Consumer Marketing Specialist

Location: Fort Wayne, IN

Level: Salary

Division / Department: Marketing

Reporting to position: Consumer Marketing Manager

Travel: Approx. 25%

About the Role:

The Consumer Marketing Specialist partners with store owners (members) to help grow their retail sales by assisting them in designing and implementing a consumer-focused marketing strategy designed to increase store traffic, top line sales, and profitability. This position will collaborate with our members, corporate staff, and vendors who assist us in creating and distributing marketing materials, including print, digital and website presences, and promotional in-store elements. An aptitude and enthusiasm for data driven marketing will help drive success within this role.

Responsibilities include…

• Consult and negotiate with members and field staff about decisions regarding consumer marketing programs, and ensure successful implementation

• Basic knowledge of marketing strategies including (but not limited to) print, loyalty programs, eCommerce, or digital marketing.

• Advise members on value and process to customize promotions

• Maintain continuous contact with all members to increase marketing efforts, regardless of member sales volume or past participation.

• Increase Do it Best Member involvement in all consumer marketing programs.

• Provide members with analysis of their current marketing program and make recommendations for improvements

• Recommend integrated marketing opportunities for members using all consumer data and POS Data in order to maximize store traffic, retail sales and profitability.

• Special projects as assigned by the Consumer Marketing Manager

  Education and Experience…

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing/business, or equivalent experience

• Consumer marketing experience (desired)

• Consumer focused experience with printed, digital, website, email, social media, or loyalty advertising material or programs (desired)

  Skills and Abilities…

• Ability to provide recommendations and gain member buy-in

• Good organizational and communication skills

• Ability to work creatively and well with others

• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and take initiative to meet deadlines

• Ability to review and effectively interpret data from multiple sources

  Benefits available to you:

• Full insurance benefits package including Medical, Dental, & Vision with a premium free plan available

• Paid time off to foster work/life balance

• Profit sharing

• Bonus Pay opportunities

• Retirement funding opportunities

• Education reimbursement

• Health club reimbursement

• Career advancement opportunities

  Please note that for this role, relocation assistance is not available. Candidates should be willing and able to work in Fort Wayne, IN without the need for relocation support. We encourage local candidates or those already planning to move to the area to apply.

  About Do it Best:

  At Do it Best, we take pride in being the only U.S. - based, member-owned hardware, lumber, and building materials buying cooperative in the home improvement industry. Our philosophy is to serve thousands of member-owned locations in more than 50 countries by offering a full menu of exceptional merchandise and services, allowing member owners to be independent retailers to best serve their community’s needs with competitive pricing. Our success in reaching over $5 billing in annual sales stems from our mission to make the best even better, and our goal to help our members grow and achieve their dreams.

  Culture:

  Each team member is valued as a real, whole person, with their own intrinsic value and certainly not treated like a number. We do our best to support your career growth through one-on-one training, conferences, tuition assistance, mentoring and more. We also encourage authentic relationships by hosting social events and fostering a culture where you can make lasting friendships. In fact, the three aspects of careers at Do it Best that our team members value most are the culture, the compensation, and the reward.

  Our Philosophy: Serving others as we would like to be served

  Our Mission: Making the best even better

  Our Goal: Helping members grow and achieve their dreams