Marketing Coordinator - Promotion Operations (On-Site)

Oak Brook, IL (On-site)

$58K/yr – $72K/yrEntry LevelFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end promotional operations including offers, hot sheets, Gift Card Program logistics, Ace Rewards support, and cross-functional marketing system improvements across merchandising, IT, and marketing teams.

  • Lead development and deployment of promotional content and bulletins across channels
  • Collaborate with merchandising, IT, and marketing to optimize tools and data accuracy

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Maintain promotional offers and support Win the Month planner offers and bulletin content development
  • Build, validate and deploy promotional hot sheets across promotional channels, including Instant Savings
  • Support day to day Gift Card Program administration, account maintenance and problem resolution
  • Manage Ace Rewards operations support, including direct mail hot sheets , customer transfers, retailer support and flag updates
  • Administer marketing systems and recommend improvements to tools, processes and data accuracy
  • Develop strong cross functional relationships with merchandising, marketing and information technology partners
  • Create specialty promotional bulletins for grand openings and retailer ad groups
  • Proof marketing materials and validate promotional offers through point-of-sale testing

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • Strong customer service mindset
  • Ability to adapt to and support positive change
  • Advanced computer skills and ability to learn new systems quickly
  • Strong Microsoft Office proficiency
  • Analytical problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to partner effectively with business teams and management
  • Strong time management and prioritization skills
  • Technology aptitude and comfort working with marketing systems

Preferred

  • Experience supporting retail marketing or promotional operations
  • Familiarity with point-of-sale testing, promotional offer systems or gift card program administration

Benefits

  • In addition to providing our employees a great culture, Ace 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 (company growth over the past 5 years resulted in incentives being paid out at an average of 122% of your target opportunity!)
  • - Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution the first year in addition to quarterly contributions and annual discretionary contribution (once eligibility requirements have been met).  Over the past 5 years, company contributions (matching, quarterly & discretionary) for fully eligible employees have averaged 10% of total eligible 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 Ace 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 Ace 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
  • - Ace 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 Ace holds 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!
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ACE Hardware

Now in Afghanistan, Since 1924, Ace Hardware has been known as the place with the helpful hardware folks in thousands of neighborhoods across America, providing customers with a more personal kind of helpful. In 2017, Ace ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Home Improvement Retail Stores, Eleven Years in a Row," according to J.D. Power. With more than 5,100 hardware stores locally owned and operated across the globe, Ace is the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world. Headquartered in Oak Brook, Ill., Ace and its subsidiaries operate an expansive network of distribution centers in the U.S. and also have distribution capabilities in Ningbo, China; Colon, Panama; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Its retailers' stores are located in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and approximately 55 countries.

Founded in 1924
Kabul District, Kabul Province, AFG
5.3K employees (88 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$58K/yr – $72K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
69 (1% of company)
Median Career Experience
3 years
Median Tenure
2.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
50.2%
Direct
35.3%
Referral
4.9%
Social
8.5%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~5.3K

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Marketing Coordinator - Promotion Operations (On-Site)

ACE Hardware · Oak Brook, IL · On-site