The posting
Company Description
Why join Avery Dennison:
We are a global materials science and digital identification solutions company with locations in over 50 countries, and approximately 35,000 employees worldwide. As a science and innovation company, we believe that diverse teams are stronger teams. We are committed to fostering a culture of curiosity and courage, where you can grow your career with a company that has innovation in its DNA. Founded on creating real-world impact to enable a better future, we strive to provide an open, collaborative culture where diversity of thought is encouraged and respected. Hear from our employees about what it's like working at Avery Dennison. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.
Benefits:
At Avery Dennison, some of the great benefits we provide are:
- Inclusive Healthcare: Primary and specialty care from a provider with LGBTQ+ experience.
- Life Insurance: Provides twice your base annual salary up to a $50,000 maximum at no cost to you.
- Retirement Savings: You receive an automatic contribution of 3% of eligible pay (even if you contribute $0) plus a matching contribution of 50% on the first 7% of eligible pay you contribute.
- Paid Time Off: We offer a generous vacation program that varies based upon your experience and position within Avery Dennison.
Job Description
About the role:
As an Associate Brand Manager, you will serve as the critical interface between key retail and apparel clients and our sales and product development teams. This position is responsible for bringing a portfolio of intelligent, innovative, and sustainable solutions to life for clients. The Associate Brand Manager defines new program requirements, manages the full product development process, maintains inventory and sales reports, resolves issues, and ensures overall client satisfaction. Your role and focus are centered around serving client end-to-end needs and providing true partnership with an entrepreneurial mindset and independent confidence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Understand client business models and goals to enable success, maintaining strong relationships, answering questions, and providing detailed information about services.
- Initiate and coordinate the full product development process from client briefing to final approval, deployment, and order acceptance.
- Manage the end-to-end sales process, including inventory reports, client sales reports, and product development trackers using digital systems and processes (Oracle SalesCloud, Oracle Commerce Cloud, Eloqua, pricing, and product specification tooling).
- Prepare global price proposals, escalate price approvals in competitive bidding processes, and resolve order, quality, or deployment issues to ensure high levels of client satisfaction.
- Work collaboratively across different teams to support sales growth, utilize social selling techniques to engage with potential clients and generate leads, and stay current on industry trends and product innovations.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent knowledge gained through training and experience; majors in business management or sales strongly preferred.
- Interest in and excitement to learn the Apparel industry, products, and practices.
- Excellent client service, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines.
- Proficiency in technical and digital skills, including use of Google Suite, ERP (Oracle preferred), pricing tools, and product/client databases.
- Strong data analytics skill set to drive decision-making, with comfort in quantitative analysis and storytelling using data.
Additional Information
The salary range for this position is $76,125-$113,680 / year. The hiring base salary range above represents what Avery Dennison reasonably expects to pay for this position as of the date of this posting. Actual salaries will vary within the range, and in some circumstances may be above or below the range, based on various factors including but not limited to a candidate’s relevant skills, experience, education and training, and location, as well as the job scope and complexity, responsibilities, and regular and/or necessary travel required for the position, which may change depending on the candidate pool. Avery Dennison reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected status.
Reasonable Accommodations Notice:
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Identity Verification Notice:
To maintain the integrity of our hiring process and protect our candidates from identity fraud, we require video and/or in-person interviews. As part of this verification, we may also ask you to take a brief photo. This image is used exclusively to ensure identity consistency and will be permanently deleted once the hiring process concludes.
Pre-employment Screening Notice:
As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and productive work environment, Avery Dennison requires all final candidates to successfully complete a comprehensive background check and a drug screening. These checks are conducted post-offer and are a condition of employment. All results will be considered in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal laws.
