Sales Representative - Hiring Now

We are looking for an energetic Sales Representative to join our dynamic team at Patagonia in København.
Growing your career as a Full Time Sales Representative is an awesome opportunity to develop useful skills.
If you are strong in people management, decision-making and have the right initiative for the job, then apply for the position of Sales Representative at Patagonia today!

Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company founded in 1973. At a time when all life on earth is under threat of extinction, we aim to use the resources we have—our business, our investments, our voice and our imagination—to influence changes needed to protect our planet. A registered B Corporation and founding member of 1% for the Planet, Patagonia is recognised internationally for its commitment to product quality and environmental activism, contributing over $145 million in grants and in-kind donations to thousands of grassroots environmental groups around the world.

Your role:

 

We are in business to save our home planet. You’ll be helping us achieve this by implementing and managing the company sales, marketing (in cooperation with marketing & enviro coordinator), and distribution objectives within Denmark. The primary role of the Sales Representative is to use the Company’s resources to meet the individual needs of the wholesale account base to support and service the territory business. The Sales Representative will collaborate with the Company’s other distribution channels and the Country Sales Manager to integrate resources as required.

 

Main tasks: 

 

Organization and Planning

•  Determine calendar planning on an annual basis that accommodates the company and dealer needs taking into consideration dealer and consumer events, trade shows, and all deadlines.

•Arrange and manage the time necessary to complete the tasks for the company and dealers during the preseason-selling period.

•Plan the time needed with all territory accounts to cover business issues, account goals, support programs, ASAP sales and promotional product sales.

•Schedule and follow up with all the support mutually agreed upon with each account.

•Coordinate with the Country Sales Manager to determine and use all the resources applicable to support the dealer.

 

Selling

•Present the product line to all regular, year-round dealers in the territory individually.

•Prepare order proposal to all accounts, lead and advice the partner to a maximum long-term mutual success.

•Collect and prepare and enter preseason orders.

•Write orders within the accounts credit guidelines.

•Meet preseason deadlines and sales goals for the territory.

•Engage in ASAP and discontinued merchandise/special make-up sales pushes as required.

•Develop and maintain a prospective dealer list and open new accounts as approved by the Country Manager to meet territory distribution needs and company marketing objectives.

 

Service

•Develop and maintain a clinic plan for the territory. Clinic accounts, including key accounts on a regular basis to train employees in technical aspects of Patagonia products.

•Regular sales support at strategic or key accounts.

•Responsible for doing clinics at all of the Company’s retail stores in the given territory.

•Utilize resources and information from the Company’s Visual Merchandising Group and Country Manager to work on in store merchandising plans and improvement.

•Work on promoting environmental programs and promotions with dealers.

•Work with Country Sales Manager on an as needed basis to help support other dealer events and programs within the Company’s wholesale distribution network.

•Work on promoting environmental programs with dealers and implement one environmental promotion with an account annually.

 

Communication

•Write weekly / monthly reports to communicate dealer issues, sales, competitive information, and product information to the company.

•Communicate regularly by phone and email with Country Sales Manager to provide information on specific issues, sales, product information, and general economic and business issues.

•Return dealer and company colleagues calls within 24 hours and dealer inquiries within 48 hours.

 

What we’re looking for:

 

·  A love of the outdoors

·  A passion for saving our home planet and making a positive impact through your work

·  Bachelor’s Degree in Business / Sales or related field experience.

·  Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a sales representative or buyer in sports industry.

·  Language skills: Fluent in English and Danish.

·  Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work successfully with a variety of people.

·  Must be highly organized, flexible, self-motivated and energetic individual.

·  Ability to work on own initiative.

·  Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office, internet) and general skills to learn new systems.

 

 

Other important details:

· This is a full time position, based in Denmark

·  We strive to make unbiased decisions and to offer a great experience to every person who applies for a role at Patagonia. Our interviews include standardised questions that focus on the aspects that are important for success in the role. For some roles there will also be a practical assignment, where you can showcase your skills .

Perks:

 

·  Events and workshops with environmentalists, change-makers, educators and sports ambassadors

·  Taking part in employee-lead groups such as Sports, Internal Communications, Footprint, Pride, Pata Parents and Events, or create your own!

·  Ongoing unique learning and development opportunities such as our own programme Earth University and workshops in anti-racism, core sports, among others.

·  Possibility to apply for an Environmental Internship (spending time away from your regular job to work for an environmental group, while being paid your regular salary) after one year of employment

·  Option to participate in our 1% for the Planet grants council, being trained and empowered to review and make funding decisions on the grant applications from environmental groups. 

·  We have dog-friendly offices where employees can bring their furry friend to work

·  We are an activist company and have policies in place to support employees that want to engage in activism.

·  All employees interns and their families have access to our Employee Assistance Programme, designed to provide third party, confidential support on a wide range of topics relating to emotional, behavioral and social challenges

·  All employees and interns have access to Unmind, our workplace mental health platform

·  Possibility to schedule your work hours flexibly (compensating missed hours during the week) to do volunteer work, care for loved ones, enjoy the outdoors, or spend more time to pursue your passions

·  After 1 month of employment, it’s possible to work remotely from another location in EU/EEA, UK or Switzerland for up to 12 weeks per year (pro-rated for less than 1 year)

·  Fully paid maternity leave (duration varies by country). After nine months of employment, we offer 12 weeks of partner leave and 12 weeks of adoptive leave. Pro-rated for part-time employees.

·  Access to Patagonia discounts and sample sales, as well as discounts at other outdoor and value-aligned companies

·  Plus other benefits specific to each region

At Patagonia, we commit to becoming an anti-racist company that leads by example. This means doing the work to be inclusive and equitable, across all aspects of our business.

Every person who applies to join Patagonia receives equal employment opportunities, and we value a welcoming environment where each member of our EMEA team feels included, respected and empowered, regardless of their race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, civil status, national origin, disability or age. 

At Patagonia, we strive to have inclusive representation within our organisation and embrace a diverse mix of talent to contribute to our culture. We actively seek applications from Black and People of Colour (BPOC) and other underrepresented groups.

As we are in business to save our home planet, we can only do this together.

Please make sure that your CV and cover letter are in English.

Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:

Thanks for your interest in supporting us for this role, but we don’t accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies

 

Benefits of working as a Sales Representative in København:

● Excellent benefits
● Company offers career progression opportunities
● Advantageous package