Salon Business Development Manager - Northeast

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Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or minimum of 3-5 years of relevant sales and retail experience.
• Candidates with Salon Professional outside sales and Salon industry experience required
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• High sales drive
• Ability to prospect and close new business
• Strong negotiation skills
• Strategic and analytical thinking
• Service oriented
• Adaptable to working with and educating various personality types
• Competitive and collaborative
• Computer Skills: Word, Excel, Outlook, and general ability to learn new programs such as Slack and Salesforce
• 75% travel required and/or 4 days per week in the field (will vary slightly based on territory size / structure)

Responsibilities:

• Create a powerful, trusting relationship with salon owners, stylists and employees
• Rotation management inclusive of both existing and new business development
• Maintain strong funnel of potential new business
• Work closely with Salon Director to determine and support sell-in and sell-through strategies at a salon-by-salon level
• Deliver highest quality in-salon presentations and product classes
• Launch new salons and retail accounts
• Meet new business goals
• Sell in new products to existing salons
• Achieve individual revenue goals by educating and consulting with the salon owners, managers, and stylists
• Support retail segment sales through merchandising and promotional activity.
• Manage a systematic meeting schedule for assigned accounts.
• Execute strategic education plans for each salon in territory of focus accounts.
• Promote, plan, coordinate and assist in execution of regional and national company-sponsored, business development and educational events
• Attend all company provided meetings and trainings