Sales Manager – Vacuum (Eureka Brand)

About Midea America

Midea America Corp. is a U.S. subsidiary within Midea Group, the Fortune 500 giant known for making life easier for millions around the globe. As the world’s top maker of home appliances, Midea is proud of its 166,000+ employees and presence in 200+ countries, including here in the U.S.

Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., with an innovation hub in Louisville, Kentucky, Midea America is dedicated to providing practical innovations that surprise and delight, creating moments to cherish at home.

Midea's lineup of appliances - from refrigerators to air conditioners, laundry solutions and floor care - are high quality, reliable, and affordable. By thoughtfully engineering performance, convenience, and design into every product, Midea delivers on the promise of every appliance to make your life a little easier.

Position Summary

The Sales Manager for Eureka Vacuums is responsible for driving revenue, distribution expansion, and market share growth across online and in-store channels. This role serves as the primary commercial leader for assigned accounts, translating category insights and company strategy into customer-specific growth plans. The Sales Manager partners closely with Product, Marketing, Operations, and Finance to deliver profitable sales growth aligned with Midea’s financial, brand, and product objectives.

Essential Opportunities

Revenue & Account Ownership

• Own top-line revenue, margin, and market share performance for assigned retail and/or eCommerce accounts.
• Develop and execute annual joint business plans (JBPs) that deliver distribution gains, promotional effectiveness, and profitable growth.
• Lead negotiations on pricing, promotional programs, assortment expansion, and trade investments.
• Identify new customer acquisition and expanded distribution opportunities within the mass and online channels.

Assortment & Distribution Strategy

• Partner with retail buyers and product management team to optimize in-store and online assortment based on category, shopper, and POS insights.
• Drive product line reviews (PLRs) and secure incremental placements, new SKU authorizations, and improved shelf positioning.
• Monitor distribution gaps, at-risk SKUs, and competitive activity; develop proactive sell-in strategies.

Promotional & Trade Management

• Develop and manage account-specific promotional calendars aligned with revenue, margin, and inventory goals.
• Optimize trade spend and promotional ROI across key retail events and seasonal moments.
• Collaborate with Marketing to align activation plans with retailer priorities.

New Product Launch Execution

• Lead customer sell-in strategy for new product introductions, including pricing, promotional planning, forecasts, and launch timing.
• Coordinate cross-functional support to ensure successful execution across supply chain, merchandising, and marketing.
• Track launch performance and adjust plans to ensure volume and profitability targets are achieved.

Performance Management & Forecasting

• Analyse POS data, panel data, and shipment trends to assess performance versus plan.
• Develop accurate account forecasts and manage inventory health to prevent stockouts and excess.
• Recommend corrective actions and strategic pivots to achieve revenue, margin, and profit goals.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Serve as the commercial voice of the customer internally.
• Partner with Product, Marketing, Operations, and Finance on assortment decisions, investment trade-offs, discontinuations, and growth initiatives.
• Lead internal preparation for key retailer meetings and executive reviews.

Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Sales, Marketing, Business, or related field required; advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years of sales experience within CPG or durable goods, with direct account management responsibility.
• Experience in the floor care or home appliance category preferred.

Skills

• Strong commercial acumen with demonstrated ownership of revenue and margin targets.
• Ability to translate data and analytics into compelling customer selling stories.
• Proven negotiation and influencing skills with retail buyers and internal stakeholders.
• Strong financial acumen, including trade ROI, margin management, and forecasting.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Proficiency with POS and panel data (Circana, YipitData, or similar platforms).
• Experience leveraging reporting dashboards (Power BI preferred).

Feature Benefits

• Insurance package.
• Work life balance.
• Comprehensive benefit package, to learn more, please visit Careers Page (midea.com).

Midea America (Canada) Corp. is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.