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IT Advisor- Salesforce CG Cloud Administrator

Milwaukee Tool · Menomonee Falls, WI · Full time

Posted Aug 31, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time you drove adoption of a Salesforce feature that field sales was ignoring.

What they are checking: Whether they treat adoption as their job and can win over busy users who see the tool as extra work.

Tell me about working with an implementation partner whose work you disagreed with.

What they are checking: Whether they can hold a partner accountable while keeping the relationship productive.

How do you gather requirements from sales leaders who describe what they want in vague terms?

What they are checking: Whether they can turn business language into clear user stories before anything gets built.

What would you do

Sales Ops asks for a new field and a validation rule by Friday. How do you decide whether to build it, push back, or route it to a developer?

What they are checking: Judgment about declarative versus custom work and protecting the platform from rushed one-off changes.

Field reps say the mobile app is slow during store visits. How do you investigate?

What they are checking: Structured troubleshooting that separates configuration, data volume, and offline sync issues.

What metrics would you track to know Consumer Goods Cloud is actually helping the business?

What they are checking: Whether they connect admin work to commercial outcomes rather than counting tickets closed.

About the work

What do you see as the main difference between administering Consumer Goods Cloud and a standard Sales Cloud org?

What they are checking: Whether they understand retail execution objects like visits, assortments and store data, not just generic Salesforce admin.

How do you manage releases and deployments between sandboxes and production?

What they are checking: Discipline around change control so the commercial platform stays stable and trusted.

Describe how you would clean up duplicate and stale account data in a Consumer Goods Cloud org.

What they are checking: A practical approach to data quality, which the posting names as central to the platform being trusted.

How do you set up profiles, permission sets and sharing for teams like Channel, Marketing and Revenue Growth Management?

What they are checking: Sound security design that gives each group what it needs without exposing data broadly.

How do you keep up with the three Salesforce releases each year, and how do you decide what to turn on?

What they are checking: Whether they evaluate new features against business value instead of enabling things just because they exist.

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The full job description

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Job Description: WE CREATE EMPOWERED LEADERS! At Milwaukee Tool we firmly believe that our People and our Culture are the secrets to our success. Your Role on Our Team As the IT Advisor - Salesforce CG Cloud Administrator , you will serve as the primary functional administrator and platform expert supporting our Salesforce Consumer Goods Cloud ecosystem. You will partner closely with Sales, Sales Operations, Channel, Marketing, Revenue Growth Management, Field Sales, and IT teams to ensure the platform delivers exceptional user experience, enables commercial excellence, and supports scalable business growth. You will own the day-to-day administration, configuration, support, and continuous improvement of Consumer Goods Cloud while partnering with business stakeholders, solution architects, developers, and implementation partners to deliver new capabilities and maximize platform value. This role is central to ensuring Salesforce remains a trusted, high-performing commercial platform by driving user adoption, process optimization, data quality, and operational excellence. **Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.; Sponsorship is not available for this position at this time. You'll be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities: • Serve as the primary administrator for Salesforce Consumer Goods Cloud, supporting business users across Channel, Sales, Field Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, and Commercial Operations. • Configure and maintain Salesforce using declarative tools including Flows, Dynamic Forms, Validation Rules, Approval Processes, Reports, Dashboards, List Views, Record Types, Permission Sets, and Lightning Apps. • Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements, identify process improvements, and translate business needs into scalable Salesforce solutions. • Support Consumer Goods Cloud capabilities including retail execution, account planning, visit planning, store audits, surveys, action plans, product assortment, and customer engagement. • Administer Salesforce objects, page layouts, security model, user provisioning, role hierarchy, profiles, sharing rules, and field-level security. • Build reports and dashboards that provide actionable insights into sales performance, retail execution, customer activity, and operational KPIs. • Monitor system health, data quality, platform adoption, and user experience while proactively identifying opportunities for continuous improvement. • Support Salesforce releases by evaluating new platform capabilities, coordinating testing, documenting enhancements, and enabling business adoption. • Manage user support, troubleshoot production issues, coordinate defect resolution, and ensure timely delivery of enhancements. • Partner with architects, developers, and implementation partners to support larger projects, integrations, and platform enhancements. • Participate in requirements gathering, solution design, user acceptance testing, training, and change management activities. • Develop and maintain platform documentation including configuration standards, process documentation, user guides, and knowledge articles. • Promote Salesforce best practices, governance standards, and data integrity across the commercial organization. • Perform additional duties as assigned. The TOOLS you'll bring with you: • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Computer Science, or related field preferred or equivalent experience. • 2-4+ years of experience administering Salesforce in an enterprise environment. • Salesforce Administrator Certification required or ability to obtain within six months. • Experience supporting business users and delivering Salesforce enhancements through Agile delivery methodologies. Other TOOLS we prefer you to have: • Experience administering Salesforce Consumer Goods Cloud, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, or comparable CRM platforms. • Strong understanding of Consumer Goods business processes including retail execution, account planning, field sales, customer visits, product assortment, promotions, and merchandising. • Experience configuring Salesforce using Flow Builder, Reports, Dashboards, Validation Rules, Permission Sets, Dynamic Forms, and Lightning Experience. • Knowledge of Salesforce data model, security architecture, sharing model, and declarative automation best practices. • Experience supporting integrations with ERP platforms such as Oracle Cloud, customer master data, product master data, and enterprise integration platforms. • Familiarity with Salesforce Data Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Trade Promotion Management, or Revenue Growth Management solutions. • Experience supporting mobile-first Salesforce applications used by field sales organizations. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and recommend scalable solutions. • Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate business requirements into effective Salesforce configurations. • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. • Collaborative team player who builds trusted relationships across business and IT organizations. • Passion for continuous learning, platform innovation, and delivering exceptional user experiences. • Hands-on administrator who thrives on improving business processes through thoughtful platform configuration and automation while maintaining high standards for data quality, usability, and operational excellence. Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.

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