Architecture & Design Manager - NYC - HNI Corporation : Job Details

HNI Corporation is a global family of brands for the workplace and home dedicated to enhancing the spaces where we live, work, and gather. We pride ourselves on fostering an environment where we make a positive impact on others; upholding our beliefs in integrity, inclusion and belonging.

What We Need:

We are looking for an Architecture & Design Manager in the New York City area.

As the Architecture & Design Manager, you will work within the Architect & Design community, in the Los Angeles. You will be responsible for increasing business development success rate and driving mindshare growth to increase right-to-win scenarios for Allsteel, Gunlocke, and partnership brands in the region. Additionally, this role will develop and execute key strategies to improve our architect and design accounts by creating and initiating sales activities and marketing plans relative to targeted accounts to build mutually beneficial relationships.

What You Will Do:

• Build brand acceptance, trial, and preference. Develop professional and productive business relationships with Architecture and Design firms that educate, excite, and engage them with our brands.
• Contribute to sales local and regional wins through solutions development, including needs analysis, product positioning, application consulting and competitive intelligence. Support account development and retention initiatives relative to workplace and product strategies within select significant accounts.
• Take leading role in major client presentations, mockup plans, and product positions where Architecture and Design is involved with furniture selection on client projects.
• Target 10 firms on annual basis to improve Allsteels overall standing in those firms; and track/report progress of these and other firm activities through timely updated in Salesforce.
• Create industry visibility and strong social ties through participation in industry related groups and activities; including those that support our dealer partners.
• Oversee provision of COM info, literature, pricing, images, samples, and other support materials to Architecture and Design firms or other influencers.
• Align with local sales team on consultative selling best practices, product/showroom presentation/merchandising skills, mockup presentations, specification development with designers, and relationship building design firm-wide (principals, studio/design leadership, designers, project managers).
• Identify CEU topics that are timely and related to current business climate and will help elevate brand. Work with marketing/WPA/Director, Strategic Accounts to create presentation deck and approval with IDCEC, AIA, USGBC, WELL.

What You Have:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience required.
• 3-5 years experience in consultative sales environment required.
• Proven connections and networked amongst the Real Estate community in assigned territory.
• Furniture or related industry (interiors) experience preferred.

What You Are Good At:

• Significant experience in sales (interiors) and a proven ability to close business.
• Knowledge of office environment issues and general business trends.
• Ability to identify and positively influence key decision makers and influencers.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, organization, and customer (internal and external) support orientation.
• Ability to successfully interact across business functions, from Allsteel HQ to the field sales members and independent dealers.
• Demonstrated ability to lead change, handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

HNI Corporation (NYSE: HNI) is a manufacturer of workplace furnishings and building products, operating under two segments. The workplace furnishings segment is a leading global designer and provider of commercial furnishings, going to market under multiple unique brands. The residential building products segment is the nations leading manufacturer and marketer of hearth products.

As one of the larger employers in Iowa, HNI Corporation was recognized in 2018, 2019, and 2020 for the diversity of our Board of Directors and was named in 2020, 2021, and #6 in 2022 as one of America's Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek.

How we act today protects how we live tomorrow. Check out our CSR Report here:

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), are not just core beliefs at HNI - they are operational imperatives. We value each others differences in experiences and ideas to solve problems and better serve our customers. Take a look at our DEI goals here:

We offer Benefits on Day 1, including a new voluntary benefit, Daily Pay! To learn about all the benefits HNI has to offer visit www.HNIbenefits.com.

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