Responsible for creating and delivering marketing ideas and activities. Concepts and creates marketing materials, manages projects, and ensures company messages are consistent.Implements marketing and advertising campaigns by assembling and analyzing sales forecasts; preparing marketing and advertising strategies, plans, and objectives; planning and organizing promotional presentations; updating calendars.Tracks product line sales and costs by analyzing and entering sales, expense, and new business data.Prepares marketing reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing sales data.Keeps promotional materials ready by coordinating requirements with graphics department; inventorying stock; placing orders; verifying receipt.Supports sales staff by providing sales data, market trends, forecasts, account analyses, new product information; relaying customer services requests.Researches competitive products by identifying and evaluating product characteristics, market share, pricing, and advertising; maintaining research databases.Plans meetings and trade shows by identifying, assembling, and coordinating requirements; establishing contacts; developing schedules and assignments; coordinating mailing lists.Monitors budgets by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts.Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading trade publications.Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Responsible to plan, direct and oversee the operations and fiscal health of a business unit, division, department, or an operating unit within an organization. The manager is responsible for overseeing and leading the work of a group of people. The manager is also responsible for planning and maintaining work systems, procedures, and policies that enable and encourage the optimum performance of its people and other resources within a business unit.