Sales Coordinator

Midea•Eau Claire, WI

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Midea America Corp. is a U.S. subsidiary within Midea Group, the Fortune 500 giant known for making life easier for millions around the globe. As the world’s top maker of home appliances, Midea is proud of its 166,000+ employees and presence in 200+ countries, including here in the U.S. Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., with an innovation hub in Louisville, Kentucky, Midea America is dedicated to providing practical innovations that surprise and delight, creating moments to cherish at home. Midea's lineup of appliances - from refrigerators to air conditioners, laundry solutions and floor care - are high quality, reliable, and affordable. By thoughtfully engineering performance, convenience, and design into every product, Midea delivers on the promise of every appliance to make your life a little easier.

Requirements

BA/BS in Business, Math, Finance, or Supply Chain
Strong Microsoft Excel abilities
Analytical
Ability to perform multiple tasks at once
Experience working with a vendor who sells Menards
Actively review sales forecasts and recommend adjustments with reasonings.
Review, inspect, and communicate Menard purchase forecast needs. Address concerns and recommend adjustments far enough in advance to ensure inventory availability.
Completing yearly goals set at the beginning of the year in accordance to the outline and dates.

Responsibilities

Coordinating and overseeing the flow with buyers and inventory analysts to grow the Menards business.
Resolving store and customer issues involving parts and service independently.
Collaborating with Menards Onsite Analyst on weekly tracking reports and packing list requests data collection, responsible for sending information to parties listed.
Holding weekly meetings with Menards analysts to review sales and forecast.
Creating Weekly and Monthly reports for the Menards analysts highlighting store service levels and promotional performance.
Collaborating with Midea Inbound team to reduce compliance charge exposure.
Collaborating with Sales Director on internal Midea forecasts.
Assisting in Product Line Reviews, product set up, and presentation completion as needed.
Responsible for product set up within stores from start to finish.
Traveling to retail stores once a month to audit product on display and ensure correct merchandising of product.
Attending customer meetings as necessary.
Reviewing upcoming promotions, providing forecasts and replenishment action plans to achieve high sales and service levels.
Recapping currently running promotions with comments on performance and actions needed.
Commenting on ad performance after completion and suggesting improvements for future promotions.
Providing updated ETAs on all open POs, noting affected promotions if POs will be delayed.
Following up on past due orders to ensure correct receipt.
Suggesting new item order quantities for POG sets.
Suggesting forecasts for new items and the Annual SKU Base Forecast.
Communicating delivery dates and concerns.
Tracking sales and suggesting adjustments as needed or if they are selling to expectations.
Tracking discontinued sell-through and any needed actions.
Providing changes to the buy file for new stores (SKUs needing more sent, discontinued SKUs needing to be removed, etc.).
Tracking and updating the Menards team on POs daily.
Placing orders/tracking sales daily for 3-4 weeks after opening.
Holding weekly meetings with agendas sent the day prior, summarizing talking points and action items from the prior meeting. Meeting minutes are due within 2 days afterwards or by EOD Friday of the week. Topics include current and upcoming advertising, review of GAINS assemblies, Sales VS Forecast report, report on never out and high out of stock SKUs, review backorder issues, and review service levels & stock turns.
Quickly summarizing sales data, service level, promo information, and any highlights or lowlights that took place in weekly and monthly reports.
Discussing sales from the past week/month, explaining reasoning behind large sales variances, and including YTD sales information.
Discussing service levels over the past week/month, explaining reasoning behind large service level variances, mentioning service level goals, and explaining actions to meet those goals.
Discussing past week/month promo results and/or upcoming promotional information.
Including information on turns for the past month and explaining reasoning behind any large variance in turns (monthly report only).
Including scorecard information and explaining any changes to the scorecard, and explaining actions to improve poor metrics (monthly report only).
Including other info such as new stores, new product rollouts, store visits, and any other news or information.
Answering daily emails about inventory & forecasting concerns or product questions urgently.
Expediting POs and special orders when necessary.
Knowing their programs ordering/review schedule, including holiday schedule adjustments or warehouse closures.
Informing the appropriate Analyst/Merchant Team about PTO/working from home.
Maintaining 30 hours a week in the office.