Area Sales Manager - Golf - North East

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

Job summary

A leading sports brand is seeking a dynamic individual to manage golf brand accounts across North East England. This field-based role involves achieving commercial and individual objectives while executing trade investments and developing sales strategies. The ideal candidate should have a passion for golf, strong sales experience, and excellent negotiation skills. Additionally, flexibility to travel daily is required. This position offers competitive benefits including health insurance and a generous employee discount.

Benefits

Leading pension scheme

Performance related bonus

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Bupa health insurance

Generous employee discount

Qualifications

• Strong interest and passion for Golf is essential.
• Proven experience in a sales position and achieving targets.
• Knowledge of golf retail or sports marketplaces is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Manage the adidas Golf brand account base efficiently.
• Achieve commercial objectives and manage trade investments.
• Design and implement commercial, marketing, and service plans.

Skills

Interest and passion for Golf

Proven sales experience

Negotiation skills

Excellent presentation skills

Full clean driving license

Job description

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 North East England 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 North East England. 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.