Job description
Primary Location
US-IL-Northfield
With fifty years of consecutive growth, Medline has more than 25,000 employees worldwide and business in more than 90 countries. Recently named one of the nation’s "Best and Brightest Companies to Work for,” Medline has a new, state-of-the-art corporate headquarters in Northfield, IL, just north of Chicago. To maintain this enviable position and continue our growth, we are looking for new talent, like you!
Medline offers entry level candidates the ability to take ownership and make an impact from the start. In addition to the role, Medline will provide you with learning, networking, and social opportunities throughout your career through training programs and fun events.
Under the direction of senior product management, the Associate Marketing Manager will develop, implement and manage marketing plans, promotions and other marketing/sales strategies developed for the market segments. We are seeking a dynamic, creative, and hard-working professional with a solid education or background in Marketing and/or Product Management and a desire to work for a fast-paced, large corporate organization. In addition to exceptional leadership and analytical skills, you must have a “roll-up your sleeves” attitude.
The challenging responsibilities of the position include:
- Assist with developing and implementing promo planning tactics against milestones established, work with the product divisions, sales and creative team to achieve a successful promo.
- Work with product divisions to develop solutions and supporting marketing plans to address identified needs.
- Understand and analyze the competitive marketplace and develop strategies to effectively compete for increased sales and profitability.
- Act as the liaison between product divisions and creative development team to ensure development of effective selling tools as well as prioritization of needs across divisions.
- Update and improve Medline.com catalog pages for product sales, as well as, designing new business landing pages aligning with division’s mission.
- Assist with marketing tactics and partnership projects.
- Maintain supplier-marketing calendar and manage active promotions to ensure Medline is meeting distributor duties. Survey reps on select topics such as best practices, promo, marketing collateral.
COVID-19 Vaccination:
Please be aware that Medline requires all employees starting in this position to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. This position will require the successful candidate to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated by their start date. Medline is an equal opportunity employer, and will provide reasonable accommodations to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated for COVID-19 consistent with federal, state, and local law.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Analytics, Finance, or related major required with a minimum 3.0 GPA preferred, senior standing
- Previous experience working in a marketing environment
- Excellent organizational, planning, communication and follow-up skills
- Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
- Experience with project management (for example: planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives).
- Experience defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions
- Experience understanding customer needs/priorities and skills to use that insight to develop innovative and effective marketing programs that generate sales.
- Experience communicating technical information to non-technical audiences.
- Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
- Willing to travel up to 25% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).
- Unrestricted permanent US work authorization
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