Area Sales Manager - Golf

Adidas Gruppe; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global sporting goods brand is seeking an Area Sales Manager for Golf in the North of Ireland. The role includes managing customer accounts, ensuring effective in-store executions, and meeting company objectives while traveling extensively within the region. Candidates should have a passion for golf, sales experience, and strong negotiation skills. This position offers competitive benefits, including a leading pension scheme, performance bonuses, and generous holiday allowances.

Benefits

Leading pension scheme

Performance related bonus

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Bupa health insurance

Generous employee discount

Qualifications

• Must have an interest and passion for Golf.
• Proven experience in a sales role with target achievement.
• Knowledge of the golf retail/wholesale market is ideal.
• Excellent negotiation and presentation skills are required.
• Must hold a full clean driving license and travel flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Manage the adidas Golf brand account base efficiently.
• Ensure execution of trade investments and commercial plans.
• Develop and implement sales strategies aligned with goals.
• Monitor account adherence to segmentation policy.
• Create a collaborative team culture fulfilling company values.

Skills

Interest and passion for Golf

Experience in sales and achieving targets

Knowledge of golf retail/wholesale

Negotiation, selling, and presenting skills

Full clean driving license

Flexibility to travel daily

Job description

Area Sales Manager - Golf - North of Ireland

Join adidas Europe and shape the future of the sporting goods industry!

For over 75 years, our European heritage has been a fusion of culture and innovation, driving global sports trends. Our offices, from Herzogenaurach to London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Athens, Milan, Manchester, and Paris, are centres of creativity and collaboration. We aim to be Europe's best sports brand, seeking pioneers and visionaries to join our bold journey.

At adidas, you're not just getting a job; you're invited to make a global impact, joining a team that values creativity, courage and innovation.

Are you ready to be part of our journey?

What you’ll do….

To manage the adidas Golf brand account base, within the North half of the Island of Ireland in an efficient, effective and profitable manner. Ensuring budgets and distribution, are in line with company expectation with strong in store executions.

This is a field-based position in the North of Ireland. Travel expected 4.5 days per week within area to visit customers for sales, business meetings and staff training. Additional travel may also be required to Basingstoke and occasional international travel.

Key Responsibilities:

• Achieve company, team, individual and commercial objectives
• Management and execution of trade investments
• Design, plan, agree and implement by account:
• Commercial plan
• Marketing plan
• Service plan
• Develop and implement the sales strategies in line with the company goals, which deliver the required results
• Manage and continually monitor your accounts adherence to the segmentation policy
• To establish a collaborative, cooperative team culture and fulfilment of company values

Skills you’ll need…

• An interest and passion for Golf is essential
• Proven experience of working in a sales position and achieving targets
• A proven knowledge of golf retail/wholesale, Sports or a Fashion Market place is ideal
• Excellent negotiation, selling and presenting skills
• Full clean driving license and flexibility to travel daily within area

To ensure everyone feels welcome we endeavour to accommodate everyone at all stages of the application and interview process. Should you need it, please let your recruitment partner know and they will be more than happy to help.

Additional Benefits:

Leading pension scheme, performance related bonus, 25 days holiday + bank holidays, Bupa health insurance & Westfield cash plan, generous employee discount and more.

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.

• COURAGE:Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..
• OWNERSHIP:Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
• INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
• TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
• INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.
• RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

At adidas, we strongly believe that embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into our culture and talent processes gives our employees a sense of belonging and our brand a real competitive advantage.

– Culture Starts With People, It Starts With You –

By recruiting talent and developing our people to reflect the rich diversity of our consumers and communities, we foster a culture of inclusion that engages our employees and authentically connects our brand with our consumers.