National Account Manager - Target

Company Description

GE Lighting, a Savant company, has been at the forefront of every major lighting innovation, from the first light bulb to industry-first LED and smart solutions along with the world’s first voice-embedded lighting product. Today it leads the North American retail lighting market as the most trusted, recommended and likely to purchase brand.

Savant Systems, Inc., is a true powerhouse delivering unmatched intelligent lighting and smart home solutions. Together, Savant and GE Lighting, a Savant company, offer a deep and diverse portfolio of bold and easy-to-use innovations across the retail and professional channels that are engineered for every home.

Savant, a recognized leader in home control and automation, is one of the fastest-growing smart home companies in the luxury and mid-markets.  Its powerful Pro technology brings climate, lighting, entertainment, security and energy together in a single, award winning application interface for homeowners.

GE Lighting, a Savant company brings over 100 years of experience in lighting to its Cync brand of smart home products.  We’re redefining how a smart home should work by making our user experience simple, intuitive, and fun.

We’re able to leverage Savant’s best-in-class professional home automation platform to bring features and functionality to DIYers that raise the bar for the entire smart home ecosystem.  We’ve expanded beyond lighting solutions, launching multiple camera, climate, and outdoor products in just the last year alone.

Job Description

Role Summary/Purpose:

GE Lighting, a Savant company, has an exciting opportunity for a National Account Manager to be at the forefront of our efforts to lead the lighting revolution with Target.  The NAM will take ownership for GE Lighting for both in-store and online business.  The NAM will be tasked with developing and implementing a long-term growth and profitability strategy while consistently delivering short and medium-term results.  The ideal candidate should be a self-starter with a passion for retail and e-commerce, a high-level of flexibility and commitment, proven analytical capabilities and project management skills.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Create, sell and execute account growth and profitability strategy at Target.
• Develop enviable working relationships with Target Merchandising teams.
• Proactively prepares annual line reviews and quarterly top to top meeting agendas and content.
• Proactively works collaboratively with merchant team on Target’s annual planning. Understands Target’s annual metrics and strategies, working with GE’s cross functional team to build annual business plans that deliver on both Target and GE’s objectives.
• Gains an in depth understanding of customer needs through interactions with Target corporate buying team - while working across the GE cross functional teams to meet Target’s needs across the 4P’s.
• Develops Target’s promotional planning into execution of national marketing initiatives.
• Coordinate with internal resources such as Marketing, Product Management and Supply Chain to help accomplish customer goals & initiatives.
• Lead / facilitate dialog between Target and GE marketing teams to execute national marketing initiatives.
• Responsible for managing and maintaining promotions/master SKU data using internal trackers/tools.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure the GE Lighting plan-o-gram (POG) is optimized for local markets, technology shifts and industry changes and profit. Establishes key partnership with Target Category Management resources.
• Precisely forecast revenue on a quarterly and annual basis.
• Gain comprehensive understanding of product line, competitive set and overall industry dynamics to effect positive change for Target and GE Lighting.
• Responsible for growing target.com business by working closely with GE Lighting eCommerce Director & assigned local agency.
• Leads internal monthly financial pulse forecasting meeting for Target.
• Resolves customer claims and disputes.
• Manages and attend all customer required meetings.
• NOTE – this position has the flexibility to be based from home in local headquarter market.

Qualifications

Qualifications/Requirements:

• BA / BS in Marketing, Management, Finance or Business Administration from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience working in a highly visible, selling role, with a consumer packaged goods (CPG) company (Including ability to identify, understand and communicate customer needs, market trends & buying strategies to GE Lighting leadership; ability to cut through status quo and build rapid responses to extremely dynamic situations and win).
• Experience with all levels of the