Marketing Coordinator

Basic Position Objective Statement:

Responsible for sales and marketing support to the Medical and Beauty Sales teams and departmental support for the Graham business units. Manages assigned sales and marketing activities and functions to support the departmental needs.

Safety Philosophy:

Little Rapids Corporation will manufacture products in a manner that respects the safety and health of our associates, the environment, and the communities in which we operate. We believe that each Associate plays critical role in creating a safe work environment by exhibiting personal safe behaviors. To be successful as a company, we will have exemplary safety performance.

• Provides administrative support to ensure efficient operation of office. 
• Answers phone calls, schedules meetings, orders lunches as appropriate to support visitors.
• Carries out administrative duties such as filing, typing, copying, binding, scanning etc
• Maintains supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies
• Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements, calling for repairs, maintaining equipment inventories and evaluating new equipment and techniques. 
• Disseminate product imagery, sales flyers, ads and product descriptions and attributes to key strategic partners across the business units. 
• Manage imagery files to facilitate searches, adjust digital photo size to fit customer requests, maintain files in DAM systems. Coordinate, plan and manage trade shows, meetings, conventions, and seminar activity including negotiation of fees, making travel arrangements and logistics (including shipping of booth, materials, etc.) and attendance when necessary. 
• Coordinate local distributor and GPO contracts in support of sales team and load into system. 
• Create purchase orders and manage purchasing card for the department, including reconciliations and follow-up communications with Accounting. 
• Work with outside vendors for management of fulfillment samples, materials, trade show booth supplies, etc. at direction of Associate Product Manager or Marketing Manager. 
• Maintain customer databases and mailing lists. 
• Assist Sales and Marketing department with communications with Regional Managers and Independent Representative Groups. 
• Other assignments as made by management. 

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and may not necessarily comprise all the "essential functions" for purposes of the ADA.

Knowledge, Education and Training Qualifications and Certifications:

• Associate Degree in Business Administration preferred 
• 2-4 years’ experience in a sales and marketing support role. 

Key Functional Competencies:

• Dynamic interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate with a diverse group of people. 
• Self-directed to develop and manage projects.­­ 
• Organized and disciplined to complete business goals. 
• Demonstrated ability to work with minimal supervision. 
• Detail-oriented, accurate and able to work in a fast-paced environment. 
• Demonstrated ability to drive towards individual and team goals. 

Key Performance Competencies:

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a culture defined by LRC’s core values. 
• Effective verbal and written communication skills are required. 
• Skilled in Word Office and Excel, and Powerpoint; basic understanding of digital photo and video files. 

Physical Requirements:

The ability to work in a normal office environment to include: sitting or standing for long periods of time, operating various standard office equipment, carrying paper documents/files, reaching and bending, speaking on the telephone, walking through our manufacturing plant, andwearing required personal protection gear (i.e. hearing, eye and foot protection).

EOE including disability/veteran EOE including disability/veteran