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PARR is the total source for homebuilding supplies, solutions, and services. We focus on supplying building materials and solutions to professional home builders of all sizes including custom builders, large production builders, and multifamily builders. Our customers and community members know that they can rely on us for Legendary Service and quality products. Pay: $95,204.00 - $117,604.00 annually. The Marketing Manager is responsible for leading the day-to-day execution, coordination, and continuous improvement of PARR’s marketing work across the company’s retail, contractor sales, manufacturing, and support teams. Reporting to the Director of Marketing, this position manages marketing team members, organizes a high volume of projects and requests, protects brand consistency, supports revenue growth, and ensures marketing deliverables are completed on time, on budget, and aligned with business priorities. This role requires a working manager who can translate strategy into clear action plans, provide practical direction to creative, digital, content, event, promotional, and communications work, and build strong partnerships with Sales, Purchasing, Operations, People Operations, vendors, agencies, and location leaders. The successful candidate will be highly organized, action-oriented, comfortable working through ambiguity, and able to create momentum while developing the people around them.

This role requires a working manager who can translate strategy into clear action plans, provide practical direction to creative, digital, content, event, promotional, and communications work, and build strong partnerships with Sales, Purchasing, Operations, People Operations, vendors, agencies, and location leaders. The successful candidate will be highly organized, action-oriented, comfortable working through ambiguity, and able to create momentum while developing the people around them.

Supervise, coach, and develop marketing team members, including setting clear expectations, priorities, deadlines, and standards for quality. Translate direction from the Director of Marketing into actionable project plans, ownership assignments, timelines, and follow-up routines. Create accountability while maintaining an energetic, supportive, and solution-oriented team environment. Provide timely, actionable feedback and use day-to-day work as an opportunity to build employee capability and independence. Identify when projects or employees are getting stuck and proactively step in to create clarity, momentum, and resolution. Address performance, communication, or execution concerns directly, constructively, and promptly. Help build a culture of ownership, urgency, customer focus, continuous improvement, and practical problem solving.

Own the day-to-day flow of marketing work across campaigns, events, promotions, creative assets, digital channels, internal communications, vendor programs, and location requests. Develop and maintain project plans, roadmaps, calendars, timelines, budgets, deliverables, dependencies, approval paths, and next steps. Lead project kickoffs, regular project check-ins, and closeout reviews to ensure alignment, accountability, and continuous improvement. Prioritize competing requests and help determine when marketing should execute, refine, redirect, defer, or decline work based on business impact and team capacity. Identify risks, delays, bottlenecks, or unclear expectations early and recommend practical solutions before deadlines are missed. Manage external vendors, agencies, printers, media partners, promotional partners, contractors, and other resources to ensure timely, accurate, and cost-effective execution. Maintain organized documentation, digital assets, request processes, and project management tools that create transparency and efficiency for the marketing team and stakeholders.

Support development and execution of marketing plans that strengthen PARR’s brand, drive customer engagement, generate leads, support sales efforts, and reinforce PARR as the Total Home Building Source. Plan, execute, and optimize multi-channel marketing campaigns across digital, print, social, email, website, in-store, event, promotional, vendor-funded, and traditional channels. Partner with Sales, Purchasing, Cabinets, Manufacturing, Operations, and other business leaders to align marketing activities with revenue goals, customer needs, seasonal opportunities, product priorities, and company initiatives. Oversee creation and quality review of marketing collateral, including flyers, signage, digital graphics, brochures, presentations, case studies, customer materials, internal communications, and promotional assets. Provide creative and design direction while recognizing when work requires refinement and when “good enough” is the right answer to keep business priorities moving. Ensure brand voice, visual identity, messaging, and customer experience are consistent across marketing channels and customer touchpoints. Coordinate supplier, vendor, co‑op, sponsorship, trade event, customer appreciation, community, and location‑based marketing opportunities as appropriate.

Maintain a working understanding of digital advertising, website content, SEO, social media, email marketing, CRM, online listings, marketing automation, analytics, and other marketing technology or reporting tools. Review marketing performance data, campaign results, customer engagement metrics, lead generation activity, and stakeholder feedback to identify trends and recommend improvements. Support budget tracking, campaign ROI evaluation, vendor spend review, and resource planning to ensure marketing dollars are used effectively. Use market, customer, competitor, and industry information to help refine marketing recommendations and strengthen customer-facing messaging. Partner with the Director of Marketing and subject‑matter experts when deeper technical, analytical, creative, or channel‑specific expertise is required.

Serve as a primary day‑to‑day marketing contact for internal stakeholders and help clarify the business need behind incoming requests. Communicate priorities, timelines, tradeoffs, risks, and expectations clearly, professionally, and tactfully. Build trusted working relationships with location leaders, Sales, Purchasing, Operations, Manufacturing, People Operations, IT, vendors, agencies, and other partners. Push back constructively when a requested tactic is not the best solution while helping stakeholders identify a better path forward. Represent the marketing department with professionalism, responsiveness, and a strong understanding of PARR’s FACE values, brand standards, and customer service expectations. Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum of 5 years of progressive marketing experience required, preferably in building materials, construction, retail, distribution, B2B, multi‑location, or similarly fast‑moving environments. Minimum of 3 years of prior people leadership, supervisory, or formal team‑lead experience required; 5 years preferred. Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience may be considered. Demonstrated experience managing campaigns, promotions, events, marketing projects, vendors, agencies, budgets, timelines, and cross‑functional deliverables. Strong understanding of multi‑channel marketing, including digital, print, social media, email, web, in‑store, event, promotional, and traditional marketing. Experience supporting sales enablement, lead generation, customer engagement, product/category promotion, and brand awareness preferred. Experience with project management and collaboration tools, digital asset management systems, marketing analytics, CRM, website platforms, or marketing automation tools preferred. Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, and other technology necessary to manage marketing work and communication. Class C driver’s license with an acceptable driving record required; ability to maintain company‑required liability insurance required. Ability to speak, write, and read English required. Interpersonal Skills Ability to work cordially, professionally, diplomatically, and with a high level of customer service in a dynamic environment. Demonstrates sound judgment when working with sensitive business, employee, vendor, financial, and operational information. Strong leadership presence with the ability to set direction, create accountability, coach employees, and make timely decisions in ambiguous or fast‑changing circumstances. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly tailor messages for employees, leaders, customers, vendors, and external partners. Ability to communicate with all levels of management and employees at a high skill level and speak effectively in front of groups. Strong focus, planning, organizational, and time‑management skills with the ability to manage changing priorities, handle multiple projects, and meet deadlines while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail. Ability and willingness to identify processes, tools, or procedures that may be improved in an effort to improve the workplace and outcomes for customers. Ability to function independently, as part of a team, and as a leader with a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and commitment to excellence. Ability to think and respond quickly, positively, and professionally to constantly changing circumstances. Ability to appropriately manage stress and interact with others.

The primary working conditions are an office environment with a computer. This position may require work in lumberyards, showrooms, manufacturing environments, customer events, vendor events, trade events, community events, or outdoor settings. Physical Requirements Ability to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time. Ability to work indoors in a normal office environment for an entire day. Must be able to grasp, talk, hear, and operate a computer and keyboard. Must be able to occasionally lift, push, or pull up to 50 pounds and carry objects 50 feet. Must be able to work outdoors in all weather conditions when supporting events, jobsite activity, or location‑based marketing work. Must be able to drive a vehicle when necessary. Both local and overnight travel may be required.

Marketing team members as assigned, which may include marketing, creative, merchandising, events, digital, communications, or coordinator roles.

MGR06 We know that without great people, we can't be a great company.

• Everyone starts earning 2 weeks of vacation per year on day 1, and gains an additional day every year worked up to 4 weeks off
• Employee paid sick days 7 holidays
• Standard medical plan with a very low $1,000 deductible
• Dental, Vision, EAP (Employee Assistance Program) Massage, Chiropractic and Acupuncture coverage
• FSA (Flexible Spending Account) and Childcare pretax spending programs
• Footwear subsidy through boot vendor after 90 days of employment
• Up to 50% match on the first 6% you contribute to your 401(k) after 1 year of employment and fully vested at the end of your 3rd year
• In addition to the 401(k) match, there a 3% profit share contribution to your 401(k), with Board approval
• Tuition reimbursement (up to $2,500/year)
• Annual profit sharing (every full time employee who worked the full year earned a minimum of $525 for the 2024 year)
• $1,000 referral bonus

PARR Promotes! We have a transparent pay structure, and love to promote from within. Our current CEO started with the company as a driver and by being open to change and a self‑starter he climbed the ranks to the role he has today. There are many members of our management team who started their careers in our entry‑level positions. If you’re willing to work hard, there’s no reason you won’t earn regular merit increases and promotions. There is A LOT of opportunity - PARR is growing fast! We value our employees like family and are constantly working to provide a safe place to work for our employees. Most of our locations are not open past 5 and all our locations are closed on Sundays. Our company mission is Legendary Service through Teamwork, and we take that seriously. When you join our team, you’re joining a family owned company that’s been in business for 90 years, with a well‑established reputation as a leader within the building material supply industry in the United States.

Opportunity Built on Values At PARR, we believe in career growth from within. Our CEO started as a driver, and many of our leaders began in entry‑level positions and worked their way up. Transparent pay, merit increases, and promotions reflect our commitment to recognizing hard work. As a local, family-owned business with more than 95 years of history, we are guided by our values: Family, Adaptable, Customer‑Focused, and Ethical. We prioritize our employees and cultivate a culture of safety, respect, and work‑life balance. Our dedication to Legendary Service through Teamwork keeps us at the forefront of the building materials industry.