Cutlery Sales Manager - East Region

AOB Products Company; Columbia Township (MO); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

American Outdoor Brands is seeking a Cutlery Sales Manager for the East Region to grow and manage our cutlery brands across the Eastern United States. The role includes remote flexibility and up to 50% travel for customer meetings and trade shows.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years in outdoor recreation sales and 4+ years in sales leadership within the Hunt/Shoot segments, with a proven ability to develop annual strategies and manage profitability.

Qualifications

• Negotiation and strategic planning experience with sales teams.
• Proven ability to develop and implement go-to-market plans.
• Strong analytical and multi-tasking capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Own the relationship with customer buyers and develop and execute short/long-term sales go-to-market plans; manage and develop sales personnel and agencies.
• Train assigned sales representatives on products and programs; provide regular performance results to the Director of Sales; stay informed on market conditions and product performance.

Skills

Negotiating

Strategic Planning

Goal Development & Management

Problem Solving

Multi-tasking

Opportunity Identification

PowerPoint & Excel

Education

Masters or MBA

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

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Cutlery Sales Manager - East Region

Full Time Sales Columbia, MO, US

Our Values of honesty, respect, responsibility, discipline, collaboration, open-mindedness, and resourcefulness are deeply intertwined with our culture, fostering an environment where integrity and mutual support thrive, and innovative solutions are encouraged.

Position Overview:

The Sales Manager will be responsible for growing and managing Cutlery brands within the Eastern region of United States. Flexibility as a remote employee is optional. This position requires the ability to travel 50% of the time for customer facing meetings and trade shows.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibilities include ownership of the relationship with all customer buyers, ownership of developing, presenting to the customer and executing short/long-term go-to-market sales strategies and plans, promotions & forecasts as well as managing and developing sales personnel and sales representative agencies that execute those plans.
• Additional responsibilities include training assigned sales representatives on all product and programs, providing weekly/monthly performance results to the Director of Sales as well as being a consistent resource on market conditions, competitors, product performance and product recommendations.

NOTE:This list presents only the principal duties of the position and is not intended to be comprehensive. The duties and responsibilities listed above may be changed or supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.

Education and Experience:

• 6+ years sales experience with Outdoor Recreation retail/wholesale customers, preferably in the Hunt, Shoot segments, delivering target results using brands within the shooting industry.
• 4+ years sales management experience leading direct as well as indirect sales teams in the United States that service the Hunt, Shoot segments of the outdoor industry.
• 4+ years sales leadership experience developing annual strategies and plans that not only meet/exceed topline expectations, but also bottom-line margin and profitability expectations in the Hunt, Shoot segment.
• Proven track record of developing and leveraging long-term customer relationships at the Sr. Buyer and Buyer level
• Proven track record of developing sales teams including recruiting, training, performance improvement
• Masters or MBA a plus

Competencies and Skills:

• Negotiating
• Strategic Planning
• Goal Development & Management
• Problem Solving
• Multi-tasking
• Opportunity Identification
• Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint & Excel

Physical Demands:

• Regular and predictable attendance is required.
• Some work is required in "off-hours" for business meetings/company events.
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time in front of a computer.
• Ability to move about facility on regular basis to perform physical activities, such as, but not limited to, lifting heavy equipment (up to 50 lbs. unassisted), bending, standing, climbing or walking.
• Visual and hearing acuity.

NOTE:Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment and Personal Protective Equipment:

General office environment, with some exposure to plant environment, with fork lift and other general hazards.

Exposure to the outdoors, unstable ground, and some climbing.

Position requires individual to be available to travel 1-2 weeks each month

American Outdoor Brands (and its affiliates) is an equal opportunity employer and considers for employment and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, veteran status, military service, application for military service, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable state or local law. Candidates must possess proper authorization to work in the United States and, where applicable, to possess technical data as defined in the International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR) 22 CFR 120. 10.