EU Luxury Portfolio Sales Manager; Southeast, Northeast Midwest

Company: Composition Brands

Portfolio: La Cornue and AGA

Reports to: Director of Sales, Luxury Portfolio

Location: Remote within the assigned geographic territory

Travel: Approximately 50%, including overnight and occasional weekend travel

Role Purpose

The EU Luxury Portfolio Sales Manager builds influential relationships across the European luxury design community to increase product specification, generate qualified project opportunities, and drive revenue through the dealer network.

This role serves as a trusted commercial and brand partner to designers, architects, custom home builders, kitchen studios, showrooms, and dealers. The Sales Manager combines luxury-market credibility, consultative selling, project coordination, and disciplined pipeline management to expand La Cornue and AGA's reach.

The ideal candidate is a polished, self-directed luxury sales professional who is equally comfortable discussing design intent with an architect, product details with a kitchen specialist, and commercial opportunities with a dealer.

During the first year, this person will focus on:

• Building and activating relationships within the architecture and design community.
• Converting inbound interest into qualified luxury project opportunities.
• Increasing engagement in the Designer Program.
• Developing a visible and actionable pipeline of luxury residential projects.
• Supporting revenue growth through the company’s dealer network.

Responisibilities

• Build trusted relationships with luxury designers, architects, custom home builders, kitchen studios, and other trade professionals who influence product selection.
• Identify high-value industry relationships and develop focused engagement plans.
• Position La Cornue and AGA as preferred brands for appropriate luxury residential projects.
• Create ongoing opportunities for education, collaboration, and product specification.
• Build long-term advocacy rather than relying only on transactional sales activity.

• Develop strategic partnerships that produce qualified project opportunities and retail sales through the dealer network.
• Manage opportunities from initial design concept through order placement.
• Maintain visibility into project stage, expected timing, product interest, decision-makers, dealer involvement, and required follow-up.
• Coordinate with District Sales Managers, showroom teams, dealer sales associates, and builder sales specialists.
• Provide consistent communication to internal and external partners throughout the project lifecycle.

• Respond to and qualify inbound luxury leads within established service expectations.
• Connect qualified prospects and trade professionals with the appropriate dealer or showroom resource.
• Support dealers in converting product interest into orders without displacing the dealer’s customer relationship.
• Identify breakdowns in lead follow-up, product knowledge, showroom readiness, or customer experience.
• Strengthen coordination between trade influencers and the dealer network.

• Recruit appropriate designers and trade professionals into the Designer Program.
• Keep program members informed, engaged, and connected to dealer and showroom resources.
• Coordinate program communications, resources, education, and relationship-building activities.
• Monitor membership growth and engagement.
• Use feedback from program participants to recommend improvements.

• Serve as a product and brand expert for La Cornue and AGA.
• Educate trade partners on brand heritage, market positioning, product features, and specification opportunities.
• Communicate the…