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Sales Enablement Specialist (ONSITE)

Ace Hardware Corporation · Oak Brook, IL · 1 wk ago
Business Development$75k–$85k/yrFull-time

About the role

The Sales Enablement Specialist equips the Emery Jensen field sales team with the content, training, and resources they need to sell effectively. This role designs and delivers enablement content across multiple modalities—e-learning, playbooks, job aids, and live/virtual sessions—and manages the tools and resource libraries that make those materials easy to find and use. Working within the Sales Effectiveness Department, the Specialist provides a blended-learning approach that helps reps ramp faster and stay current in a fast-growing & changing environment. This position requires effective project management skills, strong instructional design capability, content development expertise, and the ability to manage multiple initiatives in a fast-moving, evolving environment. This individual will need to remain agile to meet the changing needs of our rapidly growing team.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain sales enablement content across multiple formats.
  • Develop learning experiences that support key sales competencies and methodologies.
  • Develop and maintain onboarding content—including eLearning, job aids, virtual sessions, and seminar materials—to accelerate new-hire readiness.
  • Partner with Sales Leaders, SMEs, and cross-functional teams to align content with field expectations.
  • Coordinate logistics, presenter communications, content updates, and printed materials.
  • Own the development, organization, and ongoing maintenance of sales enablement content within the Ace Learning Place (ALP) LMS, including building courses, learning paths, and curricula, ensuring content accuracy, usability, and alignment with role-based learning journeys.
  • Maintain current, accurate training content across sales learning platforms. Retire outdated materials, host virtual events, and manage Teams administration.
  • Partner with Sales Leadership, HR, and SMEs to build role-based learning journeys, curricula, certifications, and reinforcement programs that strengthen sales skills and field performance.
  • Develop and maintain surveys, assessments, and reporting to evaluate learning effectiveness and engagement.
  • Analyze learning data, content consumption, and feedback to identify trends, recommend content enhancements, and continuously improve the effectiveness of the sales team.

Qualifications

You are passionate about creating practical, engaging learning experiences that help sales teams build confidence, sharpen skills, and perform at their best. You thrive in a fast-moving environment where you can combine instructional design, project management, and collaboration to keep training content relevant, accessible, and impactful.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Learning & Development, Instructional Design, Education, Organizational Development, Communications, Human Resources, Business, or a related field or 3–5 years of experience in Sales Enablement, Learning & Development, Training, Instructional Design, or Learning Operations, with demonstrated ownership of learning content development.
  • Experience partnering with subject matter experts (SMEs) and business stakeholders to translate business needs into effective learning solutions.
  • Experience supporting new hire onboarding programs or sales training initiatives preferred.
  • Ability to design engaging, learner-centered content aligned to business needs and performance outcomes.
  • Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
  • Strong writing, editing, and content organization skills across digital and live learning formats.
  • LMS experience; SABA/Cornerstone a plus.
  • Experience developing scalable learning content such as microlearnings, job aids, eLearning modules, and blended learning programs.
  • Proficient in instructional design and curriculum development processes.
  • Prior experience managing or supporting content within an LMS, including building courses, assigning learning paths, and maintaining content accuracy.
  • Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on end user experience and business impact.
  • Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communications skills.
  • Demonstrated project management skills.
  • Experience developing courses with e-learning software, like Articulate 360 or others a plus.
  • Demonstrated understanding of adult learning principles.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft 365 tools (Teams, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint) and digital collaboration platforms.
  • Software skills in Microsoft Office applications and online meeting/training software including Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Pay

$75,000 - $85,000

Benefits

  • Incentive opportunities, based on role/grade level (rapid company growth over the past 2 years resulted in incentives being paid out above 116.96% of your target opportunity).
  • Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution the first year, in addition to an annual discretionary contribution (once eligibility requirements have been met). Over the past five years, company contributions (matching & discretionary) for fully eligible employees have averaged 6.6% of total compensation.
  • Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision, and disability—up to 26 weeks short-term disability and long-term disability) & life insurance benefits for you and your dependents.
  • 21 days of vacation immediately available (prorated in the first year) and up to 6 paid holidays depending on the month of hire.
  • Company Car, phone, and fuel card are provided for field-based positions.
  • 20 hours off work per year to volunteer at an organization of your choice, plus opportunities to help Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and the Ace Helpful Fund through the Ace Foundation.
  • On-site classes, facilitator-led courses, and a generous tuition assistance program, plus a performance management approach that goes beyond the typical annual review.
  • Frequent campus events like Employee Appreciation Week, vendor demos, cookouts, and merchandise sales.
  • On-site services such as mobile spas, auto maintenance, car wash and detailing, dry cleaning, dentists, eye doctors, flu shots, recycling, and more.
  • Employee discounts on Ace merchandise (including top brands like Weber, Traeger, Yeti, Craftsman, DeWalt, and more), travel, fitness, computers, and thousands more.
  • Birth/Adoption bonding paid time off.
  • Adoption cost reimbursement.
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)—access to free visits to therapists and lawyers, guidance on financial matters, elder and childcare, and assistance with tickets to entertainment events.
  • Identity theft protection.

Benefits are provided in compliance with applicable policies.

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