Red Wing Shoe Company is based in Red Wing, Minnesota, just 40 minutes from St. Paul, where our corporate office sits along the Mississippi River in downtown Red Wing.  We are a global company with 2300 employees around the world, but we maintain a close-knit team atmosphere that comes with being a privately held company. We’re rich in history and tradition, but innovation drives us to deliver best-in-class product solutions and highly rated customer experiences.  Our focus on our people and culture results in meaningful employee engagement across the organization. Our Guiding Principles of Living our Values, Honoring our Brands, Inspiring Our People, Centering on the Customer, and Preserving the Long Term Success and Legacy of Our Company are the foundation on which we build our future.

Red Wing Shoe Company is looking for a Technical Sales Manager for our SB Foot Tanning business.

The Technical Sales Manager is responsible for the development and execution of sales strategies and activities to drive leather business growth, including customer relationship management, sales process management, leather pricing, sales forecasting, financial performance, and sales distribution channels. This role will also be responsible for collaborating with Product Development, Manufacturing and Quality teams to develop, produce and market leather and leather products that meet customer needs and quality and cost expectations.

Qualified candidates must have bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 7-10 years of technical sales experience: or an equivalent combination of education and experience. MBA a plus, experience in the leather industry is preferred. Candidates should have demonstrated successful experience developing sales strategies and plans for technical products and implementing them through specific tactical activities.

Candidates should be knowledgeable in or have the ability to learn technical aspects involved with producing leather and assisting technical personnel produce leather that satisfies customer requirements. 

Qualified candidates will be results oriented and performance driven to achieve organizational and individual goals; Customer focused with proven skills prospecting, developing opportunities, closing new business, and growing existing accounts; Have an analytical mindset for solving problems, forecasting, budgeting, expense management, profitability and loss, selling, and territory analysis; Strong influencing, collaboration and relationship management skills, including the ability to effectively work with and communicate with multi-functional groups to drive strategic objectives; Effective communication skills including presentation, written, and verbal, with the ability to effectively interact with a wide range of audiences; Tactical execution skills including managing competing priorities effectively, organization and time management; Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite proficiency.

This position will travel approximately 50% of the time, including internationally, and must have an active U.S. passport or the ability to acquire one within 3 months.

We look for team members who have a professional and mature disposition, unquestioned integrity, moral character, and ethical values; one whom the organization can trust without reservation. The successful candidate will have attitudes and behaviors that promote management’s belief in the value of employees to the organization and uphold Red Wing’s core values of Respect, Integrity, Excellence and Community.

Red Wing Shoe Company will not be using recruitment agencies or firms to fill this position and we will not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate information. No agency calls please.

Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. is a drug-free workplace.

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