2023 Winter Co-Op – Costco Relations Specialist, Marketing Operations

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with internal partners (Service, Accessories, OnStar, etc) on adjacency promotions
• Engage with brands to align on: vehicle inclusions, accurate images, and names to be displayed in promotions – National Warehouse Promotions and Member Only Promotions
• Work with Costco to secure additional marketing tactics for each campaign
• Review & approve Costco Marketing elements – work with legal to develop program legal and ensure the approved ads and legal are implemented
• Audit execution of marketing tactics
• Arrange warehouse displays with our dealers
• Handle dealer/field inquiries
• Report generation – work on generating program performance reports from various data sources & share with regions, and internal partners
• Collect & analyze program VINs to deliver on Shop Cards
• Conduct post program analysis to identify program performance and provide guidance on ways to optimize the program
• Special Projects as required by the Corporate Marketing and Retail Team

Additional Job Description

Qualifications:

• Pursuit of a Bachelor’s (3rd or 4th year) or Master’s degree in the following areas: Business/Commerce (Marketing major preferred)
• Able to work 40 hours per week in Canada, and for 8-month term (2 consecutive semesters) starting January 2023
• Ability to effectively prioritize to implement flawlessly on time and on budget
• Successful candidates will be required to attest to their vaccination status (or indicating that they do not wish to disclose), and any job offer will be conditional on the candidate providing that attestation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with an agency
• ExData analysis
• Bilingual, with proficiency in French language is beneficial

Desired Skills:

• Outstanding leadership, interpersonal, and relationship management skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with varying levels of the organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to distill complex subjects to a wider audience
• High level of integrity, ability to deal with ambiguity, takes initiative/self-directed
• Evidence of strong character with integrity, honesty, accountability and trust
• Consistently demonstrates innovative thinking that is customer-centric
• Excellent project management skills and the proven track record to manage numerous projects at any given
• Possess strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills
• Fundamental digital literacy including understanding of MS Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

This role offers the following Work Appropriately strategies:

• Remote: The position does not require an employee to be on-site full-time to perform most effectively. The employee’s role enables them to work off-site on a permanent basis.

PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU DO NOT NEED SPONSORSHIP TO WORK IN CANADA NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. WE ARE UNABLE TO CONSIDER CANDIDATES WHO REQUIRE SPONSORSHIP.

About GM

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Why Join Us

We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Diversity Information

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteeropportunities.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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