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Our Client

Our client for this opportunity is a Latin America Regional Headquarter for a well known Luxury Goods group.

Objective

The Area Sales Manager will be in charge of visiting its Latin American and Caribbean territories to ensure sell in and sell through goals are met as well as the brand’s positioning and image.

Ideal Profile

The ideal profile is a trilingual (English, Spanish and French) sales executive with strong previous experience in the Luxury Goods industry with Latin America whether Local Markets (or travel retail).

Job Description

• Forecast sales by product and by territory
• Travel and meet with the distributors
• Budget and plan on a yearly basis with your clients
• Negotiate prices, quantity and spaces in POS
• Advise your clients on how to spend their marketing budget
• Manage your P&L on your territory (for senior level)
• Manage between 0 and 3 Account Executives depending on level of seniority
• Visit points of sales
• Make sure the marketing plan and the merchandising is properly implemented
• Train the sales staff
• Coordinate promotional events and launches
• Control inventory
• Watch competition and market trends

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree minimum (MBA a plus)
• 3 to 5 years experience in the luxury or consumer goods industries, latin american local markets or travel retail (Perfumes, fragrances, watches, timepieces, jewelry, fashion, apparel, food & beverage, wine & spirits, consumer electronics, etc…)
• Bilingual English and Spanish (French and/or Portuguese a plus)
• Excellent with MS Office, Excel in particular
• VERY open to Travel internationally and work extended hours
• Familiar with multicultural and international environment
• Excellent organization skills and ability to prioritize tasks
• Perfect presentation and communication skills
• Very good skills with Excel and the rest of MS Office
• Up-to-date work authorization (US Citizenship, Green Card, renewable H1B visa…)

Compensation

• Annual base of $65k to $75k
• Plus bonus
• Full benefits package

How To Apply

For more information about the job description and the company, please contact us below. Attach your resume and cover letter if we don’t already have it.
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