Partner Marketing Specialist

Acer

San Jose, CA

Full Time

Mid Level

about 1 month ago

Job Description

About the Role

The Partner Marketing Specialist is an important part of the Acer America Commercial Marketing team. The position works closely with cross-functional organizations to ensure partner funding marketing programs are rolled out effectively across all partners while measuring, analyzing, and reporting business impact. This role also works with planning and marketing teams to manage compliance pre-approvals, claims, and audits of partner-funded marketing activities. The position will also support the groups on various finance, audit, and control measures to ensure reimbursement. Candidates should have hands-on execution and operational experience with innovative marketing activities for technology products, collaborate with product & creative teams on branding and promotional materials, and focus on revenue growth in commercial B2B channels in the PC industry. Analytical skills are essential for monitoring and reporting on marketing success.

Key Responsibilities

Be the primary point of contact for addressing compliance and claiming concerns across Acer America.
Serve as subject matter expert on all partner funding programs' terms and conditions.
Ensure marketing creatives and plans are reviewed in a compliant & timely manner.
Work closely with the partner management planners and partner brand managers to be aware of partner-funded budgets.
Manage partner program budget data entry and tracker update (i.e., initial allocation, incremental allocation, budget consumption, reimbursement payment).
Track activities, planning, and reimbursement claim progress.
Coordinate the collection of all Proof of Execution (POE) and Proof of Spend (POS) required to submit claims.
Oversee third-party agencies to ensure all available vendor funding is fully claimed and deadlines are met.
Provide visibility through reporting on claiming deadlines to marketing to improve timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of POE, POS, and accruals information.
Drive process improvements to facilitate efficient compliance consultation and claiming processes.
Track activities (i.e., budget spending, plan submission, and approval) and funding consumption with marketing teams.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
3-5 years of experience in project management, marketing operations, or finance role.
Previous experience in a partnership marketing or joint sales/co-op funding role; PC industry experience and background in partner funding programs are preferred.
Strong understanding of marketing, including digital communications and traditional marketing activities.
Strong presentation, Microsoft Excel, data analysis, project management, and operations skills.
Solid ability to think and act strategically.
High self-discipline to manage workload, multi-task, and deliver results independently.
Ability to work with internationally based finance and marketing teams.
Excellent communication skills.
Highly proficient in Office 365, advanced Excel, Teams, SharePoint, and PowerPoint.
Excellent attention to detail.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

Working at Acer

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