Ace Hardware Corp

Territory Manager - Maine

Ace Hardware Corp$80K — $95K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of Business to Business sales experience preferred.
  • Hardware sales experience is an advantage.
  • Strong listening and negotiation skills required.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication abilities are essential.
  • Strong strategic thinking and planning capabilities needed.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects effectively.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

  • Grow customer base by prospecting new Independent Hardware Retailers and Pro Dealers.
  • Develop strategic sales plans to increase overall sales volume.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key decision makers.
  • Organize weekly customer sales routes and calls efficiently.
  • Communicate successes and challenges to the Leadership Team for support.
  • Resolve customer issues by collaborating with internal teams quickly.
  • Share ideas and sales successes with team members for collective goals.

Benefits

  • Incentives based on role, with a history of exceeding target payouts.
  • 401(k) with immediate vesting and annual discretionary contributions.
  • Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, vision, and disability.
  • 21 days of vacation and up to 6 paid holidays.
  • Company car, phone, and fuel card provided for field positions.
  • Annual Cares Week for volunteering and community impact.
  • Extensive employee development and coaching programs available.
  • Frequent campus events for employee appreciation and community building.
  • Mobile services offered for convenience, including car maintenance and spa.
  • Discounts on Ace merchandise and various services.
  • Paid bonding time off for birth/adoption and reimbursed adoption costs.
Full Job Description
LOCATION: Candidate must reside within Bangor, Augusta, or anywhere down east Maine.

The Territory Manager is responsible for growing the overall customer base by prospecting for new customers, focusing on Independent Hardware Retailers and Pro Dealer Retailers. Once retailers are activated, the Territory Manager will work with the customer to increase total sales volume within a defined geographic territory. The Territory Manager is focused on gaining profitable sales through weekly warehouse orders, convention sales opportunities, dropship programs, and selling other promotional programs. They will analyze each retailer and develop specific customer strategies based on customer needs, all while providing solutions that meet Emery Jensen objectives. The role will execute the identified strategic initiatives and focus objectives for the field sales organization. The Territory Manager manages the customer relationship and will be the liaison between the customer and Emery Jensen. As necessary, the Territory Manager may be required to attend industry related trade shows, such as, but not limited, to The National Hardware Show, The IGC Show and other industry related events.

Key Accountabilities:
  • Deliver annual sales and profit objectives by developing a strategic sales plan that engages retailers and will increase the Emery Jensen customer base within a defined geographic territory.
  • Represent Emery Jensen both professionally and ethically in all day to day activities.
  • Develop and foster strong business relationships with key decision makers to grow the overall Emery Jensen business.
  • Organize and prioritize weekly customer sales routes and calls to meet Emery Jensen goals and objectives.
  • Effectively communicate with the Emery Jensen Leadership Team with both successes as well as challenges to gain insight and support in achieving Emery Jensen goals and objectives.
  • Effectively communicate with the internal Sales Support Team, the Care Center and other internal business partners to resolve customer issues and questions in a timely manner.
  • Collaborate and communicate with Emery Jensen team members to share ideas and sales successes to help in achieving goals and objectives.
  • Displays sound judgement in relation to expenses (travel and entertainment, car, etc.).


Job Requirements:
  • Personally motivated self-starter and results oriented individual focused on solutions based on customer's needs.
  • 5- years of Business to Business sales experience preferred.
  • Hardware sales experience a plus.
  • Excellent listening and negotiating skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong strategic thinking abilities with an emphasis on developing a sales growth plan and the ability to insure implementation.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple projects and opportunities.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Extensive travel required including overnight travel.
  • Valid driver's license required.
  • BA/BS degree or equivalent preferred.

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Compensation Details:

$80000 - $95000 per year

Why should you join our team?

We live our values - W.E.L.I.G.H.T (Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility, and Teamwork). Gratitude. Humility. Love. You don't often see values like these in most corporate statements, but Emery Jensen is different. These things are important to us. They represent our commitment to the company, our employees, our retailers and our brand.

In addition to providing our employees a great culture, Emery Jensen also offers competitive benefits* that address life's necessities and perks, many of which expand and improve year after year, including:

  • Incentive opportunities, based on role/grade level (rapid company growth over the past 2 years resulted in incentives being paid out above 116.96% of your target opportunity!)


  • Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution the first year, in addition to an annual discretionary contribution (once eligibility requirements have been met). Over the past five years, company contributions (matching & discretionary) for fully eligible employees have averaged 6.6% of total compensation.
  • Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision and disability - up to 26 weeks short-term disability and long-term disability) & life insurance benefits for you and your dependents
  • 21 days of vacation immediately available (prorated in the first year) and up to 6 paid holidays depending on the month of hire
  • Company Car, phone and fuel card are provided for field-based positions
  • Your career at Emery Jensen is more than just a job. It's a chance to be part of something meaningful. We help locally-owned businesses thrive and make an impact in their communities - and we support our employees in doing the same by offering an annual Cares Week, 20 hours off work per year to volunteer at an organization of your choice, opportunities to help Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and the Ace Helpful Fund through the Ace Foundation
  • Emery Jensen invests in every employee we hire, with a key focus on development and coaching. We offer on-site classes, facilitator-led courses, and a generous tuition assistance program, plus a performance management approach that goes beyond the typical annual review
  • We know the work environment matters. That's why we hold frequent campus events like Employee Appreciation Week, vendor demos, cookouts, and merchandise sales
  • We bring them to you! Services such as mobile spas, auto maintenance, car wash and detailing, dry cleaning, dentists, eye doctors, flu shots, recycling and more!
  • Employee discounts on Ace merchandise (including top brands like Weber, Traeger, Yeti, Craftsman, DeWalt and more), travel, fitness, computers and thousands more
  • Birth/Adoption bonding paid time off
  • Adoption cost reimbursement
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - access to free visits to therapists and lawyers, guidance on financial matters, elder and childcare, and assistance with tickets to entertainment events
  • Identity theft protection


* Benefits are provided in compliance with applicable policies.

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Emery Jensen delivers wholesale products and best-in-class service to independent retailers in the Pro Lumber Yards, Home Centers, Paint, Hardware Stores, Decorating Stores, and E-retailer space. Our goal is to support sustainable and profitable growth for our customers by offering the broadest assortments, best pricing, and most knowledgeable team. We have national scale, a regional focus and the commitment to serve our customers and support each other. Come find out why a career with Emery Jensen is right for you.

About Ace Hardware Corp

Ace Hardware Corporation is a hardware retailers' cooperative based in Oak Brook, Illinois, United States. It is the world's largest hardware retail cooperative, and the largest non-grocery American retail cooperative.
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1924
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