Sales Executive – Leisure Marine USA

An established global brand. A high-growth US team. A role you can make your own.

Sales Executive – Leisure Marine USA

Plymouth, MA | Office-based with 30–50% territory travel | Full-time | Permanent

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If you know your way around a boat, understand what makes a great rope, and love the idea of building something real — this could be the role you’ve been waiting for. Marlow Ropes USA is looking for a passionate and driven Sales Executive to join our Leisure Marine team, representing one of the world’s most trusted sailing rope brands across the US market.

Working within our small, ambitious US team and reporting to the Marine Sales Manager, Americas, you will own your territory and be the face of Marlow to a network of boatyards, riggers, sailmakers, chandleries, dealers, and boat builders. This is a quota carrying sales role: growing sales with existing accounts and opening new ones, with a sharp focus on both the racing/performance and cruising/bluewater rope categories.

You will also be developing sales of Cyclops Load Sensors range as a distributed brand within your defined market.

This is primarily an office-based role at our Plymouth, MA headquarters, with travel of 30–50% depending on season and sales priorities — including some weekend travel at peak show and regatta periods. Proximity to Plymouth, MA is essential.

• Managing and growing a portfolio of existing dealer accounts across boatyards, riggers, dealers, sailmakers, chandleries, and boat builders.
• Hunting and converting new dealer accounts where Marlow is not yet the name on the spool.
• Selling Marlow’s full leisure marine rope range — racing/performance and cruising/bluewater and Cyclops Load Sensors.
• Working with the Sales Manager to develop sales strategies, forecasts, and stock profiles.
• Delivering product and technical training to help dealers sell and specify Marlow products with confidence.
• Representing Marlow at key industry shows — Annapolis Boat Show, SAIL Expo, Pacific Sail & Power Boat Show, and others across the territory.
• Feeding market intelligence back to the team — competitor activity, new product opportunities, and customer insight from the water up.

You will be enthusiastic and passionate, with the empathy, credibility, and tenacity to thrive in a relationship-led sales environment. Above all, you’ll be a sailor — someone who can talk to a rigger, a sailmaker, or a race team with genuine authority and shared passion. We’re looking for someone who brings:

• Active sailing experience — you can discuss all aspects of the sport with your customers from a place of genuine passion & knowledge.
• Proven field sales or account management experience, ideally within the marine, outdoor, or specialist technical sectors.
• A hunter’s instinct — you love opening new doors as much as nurturing existing relationships.
• A track record of meeting and exceeding sales targets with a competitive mindset in a team environment.
• An existing network within the US sailing trade — boatyards, riggers, dealers, sailmakers, or chandleries — would be a significant advantage.
• Strong communication, presentation, and organisational skills — you can manage your own schedule, sales plan, and CRM without question.
• Willing and able to travel 30–50% domestically and internationally, including occasional weekend travel for shows and regattas.
• A clean driver’s licence and commutable distance to our Plymouth, MA office.
• Computer literate with experience in Microsoft Office; comfortable with CRM tools.

• Base salary commensurate with experience, plus a quarterly bonus paid in line with sales target achievement.
• 10 days vacation per year plus 5 days PTO.
• 401k and Health Plan available after 3 months.
• Mobile phone, laptop, and business mileage reimbursement.

Our US office is located at Cordage Park, Plymouth, MA — the historic waterfront site of the Plymouth Cordage Company, once the world’s largest rope manufacturer. It’s a fitting home for a company with Marlow’s heritage, situated 40 minutes south of Boston with easy access to MA Route 3. If you’re going to sell…