Responsibilities

• The Wholesale Marketing Specialist role is a newly created position that seeks to bridge the many marketing requirements of the wholesale sales channel and its stakeholders with the overarching OMEGA USA and global marketing strategy, driving efficiencies and maximizing the COOP budget and activity.
• The Wholesale Marketing Specialist will need to possess and refine their generalist marketing knowledge to advise on COOP strategy/planning under the guidance of the Events and Trade Marketing Director
• Guideline development, deployment, and ongoing refinement
• Tactical deployment: media matters, events, digital marketing (including social)– liaising with dedicated OMEGA marketing departments in these fields as well as back to the Retailers and Regional Sales Managers
• Coordinate on-site visits and briefing processes with retailers, working in lock step with Sales, Store Design and VM to ensure a productive travel schedule and accurate “face time” market representation in the field
• Detailed reporting and record keeping of calls, activity and visits to ensure key learnings and action points are captured and shared in a timely manner
• Agency management of dedicated COOP claims administrator, including daily and weekly communication
• Budget responsibility across the entire COOP cost center, including accurate monthly closings, revisions (R1 – 3) and reallocations of funds to ensure maximum spend and return
• Precise record keeping and an ability to introduce and maintain new processes and administrative efficiencies
• Ability to handle multiple – sometimes conflicting – stakeholders and priorities, developing new communication channels and reacting in a timely manner, particularly to external stakeholder requirements (thus enhancing the OMEGA image in the marketplace, acting as an enhancement to the account team to enable more definition between sales and marketing)
• Brand guardianship of the OMEGA trademark, ensuring marketing initiatives, market assets and activities are to the highest OMEGA standards, intervening when issues or potential issues arise

Requirements

• Minimum of 4 years marketing and or high level administrative/account management experience required
• Experience in retail and/or luxury goods
• Experience with Power Point, Excel and SAP required
• An open and effective communicator who can act as a consolidated voice and advocate for wholesale with impeccable organization, tenacious follow up and a reassuring presence
• The role will encompass approximately 30% travel and require extended hours as necessary

Preferred

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required. Business, marketing, media, communications, or public relations concentration preferred

Benefits

• Excellent health, dental and vision insurance (employee and dependents are eligible 1st of the month following 30 days; generous employer contribution)
• Immediate participation in the 401(k) and 100% vested employer match after one year (maximum 4% employer match with 5% employee contribution)
• Company paid life insurance and Long Term Disability
• 18 PTO days per year, 23 PTO after 5 years
• 7 days per year extended paid time for medical, parental and military leave
• Holiday pay
• Voluntary FSA, STD, Accident/Hospital Indemnity insurance
• Employee product discount
• Transitchek Program – Save money on commuting to work and/or parking with up to $270 pre-tax dollars per month