The District Sales Manager will have strong interpersonal and leadership skills, and will be proactive, customer-focused, and motivated to succeed in a fast-paced environment. The person will be self-motivated, enjoy working independently in the field, and consistently deliver great results. The candidate will work effectively across various customer levels, including distributors, dealers and contractors providing training, justify solutions, and successfully sell Rain Bird irrigation products. This person will be responsible for leading sales and marketing actions to develop and gain market share in a highly competitive market.

• Manage and develop business with the existing distribution network in the assigned territory.
• Increase Rain Bird’s market share with distributors, dealers and contractors.
• Conduct product demonstrations and become a product technical expert.
• Promoting the use and purchase of Rain Bird products and services with a focus on brand conversion and customer loyalty.
• Establish and implement strategies and plans within the assigned territory.
• Make Rain Bird the most visible manufacturer to all dealers and contractors in the region.
• Participation in all relevant events for the purpose of networking and generating opportunities to sell Rain Bird products.

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years’ progressive sales and business experience
• Microsoft tools, presentations and database applications (CRM) experience and knowledge.
• Self-motivated, team player, aggressive, and strong communication skills.
• Native Spanish and fluent English. Catalan is a plus.
• Availability to travel up to 50% across the eastern regions of Spain.
• Must be based in the Barcelona area.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience working in the water/irrigation industry and/or professional equipment distribution.
• Management or leadership experience
• Engineering experience a plus
• Distribution sales management

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.