Marketing Manager - The Toro Company

Who Are We?

At The Toro Company's corporate headquarters in Bloomington, Minnesota we pride ourselves in being an industry leader for outdoor environment products. These markets include turf and landscape maintenance, snow and ice management, underground utility, specialty construction, and irrigation and outdoor lighting solutions. Our teams take pride in being on cutting edge of creating innovative products while partnering with world-class employees that bring passion to their everyday work. This is a company that truly values its employees with upward career mobility and advancement opportunities.

We invite you to become part of our team!

Our Marketing Manager - Walk Power Mowers is responsible for all product management activities for the residential walk behind mower product portfolio driving growth from the creation of customer value through comprehensive product life-cycle management on platforms including both gas and battery power. This position fosters collaborative relationships with leaders in Marketing, Sales, Engineering, and Integrated Supply Chain to maximize the value we can create for customers.

What Will You Do?

• Identify customer problems to be solved to shape product roadmaps containing both traditional and digital solutions.
• Identify and execute new product launches and business development opportunities in the residential markets with a focus on suburban and urban customers.
• Manage Profit and Loss (P&L) for assigned categories including providing leadership of category annual planning, retail promotions, and go-to market activities.
• Collaborate with key Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Integrated Supply Chain partners to deliver sales, market share and category profit objectives.
• Manage and execute category product roadmap built directly from customer insights.
• Partner with Customer Care team to ensure alignment on Toro Total Care model.
• Establish and maintain relationships with mass channel and dealer sales personnel.
• Support calendar of retailer events including product line reviews, go-to marketing planning, and training events.
• Effectively present recommended objectives, strategies, action/product plans, and business policies to the division leadership team.
• Ensure alignment with leadership on strategies, key milestones, and project launch timing.

JOB DIMENSIONS:

• Lead cross-functional teams for residential walk behind mower product development, product launch and management efforts.
• Domestic and Canadian focus to include collaboration with international marketing team.
• Broad retailer interaction to include dealer, distributor, mass retail, and online partners.
• Partnership with other residential and enterprise product categories for successful product launches and sales channel execution.
• Up to 25% travel (mostly domestic)

What Do You Need?

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or related discipline and five plus years of marketing or product related experience (MM II)/seven plus years of marketing or product related experience (MM III); a Master's degree a plus.
• Experience managing complex projects, ambiguity and possesses the capability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment.
• Preference given to candidates with demonstrated durable consumer goods experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to deliver clear and concise communications to cross-functional teams and executives.

What Can We Give You?

At The Toro Company, we are always working to make sure our employees know just how valued they are. In addition to a competitive salary, an affordable and top tier medical/dental/vision plan, 401k, and many other great benefits - The Toro company offers employees at our Bloomington, MN HQ location a variety of perks, including:

• Dress for your day - We know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why TTC employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual, corporate environment.

• Location - Conveniently located near both St. Paul and Minneapolis, we are centrally located for most commuters!

• Food - Take advantage of our onsite cafe, which serves both breakfast and lunch. With a Caribou Coffee attached, you can grab a snack and a coffee at any time during your day.

• Wellness - The Toro Company's HQ offers complimentary use of our onsite fitness facility to employees. In addition to physical wellbeing, TTC offers a variety of mental health and financial health resources to all employees.

• Volunteerism - The Toro Company is proud to provide employees 20 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community.

• Summer Hours - Enjoy a flexible schedule during the summer! By working a little more during the first few days of the week, TTC employees at our Bloomington HQ are able to start their weekends early and leave by noon on Friday.

• Flexible Work Arrangements - This team is currently implementing a hybrid work schedule. The opportunity to collaborate in the office and work from home part-time, has promoted team-building and flexibility. #LI-Hybrid

• Competitive Salary - The pay range takes into account skills, experience, education, and location. It is not common to be hired at or near the top of the range; compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Cash compensation is one piece of our competitive total rewards package. If you need to, you can access your pay early with the Even app.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.