Sales Representative, Southwest Germany (Stuttgart, Ulm, and Heilbronn)

Your Responsibilities:

• Meet yearly revenue plans for footwear, apparel, and sport bras for your assigned territory.
• Enter all future booking orders through Brooks’ proprietary web-based tools, ensuring a smooth order flow during the season.
• Define and execute sales programs via grassroots events, including in-store promotions, expos, and store running teams, to develop account relationships and drive product sell-through.
• Manage and schedule meetings with every client at least four times per year and provide a weekly roadmap plan.
• Be the expert on your territory, providing analysis and field feedback on competitors’ products, programs, and services, as well as marketplace activities.
• Work with territory accounts to forecast, develop, and implement yearly plans around their footwear and apparel needs to grow Brooks’ market share.
• Collaborate closely with technical representatives to manage and support retailers, ensuring alignment on revenue and marketing plans for the territory.
• Travel is required within the area, to trade shows, and bi-annual sales meetings.

Your Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Sales, Business Management, Marketing, or a related field is desirable.
• 3+ years of footwear and apparel sales experience.
• Specialty retail (running) experience of at least one year is required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in German and business English.
• Strong interpersonal skills that inspire trust and build effective working relationships across the company.
• Keen attention to detail in planning, organization, and execution of tasks, while maintaining a big-picture perspective.
• Demonstration of innovation and initiative, always looking to improve products and processes.
• 70% travel is required.
• General computer proficiency in Microsoft Office products, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to listen and understand customer needs.
• Ability to provide analysis and feedback on sell-through to both Brooks’ corporate and accounts.
• Embraces and lives the Brooks values.