Sales Manager

Consumer Products Division - Maverick Hunting

Office Hours: Flexible

Salary Range: $75,000 - $110,000

The Village is a family of companies who work together to delight customers, help our people grow, and make an impact in our communities. We work in industries that include game development, manufacturing, metal fabrication, consumer products, ecommerce, and branding/licensing. Even though we work in diverse industries, The Village is united around our values and dedication to serve. To learn more about each of our companies, visit www.thevillage.bz.

The Maverick Hunting Division is a manufacturer of two unique lines of hard-sided hunting blinds, plus a full line of hunting blind accessories, to help hunters enjoy and maximize their hunting experience with 360-degree views and rugged construction to hold up to extreme weather. Headquartered in the heart of the Midwest, Pulaski, Wisconsin, is home to Maverick Blinds.

We currently seek a dynamic, results-orientated, enthusiastic sales professional to work within our consumer products team responsible for developing and executing the sales strategy for growing the Maverick Hunting business and brand. The sales manager will perform sales activities for Maverick Hunting including identifying leads, creating sales opportunities, and managing relationships with customers including large and small retail chains, distributors, dealers, hunting outfitters and other customers.

This key position requires leadership, teamwork, planning, and organizational skills to communicate our product offering to target customers.

A wide-range of responsibilities offers new challenges every day:

• Develop and implement a strategic sales plan to accommodate Maverick’s goals
• Work within the consumer product team to complete market analysis and determine customer needs and evaluate price structure, volume benefits, marketing program elements, and support materials.

· Analyze market trends and competitor activity to identify new opportunities and threats.

• Meet with key customers/prospects to deliver sales presentations, maintain relationships, negotiate, and close deals.

· Collaborate with the cross-functional product teams to ensure sales strategies align with overall business objectives.

· Work with customer support to onboard new customers and service existing customers.

• Works with finance to determine payment terms agreed upon for retail chains, distributors, dealers, etc.
• Advise the team on the assessment of products, pricing, and features needed to meet the demands of our channel partners and end customer.
• Assist in coordinating trade shows and sales events promoting and selling products.

· Analize, prepare and present regular sales reports and forecasts to senior management.

· Handle escalated customer concerns or issues to ensure customer satisfaction.

· Develop and analyze demand forecast monthly ensuring we are staying ahead of fluctuating demand changes.

· Works with new and current customers and dealers getting them onboarded into our dealer platform.

· Listens to the needs of our customers and brings the ideas back to cross-functional teams to develop new products and improvements.

· Analyze the outdoor space staying on top of new item trends along with new competition entering the market.

· Maintain CRM systems and other sales tools to track leads, opportunities, and sales pipeline.

• Focuses actions, goals, and objectives to coincide with the mission, vision and values of The Village Companies

Education and Experience:

· 4-year college degree in a related field of study preferred

· 5-10 years of sales experience

· Experience and/or participation in the hunting industry preferred

· MS Office Suite experience – MS Excel, MS Word, and Outlook

· Epicor MRP software experience a plus

· Experience using CRM software on a daily basis

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

· Outdoor consumer products industry knowledge preferred

· An ability to build relationships with a variety of distribution contacts (retail buyers, dealers, professional outdoors staff, consumers) while nurturing and closing new business deals.

· Goal orientated and result-focused

· Adapts well to change

· Communicates clearly and concisely

· Comfortable leading as well as being accountable to a team

· Strong interest in growing personally and professionally

Travel Requirements:

· Up to 50% to support sales activities and trade shows

We generously reward hard work and initiative and offer a full benefits package that gives our employees both unique perks and peace of mind, including: Medical, Dental, Life and Disability insurances, Vision coverage, On-site Fitness & Wellness Center, 401(k), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), tuition reimbursement, new employee on-boarding plus continuing development and training opportunities, and more!

Please Apply Online at:

https://thevillage.bz/

No phone calls or in-person applications please.

EOE/including disability/veterans.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $75,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Salary : $75,000 - $110,000