Jobs at Ace Hardware Corporation

Manages sales growth across the Davenport and Des Moines territory by developing retailer relationships, pursuing new business, creating strategic sales plans, organizing customer routes, and meeting revenue and profit objectives. The role includes cold calling, negotiating, resolving customer issues, attending trade shows, collaborating with internal teams, analyzing performance data, and extensive overnight travel using a company vehicle.

Supports strategic customer accounts by implementing account initiatives, improving service and revenue processes, resolving escalated issues, coordinating cross-functional communication, analyzing reports, and training internal teams and customers on systems and procedures. The role partners with Territory and Key Account Managers and serves as a primary contact for customer stakeholders. It requires frequent on-site work in Oak Brook, Illinois, at least four days per week.

Design and maintain behavioral-based curriculum and training solutions for Ace retail associates. Consult stakeholders, create instructor-led and virtual learning, define objectives, assess learning outcomes, manage multiple curriculum projects and vendors, deliver training, and use rapid e-learning development tools to align content with business goals.

Manages new business development across California by identifying, evaluating, and closing opportunities for new Ace stores, conversions, and acquisitions. Responsibilities include recruiting and advising investors and retailers, conducting market and site analyses, forecasting sales, preparing proformas, coordinating approvals, supporting financing, negotiating leases, and completing franchise applications. The role builds relationships with lenders, brokers, real estate stakeholders, and retail operations while traveling extensively throughout the region.

Supervise traffic department employees, driver dispatches, deliveries, routing, and equipment allocation. Maintain DOT driver qualification files, payroll records, daily logs, and compliance documentation. Coordinate transportation assignments, monitor on-time deliveries, communicate with drivers and customers, investigate accidents, and support workplace safety and loss prevention. The role also directs loading and unloading activities, responds to transportation issues, and ensures adherence to hours-of-service and hazardous-material regulations.

Supervises traffic department employees, driver dispatches, deliveries, routes, equipment allocation, and transportation operations. Maintains DOT compliance records, driver payroll files, logs, and safety documentation. Coordinates customers, drivers, and staff; investigates accidents; dispatches personnel and vehicles; inspects equipment; and supports safe, on-time deliveries. Requires knowledge of DOT, Hours of Service, and hazardous-material regulations, strong communication skills, schedule flexibility, and Microsoft Office experience.

Develop B2B business through prospecting, consultative selling, account development, customer meetings, pipeline management, quote follow-up, and recurring sales growth. Coordinate with Ace retailers, vendors, and internal teams to recommend products and services, support fulfillment, resolve customer issues, maintain CRM records, and report sales activity. The role requires daily territory travel and occasional overnight travel.

Develops B2B sales opportunities across an assigned territory through prospecting, consultative selling, customer meetings, account planning, quote follow-up, and CRM management. Coordinates with Ace retailers, vendors, and internal teams to connect business customers with products, services, fulfillment options, trade credit, and digital tools. Maintains pipelines, resolves service issues, supports recurring account growth, and reports sales activity and recommendations to leadership.

Develops B2B sales within an assigned territory by prospecting, building pipelines, conducting customer meetings, assessing needs, following up on quotes, and growing recurring accounts. Coordinates with Ace retailers, vendors, and internal teams to deliver product and fulfillment solutions. Maintains CRM records, analyzes sales and pipeline data, supports issue resolution, and reports progress to sales leadership. Requires daily territory travel and occasional overnight travel.

Develops B2B sales opportunities within an assigned territory through prospecting, customer meetings, needs assessments, quoting, account planning, and consultative solution selling. Maintains CRM records and pipeline activity, coordinates orders and fulfillment with participating Ace retailers, supports vendor and program resources, resolves customer issues, and reports sales activity and growth opportunities to leadership.

Develops B2B sales opportunities within an assigned territory by prospecting, conducting customer meetings, assessing needs, preparing and following up on quotes, and growing recurring accounts. Coordinates with Ace retailers, vendors, and internal teams to connect customers with products, services, fulfillment options, credit, and digital tools. Maintains CRM records, manages pipeline activity, resolves customer issues, supports retailer coordination, and reports sales progress.

Develops B2B sales across an assigned territory by prospecting business customers, building pipelines, conducting needs assessments and site visits, following up on quotes, and growing recurring accounts. Provides consultative product and service solutions, coordinates with Ace retailers and vendors, maintains CRM records, resolves customer issues, supports orders and fulfillment, and reports sales activity and growth opportunities. Requires daily territory travel and occasional overnight travel.

Support accurate, efficient EDI invoice processing by analyzing transaction errors, performing root-cause analysis, producing KPI scorecards, leading cross-functional error resolution, recommending process improvements, training partners, and supporting daily Accounts Payable operations.

Territory Manager responsible for growing profitable sales across Maryland and Delaware by managing existing and prospective retail customers. Duties include developing sales plans, executing store-level programs, building relationships with decision-makers, conducting customer visits, resolving issues, coordinating with internal teams, and meeting sales and profit goals. Extensive overnight travel is required, along with territory knowledge, strategic thinking, negotiation, communication, and business-to-business sales experience.

The role involves managing import/export compliance, overseeing daily operations, leading compliance programs, and maintaining relations with customs. The manager will guide a team, optimize logistics, and ensure adherence to trade regulations across multiple countries.

The HR Business Partner advises management on staffing, employee relations, policy administration, performance management, investigations, coaching, and corrective actions. The role conducts orientations and employee check-ins, manages leave and workers’ compensation claims, tuition reimbursement, performance review tracking, turnover reporting, unemployment claims, and emergency travel arrangements. It also promotes workplace safety, supports employee engagement, and develops HR solutions aligned with business objectives and employment laws.

Supervise daily transportation department activities, including driver dispatches, deliveries, payroll records, DOT files, daily-log audits, route planning, equipment allocation, customer communication, and after-hours driver support. The role also oversees safety, accident investigations, loss prevention, employee relations, emergency dispatching, and transportation operations goals.

Provides administrative and customer support for an electrical home-services office. Duties include answering communications, scheduling electricians, coordinating suppliers and inspectors, tracking jobs, maintaining records, supporting invoicing, payroll preparation, expense reconciliation, bid preparation, and permit documentation. The role also updates job systems and spreadsheets while assisting field technicians and project managers.

Manages end-to-end vendor dispute cases, including claims, chargebacks, shortages, deductions, and repayment requests. Investigates discrepancies, validates documentation, reconciles recoveries, maintains audit-ready records, and collaborates with vendors and internal teams. The role also monitors queues and performance metrics, supports financial controls, trains stakeholders, and contributes to process improvements. Strong analytical, communication, organizational, and Microsoft Excel skills are required.

Leads enterprise payroll operations across multiple cycles, legal entities, and jurisdictions. Oversees Workday payroll governance, tax filings, reconciliations, compliance, financial controls, audits, vendor performance, system integrations, acquisitions, automation, and benefit-plan administration. Manages a team of nine and supports approximately $800 million in annual payroll processing for 13,800 active employees.