Channel Marketing Manager – Ace Hardware

Milwaukee Tool

For over 100 years, Milwaukee Tool has led the industry with innovative solutions that redefine performance, productivity, and safety for the professional trades. Fueled by an unwavering commitment to its users, Milwaukee Tool pioneers breakthrough technologies, products, and services that empower tradespeople to excel in their work and return home safely each day. Milwaukee is dedicated to delivering a steady stream of advanced, trade-specific solutions from its global research, design and development facilities located across southeast Wisconsin.

We enable a fast-paced design environment where our employees experience the challenge and satisfaction of seeing a product evolve from concept to the shelves of our retail and distribution partners and into the hands of our professional users on the jobsite.

At Milwaukee Tool, we recognize your career path is as individual as you are. Whether you are considering joining us early in your career or you have been in the workforce for years, our priority is to help you meet your professional goals. Being part of a fast paced and innovative culture, professional development….WE CREATE EMPOWERED LEADERS

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Position Details

Channel Marketing Manager – Ace Hardware
Job
Full-time
Office/WFH
100% remote
8/21/2025
Southeast Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

The primary function of this position is to drive cross-functional initiatives that commercialize products and marketing programs for Ace Hardware. This role goes beyond support - it’s about owning the process, influencing stakeholders, and steering strategic growth.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Partner closely with National Account Managers and Ace Hardware to grow the business through Promotional Strategy Planning, Category Expansion, and New Product Commercialization with a focus on both Top and Bottom-line improvement
  • Cultivate key relationships and lead strategy development and execution of channel-specific commercialization initiatives with a cross functional team, ranging from Coordinators to Group Presidents
  • Identify key issues, trends, and opportunities by collecting, developing, and analyzing sales reports, customer feedback, and market research
  • Participate in development of annual business plan for specific categories of business.  Conduct competitive market analysis to formulate recommendations for an annual brand plan and channel spend including advertising and promotional strategies

Education and Experience Requirements:

  • Sound analytical skills and acute attention to details. Persuasive and able to effectively communicate ideas across multiple levels of the organization
  • Highly organized and very strong, proven project management skills
  • Desire to challenge the status quo and develop new ways to grow the business
  • 5 years+ of work experience – preferably in a Marketing, Product, or Sales environment
  • Knowledge of channels of distribution – retail knowledge is a plus
  • The ability to travel up to 10% of the time

Why Milwaukee Tool?

At Milwaukee Tool, we push boundaries, take risks, and never settle for the status quo. We offer:

  • A collaborative, high-energy work environment.
  • Career growth opportunities with a company that invests in its people.
  • Robust Health, Dental, and vision insurance plans
  • Generous 401(K) savings plan

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