Territory Manager, Houston

Job Requirements The Territory Manager is responsible for driving Brooks product sales and growth within their designated specialty accounts within a specific territory. You will manage specific sell-in and sell-thru aspects of business across Brooks categories including footwear, apparel, accessories, and socks. This includes managing seasonal sell-in and in season sell-through across each of the designated accounts, generating strong and consistent growth results against our annual goals in revenue and profit.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with sales management to deliver against the yearly strategic sales goals for territory including footwear, apparel, bras, and socks which will align with the company's revenue targets
• Achieve and analyze backlog goals for footwear, apparel, and accessories for each of your territory, by seasonal deadline
• Create backend support through bulk process management, as well as forecasting key product drivers that ladder up into brand initiatives
• Manage inventory levels and monitor sell through percentages during in season to drive replenishment (at once) and maintain bulks (future) orders, while reducing returns
• Develop a monthly business review across your territory that provides feedback to internal teams around the health of your territory and competition
• Influence external key stakeholders to create seasonal brand and product initiatives that ladder up to brand goals, across physical and digital platforms
• Develop and lead seasonal product presentation, creating a strong assortment of adoption across each category of product
• Develop and collaborate cross-functionally each sales program via grassroots events, including in-store promotions, expos, store running teams, etc. to develop account relationships and drive product sell through
• Partner with local Brooks Guru to ensure alignment on revenue and marketing plans for the territory
• Build and strengthen relationships with key stakeholders within Brooks, such as Credit, Runner Experience, and Distribution Center
• Build strong relationships with key internal stakeholders such as owners, buyers, marketing teams to provide best-in-class service around territory or account needs
• Be the expert on your territory and provide field feedback on our products, information on competitor's products, programs, and services, as well as marketplace activities
• Travel includes to accounts in assigned territories, with additional travel to attend tradeshows, bi-annual sales meetings, and account visits

Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Sales, Business Management, Marketing, or related field
• 5+ years of experience required
• Experience with footwear and apparel sales preferred
• Specialty retail (running) experience preferred
• Experience working in Microsoft Data Cube, Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Tableau preferred. Strong understanding of basic MS Office programs
• Excellent interpersonal skills that inspire and build trust resulting in effective working relationships across the company
• Keen attention to detail in planning, organization, and execution of tasks, while still seeing the big picture and understanding how all the pieces fit together and affect one another
• Strong presentation skills
• Ability to travel up to 50% during peak season
• Embraces and lives the Brooks values!

Benefits Brooks is proud to offer a robust benefits package to our employees and their families!

• Benefits- including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance, HSA and employer contribution, FSA, family & fertility assistance, 401K Savings Plan and match, employee assistance program, and transportation assistance.
• Paid Time Off- Brooks offers generous time off including five weeks of paid time off, eleven paid holidays, paid sick and parental leave.
• Bonus- in addition to base pay, Brooks employees may also be offered an annual bonus based on company performance.
• Perks- including product discounts, employee recognition, fitness discounts, volunteer and donation benefits.

Compensation: The total cash compensation for this position's geographic market ranges from $109,140 per year to $174,420 per year. Base pay offered will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.