Retail Operations Manager - Flowery Branch GA

Job Details

Job Location:

Makita Flowery Branch - Flowery Branch, GA 30542

Position Type:
Full Time

Salary Range: $85,000.00 - $95,000.00 Salary

Job Category:
Sales

Power Up Your Career with Makita USA!!!

At Makita USA, we believe our employees are the driving force behind our success. That’s why we offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to support your health, financial well-being, and professional growth. When you join Makita, you become part of a dynamic, innovative, and team-oriented culture that values hard work and dedication.

Makita is a worldwide leader in the professional power tool industry. Over the past 100 years, we have built a reputation for using the finest raw materials, the most advanced manufacturing equipment, and the most rigorous quality testing in the industry. Headquartered in La Mirada, CA, Makita U.S.A., with offices in Reno, NV, Wilmer, TX, and Flowery Branch, GA, has brought Makita's best-in-class engineering advantage to professional power tool users in America since 1970.

The Retail Operations Manager will directly support the Home Depot Retail Accounts team by operating in lockstep with the National Field Sales Coordinator, serving as the bridge between the retail sales and channel marketing teams, owning and overseeing all THD project planning and execution alongside the Retail Corporate Account Managers, and serving as the primary point of contact for the THD Projects, POG, and Space Planning Teams

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Responsible for gathering key information from Retail Corporate Account Managers to develop proactive field sales strategies, initiatives, and executions to share with the National Field Sales Coordinator
• Serves as the bridge between the retail sales team and the THD channel marketing business unit during store executions
• Facilitates THD project planning alongside Retail CAMs and the channel marketing team for signage, fixturing, and other in-store environment assets
• Responsible for overseeing MLX/MET projects from inception to end, including support in instructions/RIG writing, POG creation, store-level asks, and auditing
• Maintains ownership of, and monitors changes in assortments/AMTs/POGs monthly to relay any new findings to the CAM team
• Owns the relationship between the retail sales team and the THD MET projects, POG development and space planning teams, and will serve as the primary contact for MET leaders
• Conducts field research as needed by traveling to focus markets alongside the National Field Sales Coordinator ahead of MET/MLX projects, promotional periods, and market-specific executions, including regional THD-scheduled store walks, delivering findings to CAM team
• Maintains accurate demo tool lists for trade shows and all proof-of-concept merchandising spaces

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• 4+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with Home Depot supplier-facing systems including but not limited to Supplier Hub, MLX/Merch Logix, and The Home Depot’s Planogram Portal
• Experience in and knowledge of Home Depot store project planning, initiation, execution, and in-store environment standards
• Experience in/around large-scale, “Big Box” retail

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

This is a hybrid position based out of our Flowery Branch, Georgia office with semi-frequent visits to area Home Depot stores, other THD markets, alongside CAM and THD Merchant teams, as well as other travel as needed. This role routinely involves standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Travel required for meetings, training seminars, trade shows, and end-user presentations.