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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 family 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.  Focus on our employees and company culture results in meaningful employee engagement across the organization. Our Guiding Behaviors of Living our Values, Honoring our Brands, Inspiring our People, Centering on our Customers, and Preserving the long term success and legacy of our Company are the foundation on which we build our future.

We are looking for a Corporate Account Manager to join our wholesale footwear business.  This role is a great opportunity for the right candidate to manage sales, distribution and customer relationship management activities for named major accounts. 

The Corporate Account Manager is responsible for developing, directing and administering sales and distribution strategies for Irish Setter work and hunt footwear, in alignment with division and company strategy and goals. This position will focus on new customer acquisition about 25% of the time, and growing the existing account base 75% of the time.

Qualified candidates must have a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of seven years of sales experience, preferably in a premium product sector.

Candidates must have demonstrated experience in sales with large national chains, regional chains, e-retailers and/or buying groups; Developing sales strategies and plans, and successfully implementing them through specific tactical activities; Consistently and effectively leveraging a solution-based sales process resulting in increased revenue and profitability; New customer acquisition with large chains. 

Candidates must have proven skills in prospecting, developing opportunities, closing new business, and growing existing accounts; Being service oriented, alert to customer needs, and focused on customer satisfaction; Results oriented and performance driven to achieve organization and individual goals; Creative, critical thinking and effective problem- solving; Effectively communicate with people at all levels of the enterprise, with public speaking expertise; Written and oral communication skills.

This position requires travel 30-50% of the time during normal times. Candidates will be based out of a home office, and it is preferred that they live near a major hub, as they will need to travel throughout the U.S.

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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