[Remote] Microsoft Retail Programs Manager - Minnesota

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Best Buy is a company dedicated to enriching lives through technology. As the Retail Vendor Programs Manager for Microsoft, you will execute strategies to enhance customer and employee experiences while overseeing sales, operations, and vendor partnerships.


Responsibilities

  • Manage employee experience, staffing, development and performance management
  • Ensure business, retail and vendor strategies are aligned in support of the employee and customer experience
  • Lead vendor funded programs, internal cross-functional coordination and alignment
  • Engage with retail and corporate partners to ensure strategies and information are developed with a retail operational and sales lens
  • Drive performance results and analyze performance indicators against business strategies and lead your team to facilitate growth and improve results
  • Guide leaders through competing priorities to ensure efficiency and execution

Skills

  • 2 years of experience as a supervisor or manager in business, military or related fields
  • 2 years of sales or customer service experience
  • 1 year of experience managing and reviewing operational expenses and revenue
  • Retail industry experience
  • Consumer electronic industry experience
  • 1 year of retail management experience
  • 1 year of vendor interaction experience

Benefits

  • Competitive pay
  • Great employee discount
  • Financial savings and retirement resources
  • Support for your physical and mental well-being
  • Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility.
  • Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves.
  • Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time employees based on work location, employment status, salary or hourly status (exempt/non-exempt), and years of continued or bridged service.
  • Certain roles, where market norms demand it, are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results.

Company Overview

  • Best Buy is a multinational retailer of technology and entertainment products and services offering consumer electronics and more. It was founded in 1966, and is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Best Buy has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 80 in 2026, 163 in 2025, 157 in 2024, 182 in 2023, 181 in 2022, 180 in 2021, 66 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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