Polaroid

Responsibilities: — Serve as the commercial lead for Polaroid in Canada, owning the Canadian wholesale plan and accountability for revenue and market growth. — Act as the in-market face of the business and primary leadership point for the Canadian commercial team and stakeholders. — Strategically lead all national wholesale accounts to ensure long-term scalability, commercial profitability, and maintain a premium Polaroid brand presence across physical and digital retail. — Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior buyers, merchants, and decision-makers across national accounts. — Lead joint business planning and negotiate terms that foster sustainable multi-year growth. — Lead and coordinate the Canadian commercial plan, set priorities, and coach supporting team members. — Collaborate closely with US-based planning, finance, retail marketing, and product teams. — Translate market data into actionable inventory strategies, lead seasonal forecasting, manage SKU end-of-life transitions to protect sell-through. — Monitor consumer trends to identify opportunities for growth or course correction. — Shift focus from sell-in to sell-through by partnering with retail marketing and activation teams to execute impactful programs, improve in-store positioning and shelf execution, and utilize retail assets to drive account performance. — Represent Polaroid as a brand ambassador by demonstrating products at trade shows, training events, and major national account meetings. Requirements: — Proven progressive, high-impact sales and account management experience in consumer goods, consumer electronics, or premium hardware retail environments. — Experience leading a market, team, or portfolio with meaningful autonomy. — Demonstrated success managing multi-million-dollar national retail portfolios. — Deep knowledge of the Canadian retail landscape with established senior-level relationships across major national chains. — Strong commercial and analytical skills including retail math, inventory pipelines, pricing elasticity, and promotional mechanics. — Comfortable evaluating complex financial models and collaborating with finance and operations leaders. — Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with a proven ability to influence external executive leadership and align internal cross-functional teams around a shared growth vision. — Self-directed leadership capable of setting direction and making decisions as the senior Polaroid presence in-market while aligning with North American strategy. Benefits: Not specified in the text.