Retail Territory Manager - Fairfax, VA

Stanley Black & Decker•Fairfax, VA

2d•Remote

About The Position

As a Retail Territory Manager, you will be a part of the Retail Sales team working as a remote employee in your territory. You will manage a territory of Home Depot and Lowes accounts or a combination of these accounts. You will be responsible for managing your retail accounts and managing your daily activities including retail account visits. In this role, you will be responsible for analyzing metrics in SalesForce, Power BI, and ShowPad to strategically map out your customer routing schedule. The company is the world's largest tool company, industry visionaries, solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and their Industry 4.0 Initiative. They are committed to ensuring their state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to their customers & greater environmental and social value to their planet. They have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but have evolved into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Requirements

3-5 years of Retail Sales Experience in Consumer Goods Industry.
Willingness to travel regionally and work occasional weekends (8-10 annually).
Capable of handling, training on, and demonstrating products, including the ability to lift up to 50lbs.
Some additional physical labor will be required including climbing ladders and being on your feet for several hours a day.
Ability to analyze Power BI and SalesForce data to develop strategic growth plans to improve financial performance.
Possess an understanding and knowledge of IT Business systems (BW, Salesforce.com, Tool Commerce) and Microsoft Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Must pass Drug test & MVR.

Responsibilities

Driving Top Line Sales to deliver quarterly and annual POS Goals.
Partnering with Store and District Managers to understand and align strategies with their retail specific goals.
Analyzing POS by store and promotional performance to develop individualized store and territory sales plans.
Working closely with the Sales Operations team to inform them on needs to ensure proper inventory for promotional activities.
Driving execution strategy based on trends and SKU level detail by analyzing Power BI and SalesForce.
Selling In and executing national event activations to drive sales and gain market share, as well as developing and driving local territory activations.
Implementing national overdrive strategies to promote product sell-through and identify key territory specific opportunities to execute and measure performance.
Engaging Store and District Key Decision Makers to inform them of identified key initiatives and developing, selling in and implementing customized specific initiatives.
Partnering with retail service partners which will require active store and district level engagement inclusive of monthly district meetings and quality walks to assess servicing accountability and drive corrective actions.
Leveraging sales enablement tools to analyze data to identify sales gaps and create sales plans to close sales gaps.
Driving effective inventory management and retailer specific order writing with retail partners and developing exit strategies for Special Buy promotions.
Establishing, developing, and maintaining key relationships with professional end-users (Pro) through product and services solutions including job site blitzes, product training, product seeding, etc. at each retailer.
Executing monthly job site visits aligned with retailers’ pro strategies to provide product training, new product seeding, end user conversions, etc. to deliver pro target POS goals.
Effectively managing budgets (T&E, Demo Tool, etc.) to drive profitability.