Sales Manager Home Textiles

Specific Responsibilities :

Sales Manager, Home Textiles

•  Categories include pillows, blankets, sheets, towels, robes, etc. In four areas: home, bath, kitchen, and bedroom.

Objective is to significantly grow this business by securing additional product placement (accepted tender offers)

• • Review weekly   advertising for item opportunities
  • Make weekly  store visits and secure item samples for production review/analysis
  • Make New Item Proposals to retailer based on market analysis, advertising analysis, and trend analysis
  • Submit item quotes to retailer on a regular basis
  • Work with production on item quotes – pricing, specifications, packaging, etc.
  • Work with production to insure delivery on time and according to customer guidelines
  • Develop, recommend and implement sales strategies and plans to ensure revenue growth
  • Review market analysis to determine customer’s product needs, pricing, etc.
  • Meet with ALDI buyer on a regular basis to develop and maintain a strong relationship

Skills and Requirements:

• • Analytical Ability
  • Market knowledge of Home Textiles
  • Detailed Oriented ( quote process is very time consuming)
  • Planning and Organization
  • Communication (significant amount of email communication with overseas production)
  • Smart
  • Problem Solving – every quote submission will run into some sort of specification issue that needs to be addressed
  • Enthusiasm.  Needs to energize the account as well as to fit into the team culture here (goal)
  • Able to work under pressure