National Director, Trade Marketing

USA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Execute commercial marketing initiatives that support company revenue, market share, and growth objectives.
  • Partner with Sales and Marketing leadership to develop and execute annual commercial marketing plans.
  • Translate business priorities into effective market-level execution strategies.
  • Identify opportunities to increase revenue, distribution, retail performance, and brand visibility.
  • Lead go-to-market execution for new product launches, seasonal campaigns, and strategic initiatives.
  • Monitor market performance and recommend improvements based on key business metrics and market insights.
  • Lead, coach, and develop State Field Marketing Managers across multiple markets.
  • Oversee the national Brand Ambassador program, ensuring activities align with sales priorities and commercial objectives.
  • Establish execution standards, productivity metrics, and performance expectations for Field Marketing and Brand Ambassador teams.
  • Manage retail activations, experiential programs, community events, product launches, and local partnerships.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field required.
  • 8+ years of progressive experience in Trade Marketing, Commercial Marketing, Field Marketing, Sales Marketing, or Customer Marketing.
  • 5+ years of experience leading multi-state field or commercial marketing teams.
  • Demonstrated success partnering with Sales organizations to drive revenue growth.
  • Experience managing commercial marketing budgets and measuring return on investment.
  • Strong understanding of trade marketing, retail marketing, promotional planning, customer development, and sales enablement.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and deliver measurable business results.
  • Strong leadership, analytical, financial management, communication, and project management skills.
  • Travel up to 40% as business needs require.
  • A valid driver's license and the ability to travel by air and automobile are required.

Preferred

  • Experience within cannabis, CPG, beverage, alcohol, tobacco, or other highly regulated consumer industries.
  • Experience with retailer marketing, B2B CRM platforms, marketing automation, and lifecycle marketing.
  • Experience managing strategic retail partnerships and Joint Business Planning (JBP).
  • Experience supporting multi-state product launches and commercial organizations.

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