Legrand - Sales Leadership Development Program Associate, application via RippleMatch

This role is with Legrand. Legrand uses RippleMatch to find top talent.

Legrand has an exciting new opportunity for entry level professionals to
participate in our Sales Leadership Development Program. Learn and develop
as a Sales professional by rotating through Marketing and Sales positions across our
company within a 2-year period.

Associates will complete a 12-month rotation in a marketing role and a 12-month
rotation in sales. These rotations will require relocation. The Marketing roles may
include Product Marketing or Channel Marketing. Sales positions may include
Territory Sales or Account Management. Upon completion of the program, the
associate will be assigned to an open role in Sales at any Legrand location. The
associate must be mobile to move to any location within the US.

Position Attributes and Responsibilities

Marketing

• Gather, analyze, and survey existing and potential market data for promotion
  and distribution for an assigned region or product.

• Maintain and develop profiles for key competitors as input to decision-making.

• Develop a clear understanding of market conditions, territory opportunities,
  and competition.

• Learn how to develop a marketing plan.

• Understand new product life cycle.

• Provide assistance and advice with marketing activities and materials. May
  attend, assist, and support the company events related to marketing
  activities.

• Become knowledgeable of other functions (Pricing, Customer Support, etc.)
  within the business.

Sales

• Develop new prospects and interacts with existing customers to increase
  sales of an organization's products and/or services.

• Work with customers to find what they want, create solutions, and ensure a
  smooth sales process.

• Assist with regular in-person meetings with key contacts at specific accounts
  to measure progress and make improvements to strategy, implementation,
  and execution where necessary.

• Work with LNCA teams and collaborate with other LNCA territory
  representation when identifying additional LNCA opportunities.

• Clearly communicate our vision and direction internally and to the customer.

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's Degree required. Industrial Distribution, Marketing or other business-
related major preferred.

Experience:
Relevant work experience a plus.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities.

• Learn how to use customer tools & become proficient in SalesForce.com.

• Good written and verbal communication skills to multiple audiences.

• Strong presentation skills – both creating content and delivering message.

• Ability to get things done utilizing individual and team strengths.

• A willingness and ability to work across organizational boundaries.

• Must have strong analytical skills and proven ability to effectively conduct in-
  depth research, identify trends and summarize information on a variety of subjects.