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Job Summary:

In this role you’ll be a key member of a high performance regional sales team, selling our premiere sports optics products to accounts in your assigned territory. You’ll manage relationships with existing customers, develop new business opportunities and execute strategies for marketing and selling our products to increase sales and market share within your territory.

Responsibilities:

• Leading the development and execution of strategic sales programs and collaborating with accounts in an assigned territory to meet revenue and profitability targets.
• Developing a territory management plan to oversee all account based sales, marketing and training activity.
• Achieving monthly and annual sales targets, and attaining market share growth objectives within assigned territory.
• Managing and build lasting personal relationships with key customers and decision makers. Identifying and securing new business opportunities within both existing and new accounts.
• Communicating with all current and potential customers on a regular basis by providing forward-looking business goals, optimized regionally and seasonally relevant assortments and inventory levels, providing product information and assets, sales program support and excellent customer service.
• Coordinating with Sales Operations on order booking and management (allocation, booking, returns) and overseeing administrative and technical matters before and after delivery.
• Regularly submitting sales reports and field intelligence on competitive landscape and product trends.
• Providing thorough in-store and field product training across all categories.
• Attending sales meetings, training programs and trade shows as requested.
• Providing full retail support to National Accounts locations within defined territory.

Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field and 5+ years of outside sales experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Thorough knowledge of shooting sports optical products, leading firearms systems and related distribution channels and retail operations.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively identify customer and account needs and define solutions to meet those needs.
• Experience effectively managing accounts.
• Ability to coordinate multiple activities to ensure highest service levels.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve problems. Demonstrated commitment to achieving exceptional customer service levels.
• Excellent, written, oral, public speaking and interpersonal communication skills.
• Self-starter with ability to work independently while maximizing time tables.
• Proficiency with Microsoft suite of products (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams).

Other Job Requirements:

You’ll need to have the ability to establish a home office and work remotely. This role requires frequent travel within territories over 50%, to the L&S Corporate Office, and to national, trade and consumer events. You’ll need to be able to lift up to 50 lbs, have a good driving record, and be able to pass a drug screen and background check.

For details on positions and to apply, go to:

www.leupold.com/careers

Leupold & Stevens, Inc.

14400 NW Greenbrier Parkway

Beaverton, Oregon 97006

* Leupold & Stevens, Inc. is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer. A core business objective at Leupold & Stevens is to maintain a workplace in which each employee can achieve their full potential. The company was founded on the principle of giving customers and our team members ‘A Square Deal’; to us, this means advocating for the employment opportunities and advancements of all individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law. We resolutely believe all aspects and privileges of employment should be determined by skills and behaviors, not personal identities.

* With our commitment to make our application process and workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities, we will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for an individual applicant to participate in the job application process. To request an accommodation to the application process, please send an email to HRDept@Leupold.com or call (503) 646-9171 and a Leupold & Stevens representative will contact you.

* Leupold & Stevens, Inc. is a drug free workplace. All final candidates must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.

* Leupold & Stevens, Inc. complies with all applicable FAR & DFAR regulations.

* We hire U.S. citizens and persons lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. All new employees must complete an INS Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9). Positions may require a deemed export control license for compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Placement is contingent on Leupold & Stevens, Inc.’s ability to apply for and obtain an export control license on your behalf.

About Leupold & Stevens

We are a fifth generation, family owned company, and for over 110 years, we've manufactured innovative, battle-proven optics products for the world's most relentless hunters, shooters, law enforcement, and military professionals. We design, build and test our best-in-class products with a single minded focus - to make sure they'll perform forever.

At Leupold & Stevens, you will find people who work hard and play hard, people whose passion for excellence is legendary in our industry. Maintaining our status as the industry leader takes a lot of commitment and dedication, but we also want to ensure that our team members have a good work/life balance. To achieve this, we offer a competitive Paid Time Off package to our team members. And we feel that the best way to fully appreciate our positive impact on our core consumers/customers is to get immersed within the industry. To that end, we are continually looking for ways to have our team members get involved with business related industry events.

Our success has been built around our core values, and these values are embodied by our shareholders, and all of our team members. They guide everything we do, including taking care of the Leupold & Stevens family of dedicated employees. There is a palpable pride in what we do, how we do it, and who we do it for!

At Leupold & Stevens, we're American to the Core and passionate about what we do. We offer a friendly work environment where innovation, quality, and continuous improvement are our priorities, and where your ideas matter. Our benefits package is amazing - affordable health and dental insurance, a strong commitment to training and professional development including an internal skills development program for all manufacturing team members, a generous tuition reimbursement program, company contributions up to 8% of base pay into a 401K retirement account, profit sharing and product discounts to name a few.