Trade Marketing Manager

Diversified Botanics • Remote, USA

1d • $90,000 - $115,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Diversified Botanics is a high-accountability, execution-driven environment built for people who value ownership, operational discipline, and measurable impact. We move quickly, maintain high standards, and expect teams to operate with urgency, transparency, and respect for the work. This is a company for people who take pride in precision, communicate directly, adapt quickly, and understand that long-term credibility is built through consistency—not shortcuts.

This role builds and operates the trade marketing function that gives the field sales team the assets, programs, and execution needed to drive sell-through at the distributor and retail level. You sit at the bridge between brand marketing and sales — turning brand assets into selling tools, and turning trade dollars into measurable sell-through.

You will not inherit a built-out trade marketing function — you will build one from the ground up while supporting an active, fast-moving field sales team. You are the difference between a sales team that walks into buyer meetings with ammunition and one that walks in empty-handed.

Requirements

• 5–10 years in CPG trade marketing or shopper marketing, ideally in convenience, alt-tobacco, vape, supplement, or beverage channels
• Background at a challenger or category-leading CPG brand, or shopper marketing experience at a CPG agency with brand-side exposure
• Proven ability to design and execute a trade promotion calendar, not just administer one
• Hands-on experience with POP design/logistics, MAP enforcement coordination, and trade show execution
• Strong organizational discipline — this role tracks spend, ROI, and delivery timelines across multiple concurrent programs
• AI literacy is considered a core professional capability at Diversified Botanics. Team members are expected to actively explore and apply AI tools to improve execution, decision-making, and operational effectiveness.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

• Are energized by building a function from scratch rather than running one that's already built
• Can move between strategic calendar-building and hands-on execution (shipping POP, building a deck) in the same week
• Understand the difference between trade marketing, shopper marketing, and consumer marketing without needing it explained
• Can point to a specific trade promotion program you designed and measured the results of
• Are comfortable being the one who ships the boxes and builds the booth, not just the one who manages the agency doing it
• Want outsized influence — trade marketing in a lean org has far more strategic weight than the same title at a large, mature CPG company
• Come from a brand-creative background with no commercial or sell-through experience
• Rely heavily on agency partners to execute rather than doing the work yourself
• Need an established playbook before you can start — this function doesn't have one yet
• Prefer to stay in the strategy lane without getting hands-on with logistics and execution

Responsibilities

• Own the master sales collateral library — one-pagers, pitch decks, category review decks, JBP templates, ride-along leave-behinds, sample request brochures — and keep it current
• Design, procure, and ship in-store assets — shelf talkers, counter mats, light boxes, danglers, cooler clings, planogram strips — to distributors and direct accounts
• Build and execute the annual trade promotion calendar — volume rebates, MDF programs, growth incentives, new-SKU bundles, distributor-rep SPIFFs
• Coordinate MAP enforcement — receive violation reports from the field, run investigations, escalate to leadership and Legal, manage remediation
• Own the sample budget and inventory deployment, tracking cost and ROI
• Own trade show and event execution — NACS, TPE, Champs, ECRM, regional shows — including booth design, materials, and on-site logistics
• Build the launch package for every new SKU — distributor sell-in deck, retailer one-pager, POP package, promotional incentive — coordinated with Marketing and the field
• Maintain a trade marketing dashboard tracking spend by program, channel, and ROI, reviewed monthly with the CRO
• Coordinate with Marketing to keep all sales-facing materials on-brand, without owning brand creative yourself

Benefits

• 100% company-paid health premiums for employees and families
• Mental wellness and employee support resources
• Fitness reimbursement up to $1,000/year
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Professional development reimbursement up to $5,000/year
• $150/month in Diversified Botanics products plus 50% employee discount thereafter
• Free meals, drinks, and company celebrations
• Discretionary quarterly bonus program
• 401(k) with 100% match on the first 2% and 50% match on the next 4%

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed