National Key Account Executive Business Developer

National Key Account Executive Business Developer

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Location:

Remote (Nationwide)

About Us For over thirty years, Spring Footwear has provided the consumer with shoes that feel great in the designs that fit their lives. Our brands, including Spring Step, L'Artiste, Azura, Flexus, Patrizia, and Spring Step Professional, have become synonymous with quality and value. Founded in 1991, we are committed to identifying successful footwear trends and designs in Europe and bringing them to the US market.

As our Key Account Manager, you will drive Sales and Profitability with assigned accounts, while developing and maintaining strategic partnerships with internal and external teams to ensure all brand goals are met. In this role, you will build account-specific assortments, seasonal forecasts, and marketing strategies. You will be expected to be THE expert in understanding each account s strategy and implement key marketing initiatives to drive sell-through.

• Deliver strategic brand sales goals.
• Develop account-specific financial plans and assortments aligned with brand seasonal objectives.
• Drive seasonal product forecasts by account.
• Organize seasonal sell-in meetings and provide detailed recaps to internal teams.
• Manage retailer sales, inventory, and profitability to maximize both of our businesses.
• Manage account order base to ensure timely deliveries.
• Maintain excellent senior relationships with key accounts.
• Frequent retail market travel to understand the competitive set.
• Performing other duties as required/assigned by the manager.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of Sales experience and 3 years of Key Account Management experience with demonstrated sales skills; footwear experience preferred.
• Extremely motivated, a self-starter, able to work effectively in a team environment and independently, manage time, and work against business deadlines.
• Must know how to service all sales aspects of national footwear retailers in the athletic specialty space. Mall and National Sporting Goods retailer experience a plus.
• Must possess strategic planning and be a results-oriented person with exceptional attention to detail.
• Understanding of retailer’s financial metrics – sales, inventory, turn, gross margin dollars.
• High level of energy, initiative, and professionalism.
• Must be proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• National travel is required – up to 50% of the position.

• Team Member will lift / carry (Maximum lbs.)
• Occasionally: 70 lbs.
• Frequently: 50 lbs.

• Competitive wages and benefits
• Company paid holidays and vacation
• Profit sharing program
• Advancement opportunities

Join our dynamic team at Spring Footwear and contribute to our mission of providing comfortable, stylish footwear for nearly every occasion in our customers  active lives. Apply now!

Spring Footwear Corp. is an EEO employer, all employment is contingent upon a successful drug and background screening, as applicable to the job specifications. We administer the Florida Drug Free Workplace program, and as such, employees may be subject to reasonable suspicion drug tests, as ascribed by the Florida law.