Area Sales Manager, Footwear & Bags (M/W/D)

Do you have a passion for running and outdoor sports?

Join Salomon as Area Sales Manager to increase sales in their territory, build strong partnerships with key retailers and deliver premium brand experience with your retailers.

A hands-on position that combines business thinking, trade knowledge and in-depth product knowledge in a performance-oriented environment.
 

The Area Sales Manager (ASM) drives sales and represents the brand to achieve significant sales targets for SALOMON (Footwear & Bags) and to achieve exceptional customer experience on his/her assigned accounts and Omni Channel touchpoints.

The ASM is building partnerships with key sports retailers by developing joint plans to benefit of consumers, from which both SALOMON and the retailer benefit. In the running departments of his customers, he uses his running expertise and his passion for running and passes this on to salespeople and customers.

Your main responsibilities

• Achieving seasonal sales and distribution targets in the defined area with clearly defined customers
• Develop a seasonal plan tailored to your area to drive the strategies and priorities of the Salomon brand
• Identify sales and marketing opportunities in your territory and with your customers
• Meeting the seasonal goals of the most important product categories in net sales and sell through from the retailer
• Organization and implementation of training courses and test events for shop employees of specialist retail customers
• Increasing and maximizing the visibility and image of the Salomon brand at retailers' shops and events through defined product assortments and seasonal key story packages
• Preparation and review of business reports for customers and also internally