Please review the positions listed below and feel free to submit your resume via email, fax it to us at 952-646-4311, or mail it to us at 530 11th Avenue South, Hopkins, MN 55343. No phone calls please.

Current Openings (click on job title for more information)

• Sales Director
• Marketing Director

Sales Director

Job Summary:

Directs sales functions of all USA dealers, distributors, pool OEMs and manufacturers’ representatives for King Technology's (KTI’s) pool and spa sales. Works through others to achieve corporate goals and objectives. Travel required; at certain times of the year, travel can be as much as 80%-90%. Assumes responsibility for handling all internal and external information in a highly confidential manner. Supervises National Key Accounts Managers.

Essential Functions:

1. Develops and implements an annual sales plan for all pool and spa products to meet or exceed forecast in accordance with organization’s financial requirements.
2. Develops a long-range pool and spa sales plan focused on future sales beyond current sales year and forecast.
3. Actively manages a national distribution network and buying groups for all KTI pool and spa products.
4. Works directly with and through manufacturers’ representatives and National Key Accounts Managers to set up new distributors and dealers where appropriate and motivates existing ones to increase sales of KTI products.
5. Establishes business and working relationships with key new and existing builders, dealers and retailers to promote the use of KTI products.
6. Maintains existing relationships and sales volume as well as increases business with key target accounts. This includes being involved in the setting of prices, developing sales and marketing programs and making sure KTI is professionally and properly represented at sales school training meetings and other customer events or meetings.
7. Develops programs as needed to increase customer participation or secure special new accounts.
8. Provides guidance to marketing as to the wants and needs of the marketplace. This includes new product ideas or iterations to existing products, competitive information, products or programs in the marketplace.
9. Works with marketing department to develop and implement early buys, pricing for distributors and dealer direct accounts.
10. Prepares and presents on a weekly basis a 30-, 60- and 90-day plan for the CEO and COO, including account objectives, executive summaries of customer plan, growth objectives, etc.
11. Manages and directs activities of the National Key Accounts Managers.
12. Hires and trains new sales personnel.
13. Prepares and manages department budget.
14. Works with sales team to develop annual and monthly sales forecasts, and works to successfully achieve forecasted sales.
15. Manages independent sales representatives across the United States and Canada. This includes making recommendations to COO on hiring, firing of reps not performing to expectations, making sure reps are properly trained in the field and at sales meetings, setting sales goals and guiding them to establish, maintain and increase KTI business with all types of accounts.
16. Works with marketing and sales teams to develop and execute national sales meetings for sales representatives.
17. Provides monthly feedback as to the market affects on unit forecast: increases, decreases, or market shifts to different product mixes.
18. Prepares and presents monthly sales reports for all pool and spa products at monthly executive sales forecast review meetings.
19. Attends as necessary product development meetings
20. Participates in Strategic Planning meetings as required.

Essential Job Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university.
2. Minimum of ten (10) years of field sales and sales planning experience.
3. Minimum of three (3) years of sales supervisory experience.
4. Strong interpersonal and persuasive skills, both written and oral.
5. Ability to work through others to achieve corporate goals and objectives.
6. Ability to travel nights and weekends and, at certain times of the year, travel can be as much as 80% to 90%.
7. Ability to problem solve and communicate solutions.
8. Computer skills using MS, internet, sales support software and laptop computer.
9. Power point presentation skills.
10. Public speaking skills.
11. Ability to handle all internal and external information in a highly confidential manner.

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Marketing Director

Job Summary:

Marketing Director is responsible to promote the company’s products and services by working closely with marketing department to drive the programs, displays, shows that excite the customers of the company to meet their business goals. Responsible for estimating the demand for the corporation’s products and services and discovering new market segments that would be interested in buying from the company. Develop a strategy for product pricing based on the market demand and similar products offered by competitors. Keep an eye on trends that indicate a need for emerging products and services and oversee new product development.

Essential Functions:

1. Designing, implementing, and facilitating annual marketing strategies for the organization.
2. Supporting and facilitating development and execution of marketing plans.
3. Translating business department objectives and strategies to prepare brand portfolio objective, plans, strategies to facilitate the growth of business unit.
4. Developing marketing strategy depending on the knowledge of organizational policy, market nature, royalty and copyright requirements, and markup and cost factors.
5. Planning and administering the marketing operations budget of the organization.
6. Negotiating with agents to secure correspondences for translating materials into any other media.
7. Editing materials in accordance with specific customer on market requirement.
8. Developing promotional materials, which include marketing print and collateral copies.
9. Assisting in strategic plans for client demonstrations, presentations, displays, etc.
10. Working with VP of Marketing (or Independent Consultant) to design and implement prospective and client contact system.
11. Developing and administering marketing database that includes prospect and client information, access to financial documents and reports, applications of mailing list, etc.
12. Supervising marketing department; marketing manager, marketing coordinator, marketing administrator and marketing assistant.
13. Making hiring and staffing decisions within the marketing department.
14. Building and developing marketing team that is competent, dedicated, commercially astute and efficient.
15. Managing daily activities with marketing and press communication agencies.
16. Developing and delivering insightful strategies and presentations to the executive committee and other departments where appropriate.
17. Assist the department to meet its objectives, live the values and culture and to practice company policies.

Essential Job Qualifications:

1. BS/BA in Marketing or related field.
2. Minimum 8 years marketing experience at a small to mid-size professional services organization.
3. 2 years experience at director level or 5 years experience at marketing manager.
4. Experience with new media and internet advertising,
5. Detailed-oriented with ability to oversee projects from inception through execution.
6. Self-starter, willingness to learn and should be able to flourish in a high growth, dynamic, entrepreneurial environment, with hands on approach towards business.
7. Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority.
8. Must be able to travel on occasion.
9. Effective communication skills, both oral and written.

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