Associate Specialist, Product Marketing (ISG)

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Ready to work for a digital imaging leader?

At Canon Canada, we’re guided by kyosei – our corporate philosophy meaning “all people living and working together into the future.”  Since 1973 we’ve done just that, working together to become leaders in business and consumer imaging equipment and information systems.

As a global company, our reputation is built on our ability to meet the needs of our employees and our business partners.  We pride ourselves on technological innovation, excellence and harmony with our environment, and strive to be innovators who deliver exceptional solutions and great customer experiences.

Canon continues to be the preferred choice for technology and services that enhance the lives of people and drive business performance, all supported by our extensive, award winning line up.

Piqued your interest?

Are you a self-starter and proactive person by nature?  Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with leading edge imaging equipment? Can you juggle priorities, execute on fine details and deliver top notch sales/marketing presentations and collateral to support sales and potential customers? Print industry knowledge and experience? Colour management expert? Sense of humour? If so, then read on because we are looking for someone just like you to join the Canon Canada family!

This opportunity is based out of our new state-of-the-art headquarters in Brampton located at the corner of Steeles Avenue and Mississauga Road on the Mississauga/Brampton border.

The Associate Specialist, Production Systems will support the field with product expertise in addition to developing, managing, and implementing marketing programs and launch activities that provide the necessary tools to achieve the corporate revenue, profit and unit objectives.

We’ll trust you to make a big contribution to our team as you develop and grow - you will play a key part in helping us excel today and improve tomorrow!

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Field Marketing/Sales Support:

• Be the Field Product Expert for Production/Light Production product lines (i.e. imagePRESS, and varioPRINT, EFI and PrismaSync) from a technology and operator perspective
• Support the Business Solutions Division (BSD - Production and Mainline Reps), Indirect and Federal Channels in product demonstrations, proposal meetings, RFP/RVD responses, product inquiries and provide guidance in pricing submissions
• Provide feedback to help develop, manage, implement and support marketing programs/campaigns for both Hardware and Software offerings as they relate to the production portfolio
• Deliver and maintain high impact communication pieces such as presentations and marketing tools including web based marketing tools
• Develop and maintain strong and positive relationships with various dealer principals, sales managers and representatives in locations throughout the assigned territory
• Extensive travel is required for this position

Qualifications

To Succeed, You will have:

• Post-secondary education preferably in Business, Marketing or Graphic Communications Management related
• Strong presentation skills and comfortable presenting in front of groups with confidence
• Excellent written and verbal communication - must be organized and have strong negotiation, decision making, planning and sales skills
• Able to present a professional and positive demeanor with internal and external customers and work cooperatively
• Highly self-motivated and able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks with varying deadlines
• Graphic Design skills (Adobe Creative Suite) proficiency a definite asset
• Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite
• G7 and/or EFI Fiery certification considered strong assets
• Bilingual (French) language skills an asset

Come and join our team as we work to take Canon to the next level!  We offer pay-for-performance, generous benefits and exceptional career growth with a global company.

If you are among the most suitable for the position, we will be in touch with you shortly to discuss this role in greater detail.

Canon Canada Inc. is proud to provide accommodation(s) during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodations, please indicate this on your application/cover letter and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any questions, suggestions or required documents regarding accessibility in a different format, please contact us via email at 19ac6839@freshgigs.ca or via phone at 1-855-531-3850 or 905-863-8713