Senior Key Account Manager - Lowe's

Company Description

At the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, we know that every career matters. Which is why you should conduct yours on a grand scale. Headquartered in the northwest Chicago suburb of Mount Prospect, we are a division of Bosch, a multinational engineering and electronics organization and the largest privately held employer in the world.

Guided by the principles of founder Robert Bosch, we offer a setting where social and environmental responsibility are part of our corporate DNA. Always mindful of our impact on the future, we are committed to sustainability, paying it forward, giving back, and lifelong learning. These are but a few of the reasons why our parent company has more than 400,000 associates and a legacy of success spanning 135+ years.

With sales opportunities in retail, industrial, and e-commerce channels, we’re part of a global powerhouse earning $80 billion euros a year.

Play an integral role in a division that drives the success of our large, privately held consumer products organization. Offering the vast resources to maximize your effectiveness, we provide the support you need to achieve your most important objectives. Depending on your role within Sales, you can bring our products to market through three different and efficient channels: retail, industrial, and e-commerce. Featuring such popular brands as Bosch®, Dremel®, and Rotozip®, we offer opportunities to reinforce our strong reputation for quality, grow new business, and expand upon our existing relationships with some of the most influential distributors in power tools. 

This is your chance to Go big. Go bold. And use your sales skills to drive success on a massive scale, with the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation.

Robert Bosch Tool Corporation offers the competitive compensation, career-development resources, and benefits you would expect of a world leader, including health, medical and financial plans; work/life balance and flexible work options.

Job Description

This role is hybrid remote with 60% weekly in-office presence in Mooresville, NC. (3 days in office per week)

• Leverage expertise and experience growing Bosch power tool business at Lowe's to manage a simple core business and drive the brand into new departments within Lowe's
• Utilize growth mindset to find new opportunities, lead the brand into creating the right solutions for Lowe's and successfully selling in and through at Lowe's
• Quickly and effectively bring Lowe's customers digital experience with the brand to the next level (strong marketing support to achieve)
• Manage and implement existing Bosch strategies, promotions, programs and objectives to ensure timely and effective outcomes
• Development of excellent working relationship as a business leader with customer decision makers/influencers through effective working relationships at all levels, as well as internal team members
• Analysis of trends, inventory, purchasing patterns and evaluation of account business, forecasting of account inventory requirements
• Review SKU listings to achieve best share position and optimization of account inventory and purchasing pattern

Qualifications

• Omni-channel experience with strong sales and digital focus and mindset
• 3 to 7 years of experience in Lowe's merchandising role, Vendor Key Account Manager, National Account Manager or Business Development roles 
• University Degree or College Diploma preferred 
• Strong computer skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SAP and/or CRM experience preferred
• Excellent presentation, forecasting and analytical skills with a strategic mindset
• Organized with the ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast paced environment
• Ability to travel up to 25%

Additional Information

By choice, we are committed to a diverse workforce – EOE/Protected Veteran/Disabled.

BOSCH is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Initiatives

• FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
• AWIM (A World In Motion)

Thanks to the work of every associate, Bosch has been recognized for award-winning culture by the following organizations:

• Great Place to Work™ Certified, 2024
• Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, 2024
• America’s Best Large Employers, 2024
• America’s Best Employers for Diversity, 2024
• America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women, Newsweek2024
• Greatest Workplaces for Diversity, Newsweek 2024

Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization is not available.