International Strategic Marketing Manager

Chesapeake, VA (On-site)

$106K/yr – $133K/yrMid Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 8 days ago

Job Summary

Own and drive strategic marketing analysis, go-to-market planning, product collaboration, and global marketing initiatives while leading lead generation, social media, and training content efforts across segments and subsidiaries.

  • Define and execute market strategies across assigned segments
  • Collaborate with Product, Sales, and Marketing teams on launches and GTM plans
  • Represent SMA in global marketing initiatives and maintain IP assets

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Create detailed strategic marketing analysis and plans and formal recommendations for evaluation.
  • Together with the Segment Managers (Business Unit Mangers) and Strategic Sales Manager, help identify go to market strategies as they relate to Marketing and in assigned market segments/ Industries; then implement these strategies to successful completion goals.
  • Work with the Product Management Team to help create annual and on-going product line strategies; provide input to the marketing communication team to ensure efficient execution of selected strategies from a marketing point of view.
  • Monitor and understand all aspects of competitor’s marketing strategies and develop responses to those strategies.
  • Develop marketing segment of product launch plans and help execute those plans.
  • Serve as single point of contact for marketing communications issues with subsidiaries, sister divisions and corporate headquarters.
  • Be the integral and key representative of SMA to the global marketing initiatives and projects involving Global HQ and other sister companies; lead many of these same global marketing efforts.
  • Maintain control of company intellectual property assets.
  • Work with the Strategic Sales team and Sr. Sales leadership to develop a lead generation system to foster and cultivate new sales.
  • Develop and maintain a Social Media Strategy to enhance brand awareness.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or Business. Master’s Degree is preferred or equivalent experience.
  • Seven (7) years of experience in marketing of manufactured products including product management responsibilities. Strategic and/or international marketing experience highly preferred
  • Three (3) years of project management experience primarily focused on marketing / product management.
  • Strong knowledge of marketing fundamentals such as marketing mix, segmentation, positioning, targeting and differentiation focused on power transmission.
  • Experience in working with cross-cultural teams across several facilities globally
  • Fluent in English Language required, Functional Spanish and/or Japanese is a preferred option
  • Any additional essential skills and/or knowledge as shown in the HRIS Career & Education > Skills section for incumbents holding this job title.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Paid Time Off- Including Volunteer Hours
  • Life and Accidental Death Insurance (Company Paid)
  • Short and Long Term Disability Insurance (Company Paid)
  • 401K, 401K Match- Access to Certified Financial Planner
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning
  • YMCA discount and more!
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Sumitomo Drive Technologies USA

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Sumitomo Drive Technologies brings the products and service expertise of three companies together as one to provide engineered solutions to our industrial power transmission customers.With installations worldwide, our products are the preferred choice by many of the largest and most recognized global companies. We understand your drive requirements, and through the synergies of our three organizations, we are confident we can provide you with the best solutions available today.

Founded in 1966
Chesapeake, Virginia, USA
684 employees (30 in marketing)
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Salaries

Posted range

$106K/yr – $133K/yr

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Marketing Team

Median Tenure
7.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
110K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$4.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
72.5%
Direct
13.4%
Referral
4.7%
Social
0.4%
Paid
0.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~684
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International Strategic Marketing Manager

Sumitomo Drive Technologies USA · Chesapeake, VA · On-site