MarketSource - New Haven, CT

posted 3 months ago

Full-time - Entry Level
New Haven, CT
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

LG Electronics / MarketSource is currently searching for a Territory Account Representative to partner with our client's retail program. The LG Brand Expert connects the physical and digital environments where consumers explore, learn, and shop for appliances. This role is pivotal in managing local relationships with retail partners, driving awareness, implementing initiatives, collecting and communicating market intelligence, and increasing sell-out across the territory. The LG Brand Expert will also engage directly with consumers through various channels, including social media, to enhance brand visibility and consumer engagement. In this position, the Territory Account Representative will provide both in-person and virtual store support. Responsibilities include training, educating, and motivating store personnel on product features, customer benefits, and the overall value proposition of LG products. The representative will influence district and store leaders to support share increase and sell-out strategies within their assigned territory locations. They will execute action plans at both territory and store levels, focusing on driving increased sales, market share, store mind share, and sell-out performance. The role requires developing and maintaining strong relationships with client field leadership and retailer field leadership and associates within the assigned territory. The representative will ensure that sales, market, and competitive information are recorded and submitted after each retailer visit through The MarketSource Reporting Tool. Additionally, they will connect with local retail partner stores and field management to identify regional training opportunities and deliver associate training within the assigned territory. The Territory Account Representative will also support strategic initiatives and marketing programs, ensuring that brand visual presence objectives are met by maintaining the physical presentation of display models in assigned retail locations. This includes ensuring all signage or point of purchase materials are in place and that products are properly priced. Daily or weekly travel to retail stores is required to ensure that areas are properly displayed, maintained, and merchandised. On the social media front, the representative will manage LG's social media presence to build brand awareness and engage with audiences. This includes understanding core audiences, creating and maintaining an online following across various platforms, and utilizing activities that increase brand value and product knowledge. The representative must possess the ability to connect with consumers and sales associates, maintaining a positive demeanor and expressiveness needed to convey core messaging and training effectively. Overall, this position requires a proactive, high-energy individual with strong relationship-building skills, excellent presentation and communication abilities, and a demonstrated track record in territory account sales. The representative must be able to work independently, multi-task, and respond to various situations while maintaining strong organizational skills and creative problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Train, educate, and motivate appropriate store personnel on product features, customer benefits, and overall value proposition.
  • Influence District and Store leaders to support share increase and sell-out strategies within their assigned territory locations.
  • Execute action plans at territory and store levels with focus on driving increased sales, market share, store mind share, and sell-out performance.
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with client field leadership and retailer field leadership and associates within assigned territory.
  • Ensure sales, market, and competitive information are recorded and submitted after each retailer visit through The MarketSource Reporting Tool.
  • Connect with local retail partner stores, field and district management to identify regional training opportunities.
  • Deliver associate training within assigned territory.
  • Support strategic initiatives and marketing programs.
  • Meet or exceed brand visual presence objectives by maintaining the physical presentation of display models in assigned retail locations.
  • Ensure all signage or point of purchase materials are in place and the product is properly priced.
  • Drive to retail stores on a daily/weekly basis to ensure that areas are properly displayed, maintained, and merchandised, and are neat, clean, and in working/demo order.
  • Respond to retailer issues and concerns in a timely manner.
  • Manage Social Media presence to build LG Brand Awareness and make an IMPACT.
  • Understand core audiences and how to level social media to influence.
  • Create and maintain online following and followers across various Social Media platforms including Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, and others.
  • Maintain Brand presence across a variety of platforms and connect with users.
  • Utilize activities that increase brand value, awareness, product knowledge, and sales to consumers and in-store retail space.
  • Collect and communicate market intelligence, best practices, customer feedback, and market competition in assigned geography and vertical.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business or Marketing and/or 4+ years in retail sales or retail sales management experience required.
  • 3+ years retail home appliance, home electronics, or home technology experience mandatory.
  • Demonstrated track record of territory account sales.
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills.
  • Strong relationship building skills and flexible style.
  • Proactive, high energy, self-motivated, an entrepreneurial 'can do' attitude.
  • Demonstrated successful history of influencing without authority.
  • Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision.
  • Must be able to multi-task and respond to a variety of situations.
  • Strong organizational skills.
  • Demonstrated creative problem-solving abilities.
  • Comfortable/Experience in running video chat equipment.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience with operating camera equipment (including Smart Phone and App based).
  • Good financial analysis/analytical skills.

Benefits

  • Cell phone reimbursement
  • Mileage reimbursement
  • Paid training
  • Referral program
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