Our client, a highly successful and well established manufacturing company, headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, is looking for a communicative, savvy and energetic Marketing Director. Producing a range of diverse industry and specialty related construction products (B2B), this highly entrepreneurial and privately owned business has formed a relaxed, integrated and people-based culture that recognizes and rewards talent for their exceptional contributions. If you are a highly effective and technically innovative marketing leader, this may be a great career move for you.
YOUR ABILITIES You possess a hands-on talent for collaboration and leading a wide range of marketing strategies that span the North America market place. Whether working with the national sales group to drive leads, creating an online marketing program for inside sales or bringing new products to market with the research & development team, you strive to improve, integrate, innovate and optimize. Your experience has enabled you to develop, lead and execute highly focused marketing plans, initiatives and projects that utilize print mediums, communication strategies, technologies and platforms in an effort to better promote your company’s products, generate customers and further penetrate the market. Your in-depth understanding of the market and customer, along with your ability to source and work with subject matter experts, has aided in your success. You are versed in utilizing Salesforce and/or CRM software.
YOUR TALENT Throughout your career peers have complimented you on your marketing agility. You aren’t just about making things pretty and presentable – no, you are about making a positive impact on the bottom-line. Your capacity to garner outcomes is directly linked to your strong communication style, business prowess and understanding of technology. You have an advanced capability for analyzing, questioning, planning and executing. In saying so, you don’t get lost in the minutia nor does your idea need to be the right one. As a ‘walk the talk’ kind of person, reliability and follow-though are important traits to you. Possessing a genuine sense of curiosity along with an aptitude for scanning and absorbing information quickly has allowed you to see short and long terms areas for improvement, change and/or optimization.
YOUR LEADERSHIP Your authentic demeanor, belief in building mutual trust and level of intuitiveness has granted you with the ability to influence and collaborate with people to create impact. Past leaders and peers have appreciated your amicable, transparent and direct communication style. Your direct reports say that you have championed them to elevate their skill level and mentored them to become leaders. As much as you are a great manager, delegator and team player, you also demonstrate a high level of self-reliance that enables you to lead with a level of confidence and autonomy. This has come in handy during tight time lines when you need to make a tough decisions in order to get the job done.
WIN THE JOB Your post-secondary education in marketing, along with 8+ years of progressive experience in the industrial or manufacturing company, as a consultant or with a creative agency will heighten you in this competition. Having the competencies to lead and mentor a small team, along with managing vendors, adds to your ability to attain this role. Practiced knowledge of different marketing technologies/platforms (including SEO), Microsoft Office and experience with Sales Force or a related CRM software is also very valuable. Please Note: There is minimal (scheduled) travel that will be required, so a valid passport and the ability to meet any travel requirements to the USA and internationally is compulsory.
THROW YOUR HAT IN THE RING This is a career elevating position for a business-marketing leader who want to step up, apply their talent and lead this marketing department to new levels of success. Positive outcomes will result in growth and progression. Please send your resume to Cindy Nicholls Smith, Principal, AVID EXEC Ltd., cindy@avidexec.com. All information shared is kept in the strictest of confidence in keeping with all applicable laws and standards.
COVID Protocols: Please note that this role does require you to to work on-site. My client practices current COVID work safety protocols, as directed by AHS, including but not limited to: masking, social distancing, and hand-washing/alcohol.
Please note that due to the high volume of candidates responding to this job, only those candidates who possess the requirements will be contacted. AVID EXEC thanks all those that respond and will keep your information for future consideration. Candidates who possess the ability to work in Canada and currently reside in Edmonton will be given priority.
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