Promotions & Incentives Specialist

Job title: Promotions & Incentives Specialist

Job description: Position

Promotions & Incentives Specialist

Location

Mississauga, Ontario

Job Description

This role can be based in Mississauga, Toronto, Calgary, Burnaby, Ottawa, Kirkland, Montreal or anywhere else where Ricoh Canada has an office****

Ricoh Canada has always been on the forefront of workplace innovation, revolutionizing the modern office with our products and solutions and empowering digital workplaces.

At Ricoh, we enable people to work smarter, better and faster than ever before. Today, this means information mobility, which is the ability to capture, manage, access and use the information – wherever, whenever you need it. As for tomorrow, that vision is already taking shape in our heads and labs, too. And when the workplace begins its next major change, our imagination will help drive it.

Our values of diversity and inclusion are embedded in each of our teams. Our founding principles, “love your neighbor,” “love your country” and “love your work” are foundational drivers of Ricoh’s corporate philosophy, the Ricoh Way, and help to guide us through all facets of the business.

From meeting your financial goals to time off, we promote the well-being of our employees and show them they are valued. Examples of our People–based programs include:

• Meaningful Employee Wellness
• Flexible Work Opportunities
• Unique Time Off
• Progressive Learning & Development
• Rewards & Recognition

Promotions & Incentives Specialist will manage the development, budget, coordination and deployment of Ricoh Marketing promotional & incentive programs, demo process and event activation processes for Canada in Direct channel

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Establish & Chair Advisory Council meetings by relevant business sectors (Enterprise, Strategic, Inside Sales, Services etc) to capture voice of field and guide development of marketing programs.
• Develop annual marketing promotions and incentives budget
• Work proactively with field, headquarters & vendor partners to define, develop and deploy promotions that support revenue generation and market share gain across all Ricoh products & services. This will include both vendor sponsored and self-funded promotions.
• Develop, coordinate, and prepare financial analysis in support of decision making and reporting around promotional programs.
• Recommend & participate in the vendor selection & evaluation process to support marketing promotions & incentive programs.
• Responsible for announcement to Field Sales of promotional programs & incentives.
• Responsible for development & distribution of quarterly promotions package & periodic updates on an as-needed basis. This includes field promotion overviews, administrative guidelines & claim forms for each, Power Point Presentation for Sales Managers to summarize Programs, excel summary of all promotions sorted by model.
• Responsible for working with Commission Team and Supply Chain for generation of tracking reports to validate and recover promotional funding from vendor partners. Work with Ricoh Finance to ensure vendor credits are properly applied and communicate to the marketplaces when credits are applied.
• Coordination with Sales Compensation team to ensure alignment with Corporate Compensation Strategy
• Work with RICOH Administration Services & Preferred Leasing Partners to establish administrative procedures and reporting guidelines for all relevant promotions.
• Manage promotion exception, eligibility& implementation process with relevant business stakeholders. Award or decline exceptions as appropriate.
• Approve content for site, ensure point values are in line with Ricoh initiatives and act as a resource for field questions.
• Work on special projects on request
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical and project management skills.
• A clear customer focus and ability to understand the needs of the customers at every level.
• Proven experience of working closely with C-Level Executives, Senior Business leadership, sales, marketing and professional services managers

Skills:

• Manage & develop a team of marketing professionals
• Chair & execute meetings with C-Level & Senior Business leadership
• Budget management skills for million dollar budget
• Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical and project management skills.
• A clear customer focus and ability to understand the needs of the customers at every level.
• Proven experience of working closely with sales, marketing and professional services
• Excel or BI reporting skills
• Project Management skills
• Ability to manage multiple programs/projects concurrently
• The ability to prioritize projects and establish timelines to achieve priorities
• Process development skills, ability to keep work flowing whilst minimizing problems and delays

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Why Ricoh?

Meaningful Employee Wellness

We are committed to providing you with a safe, healthy, and supporting work environment that helps you to achieve your every single day goals both at work and at home. We continuously work to provide you with a well-rounded benefits package and other tools to support you.

Flexible Work Opportunities

We recognize that juggling all of the various areas of your life can be difficult. Therefore, we offer flexible work arrangements depending on business needs, which allow you a better work-life balance. These include: flextime, telecommuting, job sharing, and part-time work.

Unique Time-Off

Whether it is to relax on the beach, staycation with your family, or take time for yourself, we offer various time-off programs to support your needs. Some examples include vacation with pay and the option of purchasing additional vacation each calendar year, paid Family, Health & Personal (FHP) Days.

Progressive Learning & Development

We want to help you learn, grow, and achieve your full potential. We offer several programs for you to craft your future with us. The programs include:

• The Ricoh Learning Institute
• Individual Development Plan (IDP)
• Education Assistance Program

Rewards & Recognition

Our compensation strategy is developed to attract and retain the best employees in the industry. Ricoh offers and contributes to a Retirement Plan (RRSP) and depending on the role, Ricoh also offers other compensation initiatives such as commission and bonus plans.

Ricoh’s “Be The Change” (BTC) Program offers monetary and non-monetary recognition for those who focus and commit to The Ricoh Way.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

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