Market Development Manager
Description
Who We are Looking for
We are looking for an outgoing and detail-oriented individual to join USANA’s Malaysia Market Development team as a Market Development Manager. In this position, you are responsible for conceptualizing, developing and executing programs that enhance the company’s relationship with its independent brand partners including, but not limited to, training, recognition, and motivational programs, so that they can effectively promote USANA’s products and business opportunity.
What You Will Do as a USANA Market Development Manager
Duties and Responsibilities
Essential
• Maintain close contact with brand partners, and in particular with identified leaders, to enhance their sense of belonging to the USANA family.
• Identify emerging leaders and assist them to grow through monitoring, counseling and encouragement. Keep them abreast of company news and directions.
• Put together and execute a yearly training program for brand partners at different level of skill and seniority with the company. This includes classes conducted at our office as well as road-shows throughout Malaysia.
• Plan and execute recognition and incentive programs that reward brand partners’ successful behavior, from congratulatory calls and lapel pins for rank advancements, up to annual Awards Ceremonies, local and foreign incentive trips, and regional incentive programs.
• In conjunction with the Marketing Department, organize prospecting events, such as product launches, health fairs and “open days”, which enhance opportunities for brand partners to invite friends to know USANA.
• Provide timely and accurate feedback on industry and competitive situation to senior management.
• Propose annual Training and Recognition budgets, and monitor spending against budget figures.
• Monitor the results of promotional campaigns and share ideas and best practices with Market Development Managers in other countries.
• Ensure responsibilities with market development team accountability and follow-up.
Additional
• Participate as a core member of the management team.
• Maintain high degree of confidentiality.
• Able to build a good working relationship with functional teams and advocate better communication among staff & brand partners.
• Be able to travel domestically and internationally on weekends and nights as required at company/ brand partners events.
• Perform other duties or ad hoc projects as assigned or needed.
Qualifications/Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Requirements
• Must have at least a bachelor degree in business, marketing, communications or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience, of which 3 years at managerial/supervisory level.
• High proficiency in written and spoken English and Mandarin and is able to present in public seminar in those languages. Knowledge of other languages or dialects will be advantageous.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software, especially PowerPoint and excel.
• Pleasant, out-going with good interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Must be detail-oriented and results-oriented, have good organization skills and able to work effectively in a team environment.
• Effectively and efficiently perform all essential job duties and responsibilities with or without direct supervisor and without posing a direct safety threat to others or self.