Senior Briefing Specialist

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions - External; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group health coverage

Employee Assistance Programs

Pre-tax spending accounts

401(k) plan (with company match)

Company provided life insurance

Pet Insurance

Employee discounts

Generous paid holiday schedule, paid-v

Job summary

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions seeks a Senior Briefing Specialist to craft compelling customer experiences and lead demonstrations across its Commerce Innovation Studio and Executive Briefing Center. You will partner with sales, product, and marketing to translate complex retail tech into business value for executives and partners.

This role demands exceptional organization, strong presentation skills, and ability to manage multiple high-profile events while maintaining Toshiba’s brand and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years in customer-facing roles involving retail technology, presentations, sales support, training, hospitality, executive briefings, or related environments.
• Exceptional verbal, written, presentation, and facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging, customer-centric presentations and demonstrations.
• Translate technical features into business outcomes for executive audiences.
• Demonstrate Toshiba hardware, software, self-checkout, POS, and store operations solutions.
• Configure, maintain, and optimize demonstration environments.
• Expand expertise in AI, automation, computer vision, cloud technologies, and analytics.
• Recommend enhancements to demonstration content and briefing experiences.
• Collaborate with product, innovation, and solution teams to reflect latest capabilities.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Presentation and facilitation

Project management

Organizational skills

Customer-facing experience

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, IT, Retail Management or related

Tools

Microsoft 365

PowerPoint

Copilot

Teams

Outlook

Job description

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is seeking a Senior Briefing Specialist to deliver world-class customer, executive, partner, analyst, and sales engagement experiences within our Commerce Innovation Studio (CIS) and Executive Briefing Center (EBC). This highly visible role combines customer engagement, technology demonstrations, business storytelling, event execution, and operational excellence to create memorable experiences that showcase Toshiba's innovative retail technology portfolio.

Working closely with sales, marketing, product management, solution architects, software developers, hardware specialists, and innovation leaders, the Senior Briefing Specialist develops a deep understanding of Toshiba's retail ecosystem and translates complex technologies into compelling business value stories. The individual serves as a trusted ambassador of the Toshiba brand, ensuring every briefing, demonstration, and hosted event delivers meaningful business outcomes and strengthens customer relationships.

The ideal candidate is an engaging presenter, exceptional organizer, and customer advocate who thrives in a fast-paced environment while balancing strategic planning with flawless execution.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Information Technology, Retail Management, or a related discipline; or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in customer-facing roles involving retail technology, presentations, sales support, training, hospitality, executive briefings, customer experience programs, or related environments.
• Exceptional verbal, written, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent events and deliver white-glove customer experiences.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders, timelines, dependencies, and priorities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including PowerPoint, Copilot, Teams, and Outlook.
• Ability to confidently engage with customers, executives, partners, and cross-functional teams.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering exceptional customer experiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within retail technology, retail operations, customer experience, or technology demonstration environments.
• Knowledge of point-of-sale systems, self-checkout solutions, retail software platforms, or store operations technologies.
• Experience supporting executive briefing centers, innovation centers, experience centers, customer engagement programs, or demonstration environments.
• Understanding of emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, automation, computer vision, cloud platforms, and data analytics.
• Experience coordinating executive meetings, event logistics, catering, scheduling, and hospitality services.
• Proven ability to work effectively with senior leadership and represent a brand in high-profile customer-facing situations.
• Demonstrated success delivering engaging presentations, demonstrations, and events.
• Strong executive presence, facilitation, and relationship-building skills.
• Experience leveraging AI tools to improve operational efficiency and customer engagement.

Responsibilities

Customer Storytelling & Solution Demonstrations

• Deliver engaging, customer-centric presentations and demonstrations that align Toshiba's capabilities with customer business objectives and retail challenges.
• Translate technical features and solution capabilities into compelling business outcomes for executive and operational audiences.
• Conduct demonstrations of Toshiba hardware, software, self-checkout, point-of-sale, store operations, and connected retail solutions.
• Configure, maintain, and optimize demonstration environments to ensure a seamless customer experience.
• Continuously expand expertise in emerging retail technologies and industry trends, including AI, automation, computer vision, cloud technologies, and advanced analytics.
• Recommend enhancements to demonstration content, briefing experiences, and customer engagement strategies.
• Collaborate with product, innovation, and solution teams to ensure demonstrations reflect the latest capabilities and market trends.

Toshiba-Owned & Hosted Events

• Support the planning and execution of customer briefings, executive meetings, quarterly business reviews, webinars, analyst engagements, partner events, and internal corporate events.
• Serve as a host and customer advocate throughout all engagement activities.
• Facilitate executive, customer, analyst, and partner meetings while ensuring a professional, high-touch experience.
• Tailor messaging, content, demonstrations, and customer journeys to address audience-specific business needs and priorities.
• Partner with sales, product, and marketing teams to create differentiated customer experiences that highlight innovation and measurable business value.
• Contribute to positioning Toshiba as a thought leader within the retail technology industry.

Executive Briefing Center & Customer Experience Management

• Manage the operational execution of Executive Briefing Center and Commerce Innovation Studio engagements.
• Coordinate multiple concurrent briefing schedules while maintaining exceptional service standards and flawless execution.
• Oversee planning activities including agenda development, room preparation, catering coordination, executive hosting, logistics, and customer communications.
• Manage strategic scheduling and execution of high-impact customer, partner, and executive engagements.
• Maintain briefing records, objectives, attendee information, outcomes, and post-event documentation within briefing management systems.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives through process optimization, expense tracking, AI-enabled efficiencies, and operational best practices.
• Develop and maintain broad expertise across Toshiba's retail solutions portfolio, including:
  • Point-of-sale systems
  • Self-checkout solutions
  • Retail software platforms
  • Loss prevention technologies
  • Store operations solutions
  • Digital commerce integrations
  • Retail analytics platforms
  • AI-enabled retail technologies
  • Hardware peripherals and connected devices
• Perform additional responsibilities and special projects as assigned.

This role directly contributes to Toshiba's ability to build stronger customer relationships, enhance brand perception, and increase customer engagement through strategic executive briefing experiences and hosted events. High-impact customer engagements help accelerate sales opportunities, influence pipeline growth, improve win rates, strengthen customer loyalty, support cross-sell and upsell opportunities, and enhance overall customer satisfaction. The position plays an important role in supporting marketing-influenced pipeline growth, increasing customer lifetime value, and reinforcing Toshiba's position as a trusted retail technology leader.

The Senior Briefing Specialist operates in a highly visible, fast-paced environment that requires balancing strategic planning with hands-on execution. The role demands coordination across sales, marketing, product management, engineering, executive leadership, and customer stakeholders while simultaneously managing multiple engagements with unique objectives, audiences, and logistical requirements.

Success requires exceptional organization, adaptability, problem-solving skills, executive presence, and the ability to deliver polished experiences under tight deadlines while ensuring every interaction reinforces Toshiba's brand, innovation leadership, and customer commitment. The Senior Briefing Specialist is also responsible for maintaining accurate records within briefing management systems, including agenda updates, attendee details, objectives, outcomes, and other critical engagement information to ensure successful execution and continuous improvement of the customer experience.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is a dynamic billion-dollar global company based in Research Triangle Park, NC, providing retail store solutions to your favorite brands. Have you ever been in a hurry and made use of the self-checkout at Lowe’s Foods, earned fuel rewards at Kroger, or just paid for purchases at retailers such as Walmart, Michaels, Carrefour, The Gap, Calvin Klein, Boots, Cencosud, BJ’s, or Costco? These are just a few examples of our in-store solutions and impressive customer base that made us the world's installed market share leader.

The nature of retail is changing quickly, so if you share our 'Together Commerce' vision of a seamless two-way, participatory shopping experience, let’s get together to drive the new economy.

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. offers a competitive salary and generous benefits package including the following:

• Group health coverage (medical, dental, & vision)
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Pre-tax spending accounts
• 401(k) plan (with company match)
• Company provided life insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Employee discounts
• Generous paid holiday schedule, paid vacation & sick/personal days

EEO

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, religious creed, disability, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation or any other protected factor. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process should email [e-mail] to request an accommodation.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

We at Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions firmly believe that our people are an integral part to the success of our customers. Furthermore, we’re committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for all our people as highlighted by our 5 Core Principles (Create Outreach, Foster Belonging, Unleash Opportunity, Diverse Cultural Engagement and Culture of Transparency). We’re passionate about our customers in the retail industry and becoming a more responsible company as we help create a brighter future.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER/PROTECTED VETERANS/INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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As set forth in Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions - External’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

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