations which may be available.

	Activity	% of Time	Comments
1.	Standing	10
	Walking	10
	Sitting	80

	Activity	Frequency *	Lbs.	Comments
2.	Lifting	infrequent	20 lbs.
	Carrying	infrequent	20 lbs.
	Pushing	infrequent	20 lbs.
	Pulling	infrequent	20 lbs.
	* (Frequency: hourly / daily / weekly / occasional / infrequent)

	Activity	Yes/ No/Occas.	Comments
3.	Climbing	No
	Balancing	No
4.	Stooping	No
	Kneeling	Occasional
	Crouching	Occasional
	Crawling	No
5.	Handling	Yes	Paperwork, files
	Reaching	Yes	Paperwork, files
	Above shoulder	No
6.	Repetitive Hand Movement	Yes	Typing
	Grasping	Yes	Paperwork, files
	Fine Manipulation	Yes	Typing, paperwork
7.	Repetitive Foot Movement	No
8.	Speaking	Yes	Phone and personal interactions
	Hearing	Yes	Phone and personal interactions
9.	Seeing	Yes	Computer and paperwork
	Depth Perception	No
	Color Vision	Yes	Managing digital creative

Environmental: For each environmental condition in the job, describe the conditions involved. If appropriate, describe accommodations which may be available.

	Environmental	Condition *	Comments
1.	Inside/Outside	Inside
2.	Cold/Heat	Normal
3.	Wet/Dry	Normal
4.	Noise/Vibrations	Normal
5.	Hazards	Normal
6.	Fumes/Dust/Odors	Normal
	* Indicate either condition listed in the “Environmental” column, or “Normal” or “None” if applicable.

	Other Factors	Comments

*The Company is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against applicants or employees for employment on the basis of an individual’s race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.

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