• Main responsibilities:
- Directing and managing distribution to execute company promotion plans and achieve annual sales objectives
- Directing and managing sales teams
- Developing and maintaining business relationships with clients
- Seeking out new distribution in geographic areas not currently represented
- Develop, with the CEO, promotional support necessary to achieve sales goals. Evaluate and adjust when indicated or opportunity dictates.
- Coordinate and attend trade shows
- Coordinate and direct training for sales visitors
- Provide feedback and business intelligence to management as products develop in the marketplace
- Supervising and training customer service personnel to ensure proper communication and service to all accounts
- Communicating with Operations and appropriate matters such as inventory, distributor needs.
- Coordinating and executing various special projects
Position reporting to: CEO
Subordinates: Sales team
Job location: Tehran
Probation period: 3 months
Travel requirements: Travel to HQ for training
Requirements
BA or BSc in Business or Marketing, or Doctorate in Pharmaceutics a plus
Min 3 years experience in similar position in cosmetics
To be successful in this position you need to:
- Have experience within a luxury, premium or cosmetics business
- Have exceptional communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
- Have the commercial acumen and flexibility to operate in a complex trading environment
- Although not essential a good understanding of trade marketing would be a distinct advantage
- Ability to manage and train staff while creating internal systems for effective standardization of processes
English fluent mandatory, knowledge of French is a plus