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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at adidas means championing individual uniqueness and cultivating a culture of belonging in which everyone can create at their best.  We embrace diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce that reflects our consumers and communities.
• adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Employees are eligible to earn bi-annual and annual bonuses based on sales performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service,  eleven paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• This is a fully remote position based in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.

Purpose 

Manage; sell to, support and service the account base in a specific geographic territory.

• Must have clear and knowledgeable experience of the grassroots youth club and brand competitor sports landscape.
• Co-lead strategy and commercial delivery to achieve the sales targets set by sales leadership.
• Establish yourself as the lead teamwear sales representative for Soccer.com. Critical responsibilities include building strong working relationships across the account department teams of leadership, merchandising, marketing, events, and sales.  
• Ability to effectively apply full ownership of prospecting and serving existing Tier 1 and 2 club brand partners, including but not restricted to contract negotiation stages, product demonstrations, forecasting, and business development activities. Experience with sports seasonality and buy cycles is critical to success.
• Prospect Tier 2 club partners via acquisition planning utilizing a playbook of benefits and service model deliverables while maintaining profitability-led outcomes.
• Serve as a co-lead point of sales contact for large leagues, governing bodies, and influential sports partners on a national scale.
• Manage strong working relationships with all internal business partners across product marketing, trade marketing, account operations, and sports marketing to drive teamwear category performance.  
• Must exhibit the capacity to use strategic and critical thinking abilities, including problem-solving, to advance the business.
• Experience working with external agencies for event planning and execution is strongly encouraged.

Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university and a minimum one year of related experience and/or training, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Athletic industry experience preferred.
• Regional sales experience preferred.
• For Specialty sales positions, specific knowledge of, or experience with the specialty focus is preferred. This includes knowledge of athletic product lines, industry standards and trends in the market place.