Field Sales Representative (f/m/d) - Elixir Strings - Home Office
About the Role: We are looking for a self-driven and passionate sales professional to join our Elixir Strings team. In this role, you will develop and manage accounts in EMEA (online and physical). You will interact with sales & marketing team and sales leadership to develop account specific sales & marketing plans and strategies. You will be responsible for all account programming at assigned customers.
This is a remote position, and you can work from your home office in most locations within Germany.
Responsibilities:
- Developing and implementing account plans, including long-term winning account strategies, objectives and opportunities
- Identifying actionable trends within sales data
- Analyzing established territory metrics to gauge progress versus stated objectives
- Acquiring in-depth market knowledge and utilizing knowledge to present to key decision makers
- Consistently interacting with internal marketing, sales and product teams to ensure alignment of objectives, strategies, tactics, and resources
- Establishing and maintaining beneficial relationships with key decision makers within customer organizations
- Becoming a credible, value-adding category resource for key retail management
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably business or marketing or equivalent experience
- 5-7 years sales experience in a competitive B2B environment
- Clear understanding of retail operations and distribution business including trade economics and two-step product distribution
- Experience in onboarding and developing new accounts
- Account-specific marketing and promotion development experience
- Relationship development and relationship management experience
- Strong organizational skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and projects
- Data-driven decision making approach with advanced data skills utilizing Microsoft Excel at a high level
- Ability to travel up to 70%, including internationally and must hold a valid driving license
- Strong written and verbal communication in German and English
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience in the Musical Instruments or other consumer goods industries
Remote Working Arrangements are permitted for Associates, with prior appropriate approval and compliance with Gore’s remote working policies and additional documents, from the country in which they are employed.
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