Associate Business Manager (Job# 2594)

This position is a management training position. Associate Business Managers work closely with Business and Category Business Managers and customer headquarters personnel on a variety of marketing and sales issues. The focus of this work is to build our customer’s private label program in specific assigned categories through analysis and the development of marketing plans, product promotions, advertising, in-store displays, and merchandising strategies. Key objectives :To support our Private Label program and maximize our customer's and supplier's private label sales by understanding their objectives, resolving any daily issues or problems that arise, and building relationships with them.Maximize penetration and profits from private label products in assigned categories.Become an integral part of the customer’s management team.

 Specific Responsibilities:Develop the baseline principal product strategy. Develop and maintain productive, trusting relationships with principals. Establish and maintain effective relationships with customers. Create methods for managing an area of responsibility within pre-determined budget. Initiate and manage special projects as they occur. Successfully maintain on-going programs. Develop skills to create consumer demand for the products of our principals (drive private label sales). Be knowledgeable of and able to discuss the variables that need to be taken into consideration to assure that Daymon prospers as a company. Manage and develop people as required of the position. Effectively utilize Daymon and customer resources. Utilize Daymon systems for capturing sales/brokerage information and monitoring agreements. Be able to discuss the corporate brand business and the industry in general. Possess effective self-management skills. Facilitate and take part in knowledge sharing processes with Daymon Worldwide throughout the organization. Think and act strategically as well as tactically in the performance of the job.

 

Key Requirements:Bachelor Degree Preferred. Strong Microsoft system skills- need strong excel skills and access skills. Strong problem solving and analytical skills needed.