About this role
BIRKENSTOCK is a global brand which embraces all consumers regardless of geography, gender, age and income. The company is deeply footed on a family tradition of shoemaking that can be traced back to 1774. With around 7100 employees worldwide, BIRKENSTOCK is the largest employer in the German footwear industry. To ensure our quality standards, we produce over 95% of our products in Germany and source more than 90% of our materials and components from Europe. The BIRKENSTOCK Group is headquartered in Linz am Rhein and maintains several locations in Germany, as well as sales offices in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Take over brand ownership and build existing business with customers in the Eastern Europe region
- Determine the appropriate product assortments for your accounts, working closely with the product and sales teams
- Introduce new product lines, pricings and merchandise plan strategies to regional partners
- Present seasonal collections and collect orders for assigned customers
- Monitor and report local sell-in, sell-through and inventory levels
- Take responsibility for the seasonal forecasting on products and clients as well as the seasonal marketing
- Provide product training and seasonal clinics to partners
- Working closely with internal stakeholders such as Finance, Customer Operations, Product and Brand
YOUR EXPERIENCE
- Minimum 3 years of experience in managing accounts, ideally in the shoe or fashion/ lifestyle industry
- Strategic, analytical and results-driven individual with commercial business acumen
- Excited to be an ambassador for our brand and build loyalty that drives recommendation of our products
- Communicative team player with high self-motivation and intercultural competence
- Strong presentation and negotiation skills
- Excellent understanding of MS Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint), SAP knowledge is beneficial
- Excellent verbal and written English and Polish language skills
- Flexibility to travel within the region
WE OFFER:
BIRKENSTOCK offers you all the advantages of a successful, fast growing, global company: dynamic work environment, considerable design freedom, authentic and open corporate culture and excellent development opportunities. Sounds exciting? It is. Our Talent Acquisition team is looking forward to receiving your online application!
Please hand in your application in English.
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