
Contractors’ Warehouse —
Marketing Operations Specialist
Location – Atlanta, GA
Job ID – Req135665
Category – Marketing
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Location – Atlanta, GA
Job ID – Req135665
Category – Marketing
Company Overview
What’s the best place we’ve ever built? The place where we work. At Home Depot, our goal is to provide the highest level of service, the broadest selection of products, and the most competitive prices. As the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer, we operate more than 2,200 retail stores across North America. And each of our associates are focused one thing — helping our customers build and improve their homes, businesses, and ultimately their lives.
Position Purpose:
The Marketing Support Specialist supports the development and execution of marketing support for a line of business. The Marketing Specialist will provide process enablement, project management support, and centralized tracking to support cross-functional marketing initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- 20% Collaboration – Collaborate with Retail Media+ Partner Management and Audience Marketing to execute aggregate reporting & analysis on vendor campaign performance for readouts with supervisor & broader merchandising organization
- 30% Competitive Activity – Track and report on competitive activity, aggregate marketing performance, budget deployment, and progress against strategic priorities by week for assigned department(s) and provide summarized reports to support strategy development
- 10% Manage Promotions – Manage internal promo generation/calendar & barcode management processes for assigned department(s), may include coupon process
- 10% Promotional Coverage – Maintain centralized reference documents for promotional coverage & affected SKUs/vendors; notify internal stakeholders as needed when materials are updated
- 5% Reporting – Report out marketing & competitive activity during internal status updates and merchant staff meetings
- 5% Special Projects – Work on special projects as directed
- 20% Strategy – Provide support in developing department overall strategy playbook & strategic event briefs to be leveraged by cross-functional marketing execution teams
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
- This position typically reports to Senior Manager, Category Marketing
- This position has 0 direct reports
Travel Requirements:
- No travel required.
Physical Requirements:
- Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
Working Conditions:
- Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be eighteen years of age or older.
- Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising, or a business-related field
- 2+ years of relevant experience (i.e. advertising, marketing, media, social, or agency roles)
- Experience managing projects and working with cross-functional stakeholders
- Experience with SharePoint, PowerPoint and Excel
- Strong organizational skills & attention to details
- Ability to communicate clearly with teammates and supervisors in both verbal and written communications
- An adaptive mindset and a willingness to learn new skills & processes
- Ability to manage deadlines & milestones across multiple simultaneous projects
- A collaborative approach and willingness to seek help as needed
- A strategic approach to execution, including an ability to identify process improvements
Minimum Education:
- The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
- 1
Competencies:
- Action Oriented
- Collaborates
- Drives Engagement
- Communicates Effectively
- Drives Results
- Manages Conflict
Location – Atlanta, GA
Job ID – Req135665
Category – Marketing
Role Overview
Position Purpose:
The Marketing Support Specialist supports the development and execution of marketing support for a line of business. The Marketing Specialist will provide process enablement, project management support, and centralized tracking to support cross-functional marketing initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- 20% Collaboration – Collaborate with Retail Media+ Partner Management and Audience Marketing to execute aggregate reporting & analysis on vendor campaign performance for readouts with supervisor & broader merchandising organization
- 30% Competitive Activity – Track and report on competitive activity, aggregate marketing performance, budget deployment, and progress against strategic priorities by week for assigned department(s) and provide summarized reports to support strategy development
- 10% Manage Promotions – Manage internal promo generation/calendar & barcode management processes for assigned department(s), may include coupon process
- 10% Promotional Coverage – Maintain centralized reference documents for promotional coverage & affected SKUs/vendors; notify internal stakeholders as needed when materials are updated
- 5% Reporting – Report out marketing & competitive activity during internal status updates and merchant staff meetings
- 5% Special Projects – Work on special projects as directed
- 20% Strategy – Provide support in developing department overall strategy playbook & strategic event briefs to be leveraged by cross-functional marketing execution teams
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
- This position typically reports to Senior Manager, Category Marketing
- This position has 0 direct reports
Travel Requirements:
- No travel required.
Physical Requirements:
- Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
Working Conditions:
- Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be eighteen years of age or older.
- Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising, or a business-related field
- 2+ years of relevant experience (i.e. advertising, marketing, media, social, or agency roles)
- Experience managing projects and working with cross-functional stakeholders
- Experience with SharePoint, PowerPoint and Excel
- Strong organizational skills & attention to details
- Ability to communicate clearly with teammates and supervisors in both verbal and written communications
- An adaptive mindset and a willingness to learn new skills & processes
- Ability to manage deadlines & milestones across multiple simultaneous projects
- A collaborative approach and willingness to seek help as needed
- A strategic approach to execution, including an ability to identify process improvements
Minimum Education:
- The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
- 1
Competencies:
- Action Oriented
- Collaborates
- Drives Engagement
- Communicates Effectively
- Drives Results
- Manages Conflict
Hybrid – An associate in a hybrid role blends in-office and remote/virtual working to complete their job duties. An associate may be required to work from a designated Home Depot location on some days, and may work from a virtual/remote location on others. We also refer to this as location – flex.
Learn more about our 4 different work locations. Additional information will be provided during the application process.
As part of the application process for this role, there will be an on-line assessment. The assessment usually takes about 17 minutes to complete. You will be directed to the assessment link immediately after submitting your application. Once you click on the link, you will need to complete it within 72 hours after starting it. You may stop and restart the assessment as many times as you like within the 72-hour time frame.
During the assessment, we’ll ask you questions about your approach to work and various work-related situations. The questions are based on characteristics that are related to performing successfully in hourly roles at The Home Depot, including:
- Professional Experience
- Learning Potential
- Responsibility
- Customer Focus
If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation related to the assessment, or you would like to obtain more information about the assessment, click here to learn more.
Store Location
9090
2455 PACES FERRY RD
Atlanta, GA
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