Senior Sales Manager
Description
The Senior Sales Manager is responsible for driving strategic growth and accelerating business performance within Best Buy and other assigned retail accounts. This role leads the execution of ASUS sales initiatives by developing data-driven business strategies, managing account relationships, and ensuring operational excellence across sales, inventory, and promotional planning.
The ideal candidate combines strong analytical skills, retail account expertise, and technical aptitude to translate market insights into actionable go-to-market strategies. This individual must understand retail channel dynamics, especially Best Buy operations, and work cross-functionally to deliver measurable results.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute strategic business plans to grow ASUS presence within Best Buy and assigned accounts
- Build compelling, data-driven business cases that clearly articulate ASUS’ brand value proposition
- Collaborate with Product Management to align promotional planning and go-to-market initiatives with revenue targets
- Partner with Retail Marketing to execute product launches, retail events, and training initiatives
- Manage weekly sales performance and inventory health through detailed analysis and forecasting
- Monitor sell-through trends, SKU performance, competitive pricing, and promotional activities
- Analyze third-party market data to provide strategic recommendations to Best Buy Category Management
- Maintain strong, consistent communication cadence with Best Buy stakeholders (weekly/bi-weekly calls)
- Identify and resolve cross-functional bottlenecks to ensure on-time execution of commitments
- Collaborate with industry partners to create mutually beneficial growth opportunities
- Ensure best-in-class merchandising execution both online and in-store
- Perform additional duties as assigned
- Maintain good attendance and punctuality
Knowledge and Skills:
- Strong understanding of retail channel operations and technology ecosystem
- Ability to translate technical product features into business-driven value propositions
- Advanced analytical, problem-solving, and forecasting capabilities
- Experience leveraging sales data, inventory trends, and competitive intelligence
- Ability to present business insights to senior leadership and large audiences
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Ability to work confidently in a fast-paced, results-oriented corporate environment
Required Qualifications:
Years of Education
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) required
Work Experience
- 5–7 years of retail account management experience
- 5–7 years of experience working with or at Best Buy
- Proven track record of driving sales growth in a retail environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in ecommerce and retail technology sales
- Strong familiarity with consumer electronics market trends
- Experience presenting to executive-level retail stakeholders
Working Conditions:
- Requires sitting and operating a computer, telephone, and office equipment for extended periods
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally — approximately 30% travel required
$150,000 - $165,000 annually is the estimated pay range for this role working in Fremont, California office or Remote (Minnesota). The final amount will be determined based on qualifications & experience of the candidate relative to the role. Our employee comprehensive benefits include bonuses, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D insurance, Paid Time Off, EAP, & 401(k).
ASUS is an equal employment opportunity employer. The Company makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy/ breastfeeding, medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth, sexual orientation, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, as well as any other characteristic protected by law, regulation or local ordinance, and strives to comply with all applicable laws on the subject. These employment decisions extend to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruitment, pay and other forms of compensation, training and other terms and conditions of employment.
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. The company will not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.