Internnational Sales Manager

Tweezerman International’s products have long been recognized in the beauty industry as premium brand surpassing the normal standards of quality, reliability and service. Based in New York, Tweezerman is world market leader in the high-class segment of beauty and grooming implements for all needs including lashes, brows, manicure and pedicure. Since the end of 2004, the company is part of Zwilling J.A. Henckels Group. Tweezerman is currently doing business in roughly 40 countries holding a strong position in several.

Candidate will manage all sales for Tweezerman in South /Central America including aggressively growing the business with established partners and identifying, evaluating and launching the Tweezerman brand in new markets.

Responsibilies include:

For existing markets:

·         Develop and implement business plans together with local partners

·         Work with local partners on development of local marketing and sales plans

·         Train markets on all relevant brand and product information

·         Achieve sales targets

·         Be the point person for any and all questions from local market and coordinate Marketing approvals needed from the Marketing Group in NY

·         Forecast market needs and ensure internal forecasts are always up-to-date

·         Ensure best practice sharing between markets within and outside of the region

For new markets:

·         Identify possible distribution partners in new markets

·         Evaluate partners, gain strong understanding of local markets and market potential and work with potential partners on business planning for final decision making

·         Support launch of Tweezerman in new markets; train partners, share best practices, develop local marketing and sales plans in conjunction with partners and ensure implementation

·         Achieve sales goals

Requirements:

 

      ·         Entrepreneurial and passionate about business development; self-motivated “go-getter”

·         “Business developer” with strong sales focus but also strong understanding of Marketing

·         Very organized and an excellent project manager who can work independently

·         Solid analytical skills for business planning, pricing structures, etc.

·         Ideally bi-lingual – fluency in Spanish

·         Works well in small/ mid size company environments

·         Ability to travel internationally about 30 % of the time

·         Experience: ideally, minimum of 3 to 5 years experience in international sales in the beauty industry