Wholesale Key Account Sales Rep (with a sense of humor)

4 hours, 46 minutes ago
Full-time
Mid Level
Sales and Business Development
Shinesty

Shinesty

Shinesty: Home of Ball Hammock® Pouch Underwear and outrageous party clothing. Stay weird, shine on, and make life more fun with vintage apparel and unique products.

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
11-50
Founded 2014
$5M raised

Description

  • Build and manage a pipeline of target retail accounts across specialty, gifting, outdoor, resort, sporting goods, and related channels.
  • Prospect buyers and merchants through cold outreach and secure initial meetings.
  • Lead sell-in presentations and pitch Shinesty’s brand, products, and commercial economics.
  • Negotiate and close initial commitments covering assortment, pricing, terms, and orders.
  • Develop long-term relationships with buyers, merchants, planners, and allocators.
  • Lead business reviews, line reviews, and sell-through discussions with retail partners.
  • Expand accounts through reorders, additional doors, departments, categories, and assortments.
  • Create annual and seasonal account plans covering revenue, assortment, promotions, and distribution.
  • Use account, SKU, and door-level data to recommend products, quantities, pricing, and promotions.
  • Maintain forecasts, account plans, pipelines, and next actions in the CRM.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in outbound or new-business sales, including prospecting, cold calling, and closing new accounts.
  • Experience selling to retail buyers and securing new business.
  • Experience owning a territory, book of business, or major account relationship, preferably in wholesale, retail, or distributor sales.
  • Strong understanding of retail metrics, including sales, margin, inventory, turns, weeks of supply, and units per door per week.
  • Ability to turn analysis into clear commercial recommendations and present them to buyers or senior retail stakeholders.
  • Excellent communication, relationship-building, negotiation, and influencing skills.
  • High ownership, urgency, resilience, and follow-through in an entrepreneurial environment.
  • Willingness to travel approximately 40% for prospecting, retailer meetings, line reviews, store visits, and trade shows.
  • Experience in men's apparel, underwear, socks, accessories, outdoor, gifting, or seasonal categories preferred.
  • Comfort representing a bold, irreverent consumer brand and pursuing new business through rejection and cold outreach.

Benefits

  • Optional work-from-home arrangement with approximately 40% travel expected.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Flexible PTO with no accrual requirement.
  • Flexible working hours focused on results.
  • Laptop and other necessary work equipment provided.
  • Access to AI platforms that support job performance.
  • Discounted and free Shinesty products.
  • Dog-friendly office and a creative, collaborative team environment.

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