Title: Holiday Manager

Reports to:Vice President

Updated:June 2010

Position Summary

Efficiently and effectively manage the commercial holiday department. Responsibilities include design, quality control, complete production planning and implementation, marketing, recruiting and training of personnel. Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Department Management, Design, Production, Inventory, Personnel, Sales & Marketing

Department Management

Work closely with Controller and Vice President to establish annual budget for all holiday department costs, including labor, materials, equipment, etc.
Manage department to meet/beat Budgeted Goals
Develop and maintain, with VP, annual 12-month Action Plan for entire company as it relates to our holiday business

Design

Ability to source materials for custom work
Research and attend industry trade shows to find new ideas and trends, purchasing opportunities
Create and/or modify holiday design themes, within budget
Keep the product line current with or ahead of contemporary design and color trends

Work with sales team and customers on custom requests and designs
Maintain and update holiday showroom

Production

Schedule pre-holiday production for refurbishing existing stored materials, based on sales and existing leases
Maintain responsibility for warehouse locator system for all leased materials
Motivate, train and direct individuals performing entry-level Holiday production
Establish and maintain a labeling system for all finished goods
Create advance production plan to meet holiday schedule timeline, while

maintaining cost efficiencies

Maintain holiday production area to maximize productivity and ensure a clean and safe work environment
Ensure consistency of design quality with established company standards throughout production and installation

Title: Holiday Manager

Reports to:Vice President

Updated:June 2010

Inventory

Know at all times the status of unsold inventory
Project inventory needs based on projected sales
Establish and maintain production inventory to meet holiday orders, based

on projected sales and existing leases

After installations are completed, inventory all unused materials
After take-downs are completed, inventory all returned materialsand determine refurbishment needs
Receive materials, control inventory and product needs
Ensure adequate raw materials, or acceptable substitutions, are available,

on time and within budget

Coordinate purchasing needs with current Holiday Coordinator and Purchasing Department, while maintaining cost-effectiveness

Personnel

Work closely with Human Resources department to ensure complete holiday temp staffing needs are met
Establish training program for holiday temp employees and execute in timely manner to ensure all employees have complete understanding of company and position standards and expectations
Provide Installations Department with complete labor hours necessary to effectively and efficiently install all holiday projects.

Sales & Marketing

Create and/or modify holiday marketing and sales material
Provide sales team with product samples and sales & marketing materials

of holiday themes for customer presentations

Create and maintain holiday price lists
Provide accurate pricing for all custom holiday projects
Prepare and execute annual holiday kick-off meeting
Accompany salespeople on presentations and site visits as appropriate

Qualifications & Requirements

Outstanding design capabilities
Strong project management experience, including cost maintenance
Excellent organizational skills
Strong people skills, working with employees, customers and vendors
Ability to train and motivate staff