Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. vineyard vines is a highly successful, privately held, American clothing and accessory retailer founded in 1998. The Account Executive for the VV golf division will be responsible for managing green grass and golf specialty store accounts for the state of Florida, focusing on growing and maintaining partnerships while driving profitable sales expansion efforts.
Responsibilities
- Traveling your territory to cultivate strong partnerships with golf buyers and club professionals for both in season and pre-book line reviews
- Develop long-term sustainable and profitable relationships with Green Grass and golf specialty stores in Florida
- Expand market share among current account base by10% annually
- Pursue and capture tournament and outing business
- Provide weekly recap to the Head of Sales on business development activities. This can include but is not limited to: Planned travel and account visits, account performance, issues and opportunities, account targets and strategies for engagement, etc
- Work closely with Inside Sales contacts to ensure orders are being handled properly and delivered in a timely manner
- Attend regional and national industry trade shows for account base
- Entering sales orders, sending order and embroidery confirmations, preparing previous season sales analyses, and various other tasks associated with servicing green grass accounts
- Providing exceptional customer support to accounts within territory and establish client relationships
- Provide friendly and clear communication with golf professionals and shop buyers
- Help staff national tournaments outside of region on occasion
Skills
- Minimum 5 years of golf account management and sales/business development experience
- Impeccable written and verbal communication skills
- The ability to organize and prioritize multiple projects
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook
- Ability to balance multiple competing priorities and maintain composure under pressure while remaining flexible
- Ability to respond to change positively
- Solution oriented. Quickly identify problems and act with urgency and be resourceful in implementing potential solutions
- Strong time management skills
- The ability to work cross functionally with other internal team members
Benefits
- We offer a generous employee discount so you can rep our lifestyle on-and-off the boat
- We offer a competitive salary package, 401-K, commuter benefits, and paid-family leave, health savings, flex spending accounts, life & disability insurance
- We have an onsite gym as well as health & financial wellness programs to keep you active
- We offer 2 summer Fridays to take off in addition to a competitive vacation policy & holiday calendar
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