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Southwest Sales Manager

  • Location CA, USA
  • Job Type Full Time
  • Posted February 6, 2025

The Opportunity 

  • Specialized, high-performance eco-friendly wood products for high-end construction & architectural design applications.  
  • Move the needle for accelerated growth in the Southwest region, primarily in Southern California – challenging but highly rewarding!  
  • Highly visible position with outstanding career growth opportunity as the company is expanding rapidly  
  • Entrepreneurial culture in the US with solid financial backing from publicly-traded EU parent (company has US manufacturing).  
  • Open new accounts and support the commercial and technical activities of existing distributors, sub-distributors, OEM’s and end users  
  • If you want to use your critical thinking skills to make a real contribution to a business, with multiple potential paths for advancement rather than a single defined track, this is a great career move for you!  

What You’ll Do 

  • Achieve growth and sales targets by supporting the local distributor/teams.  
  • Conduct Distributor sales team trainings and joint key account visits.  
  • Complete KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) on activity set jointly.  
  • Identify growth market on existing and new segments / applications.  
  • Continuously monitor competition/market analysis. 
  • Execute Joint architectural and industrial visits with Distributors.  
  • Develop annual forecast with distributors and sales volume sequence.  
  • Develop new sub-distributor entities / network for existing Distributors.  
  • Work closely with Distributors on key projects.  
  • Initiate new marketing ideas/actions for Distributors, Sub-Distributors, and End Users 
  • Develop specific volume contracts with industrial clients.  
  • Direct communication channel with Customer Service, Marketing and Quality Control. 

The Profile 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing or related field.  
  • 5+ years proven success in technical sales of premium products in the wood or other construction-related products space – you know how to value sell within the A&D Community and have direct experience with the distributor sales model. This is the core requirement and a MUST-HAVE. 
  • Proven success as a strategic sales hunter and team player – you have opened new major  accounts, successfully working within a team unit to achieve high-growth results. 
  • Distributor and direct sales team management experience – you understand and can motivate the different types of sales team members effectively, and you’re seen as the go-to by your distributors 
  • Solid CRM and MS Office skills including PowerPoint, Word, Excel 
  • Plenty of initiative and drive – you make things happen, not just watch them happen. 
  • Willing to travel overnight up to 70% of the time and live near major airport in the Southwest region. 

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