Sales Support Associate Manager

Henkel; Culver City (CA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Work-Life Balance

Financial

Family Support

Career Growth

Job summary

Henkel in the United States (Culver City area) is seeking a sales/marketing professional to support Consumer Brands initiatives. You’ll create customer-specific documents, distribute materials to KAMs, consolidate forecasts with NPD, and plan sampling campaigns to back new product launches.

The role requires 3 years in sales or marketing, proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment; hybrid work options are available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3 years experience in sales or marketing Excellent communication, organization, and project management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently while collaborating effectively with remote team members.

Responsibilities

• Creation of Customer-Specific Documents: Responsible for the creation and maintenance of customer-specific order forms that support approved activities, pricing, and account requirements.
• Distribution of Specific Customer Documents: Provide KAMs with accurate, comprehensive, and customer-specific sales support materials, including order forms, promotional documents, brand updates, and related communications.
• Consolidation of internal forecasts: Primary lead to initiate requests and consolidation of internal forecasts supplied by sales directors for new product initiatives.
• Plan & Execute sampling campaigns: Collaborate with sales team to identify appropriate sampling requirements to support and maximize sales potential of new product launches.
• Secure pricing approvals: Initiate pricing approval requests to leadership team in accordance with CSDA guidelines.
• Monitor Customer Sell-In: Review customer promotional orders against original commitments to ensure planned business is executed.
• Sales Analysis: Creation of ad-hoc sales reports upon request by utilizing Sales BI reporting platform

Skills

Communication

Organization

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications or related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.

This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit – where we empower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hair products to people around the world.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.

What you’ll do

• Creation of Customer-Specific Documents: Responsible for the creation and maintenance of customer-specific order forms that support approved activities, pricing, and account requirements. Develop accompanying sales materials that clearly outline key bi-monthly activities for assigned customer accounts, including new product introductions, promotional programs, sampling initiatives, and key account priorities
• Distribution of Specific Customer Documents: Provide KAMs with accurate, comprehensive, and customer-specific sales support materials, including order forms, promotional documents, brand updates, and related communications, according to established timelines. Ensure all materials are complete, accurate, and distributed in a timely manner to support effective customer selling and execution
• Consolidation of internal forecasts: Primary lead to initiate requests and consolidation of internal forecasts supplied by sales directors for new product initiatives. Collaborate with NPD team to align on timeline to provide final quantities to be shared with internal cross functional teams for planning purposes
• Plan & Execute sampling campaigns: Collaborate with sales team to identify appropriate sampling requirements to support and maximize sales potential of new product launches. Communication of forecast needs to Demand Planning while partnering with internal shipping team to communicate and schedule shipments that align with product launch timing
• Secure pricing approvals: Initiate pricing approval requests to leadership team in accordance with CSDA guidelines. Prepare pricing requests with relevant business considerations and supporting information required for leadership review. Upon approval, provide finalized documentation to Sales Support Director for official system set up.
• Monitor Customer Sell-In: Review customer promotional orders against original commitments to ensure planned business is executed. Partner with account managers on potential outstanding orders to develop action plans.
• Sales Analysis: Creation of ad-hoc sales reports upon request by utilizing Sales BI reporting platform

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 3 years experience in sales or marketing Excellent communication, organization, and project management skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint
• Self-motivated and able to work independently while collaborating effectively with remote team members

Some benefits of joining Henkel

• Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
• Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
• Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary range for this role is $80,000.00 and $90,000.00. This range represents the good‑faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offer for this role at the time of posting. In addition to base salary, this position may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, as applicable. The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package as described above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. This posting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local pay transparency laws.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.