The Europe Golf Sales Manager is responsible for setting the direction and achieving the desired sales results across all Europe. Responsibilities include the development & implementation of a strategic sales plan, sales calls, and business development to grow sales & market share and leading a sales team across different countries in Europe. 

She / He provides leadership to the European Golf Sales Team and act as the voice of European customers towards Rain Bird’s management. This position is closely working with the Golf Strategic Business Unit in the United States on marketing programs, product management and sales supporting actions.

• Delivering ambitious sales results in both products and services.
• Ensuring Golf Distribution partners deliver optimum performances and market coverage and taking actions to strengthen distribution in every market.
• Hiring, managing, and developing the Rain Bird Golf Sales Team located in Europe.
• Enhancing the CRM usage by the Sales Team and using data to drive business decisions.
• Proposing and implementing differentiating sales strategies, programs, and promotions.
• Reporting on business activities and playing an active role in sales & inventory management
• Visiting Distributors and Golf Courses regularly to identify future business opportunities.
• Strengthening the specification efforts, and establishing long term relationship with key Golf Industry influencers (Architects, consultants, contractors)
• Being a valuable contributor to Rain Bird Europe and Golf SBU by representing the voice of European customers
• Ensure operations are conducted in accordance with Rain Bird’s global policies and practices and with our high ethical standards.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Completed bachelor’s degree.
• MBA degree
• Proven track record in managing international sales force and business entities in Europe.
• +8 years of successful technical sales management experience, distribution development, and project management at a large scale
• +8 years of experience managing high level distribution agreements and relationships 
• Aptitude for quantitative analysis, strategic and tactical thinking, and detailed planning
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely in both verbal and written form.
• Fluency in English and any other European language (French, German, Spanish, Polish)
• Highly ethical values
• Some experience with P&L management and running a business unit

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge of the golf irrigation industry a plus

The information collected during the application process will be processed electronically by the Human Relations Department of Rain Bird Europe and Rain Bird Corporation. The data will be accessed by Rain Bird Human Relations personnel located in France and the United States as well as the Rain Bird managers involved in the recruitment process. No data will be communicated outside of Rain Bird.  Our applicant data is hosted by iCMS in the United States. iCMS is self harbor certified. If your application is performed through our website and into our iCMS recruiting application, all data marked with an (*) are mandatory and must be completed so that we can process your application. The information that is not marked with an (*) is optional and not answering this information will not affect the outcome of your application. If you are based outside of the United States, please select that you wish not to self-identify for the purpose of EEO statistics. You can access and modify your data by requesting it with Rain Bird Europe Human Relations at the following address (please join a proof of ID): Rain Bird Europe Human Relations BP72000 900 rue Ampère 13792- Aix-en-Provence.