Technical Sales Manager - Footwear

Job Summary

As a Technical Sales Manager based in Hungary & Romania, you will play a pivotal role in driving sales of Portwest & Base products within the specified regions. Reporting into the Country Sales Manager(s), you will leverage your expertise in Footwear to engage with end-users and expand Portwest's market presence in the designated territories.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities

• Drive growth and increase sales of Footwear in your region through your technical expertise and customer facing experience.
• Work closely with your Country Sales Manager to develop a strategy and market plan to maximise opportunities and drive the growth of Footwear in your region.
• Identify opportunities to grow the Portwest & Base Footwear at both distributor & end-user level.
• Provide technical expertise and advice to Portwest distributors, prospects, and end-users and cultivate strong, long-term business relationships with same.
• Accompany Portwest distributors on joint sales calls to end-users to support them through your technical knowledge & expertise.
• Deliver technical Footwear training to Portwest distributors, prospects, and end-users both digitally and in-person.
• Deliver technical Footwear training to Portwest sales team and support them to increase sales of Footwear in their area as well as facilitating training for other Portwest employees who are stakeholders.
• Identify potential gaps with the Portwest & Base Footwear and work with the Product Team to help develop and enhance the Footwear offer.
• Work with Product & Marketing team to advise on sales content creation to help drive the growth.

Requirements

• 3 years of experience in selling Safety Footwear or/and Workwear or/and PPE.
• Experience in sales, preferably representing a distributor.
• Background in technical sales is essential.
• Possession of a clean driving licence and willingness to travel within the designated region.
• Fluent / Intermediate English.
• We are looking for candidates living in Hungary.