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Brunswick Land N Sea - Sales Representative in Kansas City, Missouri

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Come explore opportunities within Brunswick, a global marine leader committed to challenging conventions and innovating next-generation technologies that transform experiences on the water and beyond. Brunswick believes “Next Never Rests™,” and we offer a variety of exciting careers and growth opportunities within united teams defining the future of marine recreation.

Land 'N' Sea Distributing, Inc. is a full service, wholesale only distributor, serving the Marine and RV Industries for over 40 years. With thousands of different parts and accessories available from warehouses nationwide, Land 'N' Sea prides itself on fast, efficient delivery throughout the US and Canada. In a cooperative effort with Mercury Marine's Latin America and Caribbean division, Land 'N' Sea serves over 60 additional countries worldwide.

We are seeking a full-time Sales Representative to cover and grow an existing territory that includes Iowa, Eastern Nebraska and the Kansas City market in Missouri. Our ideal candidates will live in Des Moines-Cedar Rapids-central/middle-ish Iowa, to be able to effectively service our customers within this territory.

What you will be doing in the job:

  • Calling on existing accounts, establishing new accounts by either cold calling or with leads supplied by the company within an assigned territory.

  • Responsible for the sale, management, and implementing of product and marketing programs, forecasting of new and existing products.

  • Provide knowledge of products and marketing strategies to diversified customer base.

  • Support dealer retail and distributor sales activity to achieve maximum sales and market share in assigned territory. Maintain up to date information on assigned dealer accounts.

  • Monitor and learn market area information and communicate information to Management. Up-sell and cross-sell, suggesting product substitutes where applicable.

  • Execute sales and marketing programs and services.

  • Handle customer complaints and exceptions requests with minimal management intervention.

  • Maintain internal supportive working relationship with credit, technical service manager, customer service representative, sales coordinators, sales directors and marketing manager.

  • Travel for sales calls to territory customers and attendance at regional boat shows, sales meetings, etc as deemed appropriate.

What you need to bring to our winning team:

  • HS diploma required, College degree in business or related field preferred

  • 3-5 years experience in sales, preferably in the marine industry

  • PC proficiency with Microsoft programs

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills for developing strong relationships with customers

  • Ability to independently make accurate decisions and analyze risk, while reasoning through issues and suggesting workable solutions

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, and protected veteran status.

Next is Now!

We value growth and development, recognizing that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and inspiration. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process.

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Brunswick is a global leader in marine recreation, delivering innovation that transforms experiences on the water and beyond. Our unique, technology-driven solutions are informed and inspired by deep consumer insights and powered by our belief that “Next Never Rests™”. Brunswick is dedicated to industry leadership, to being the best and most trusted partner to our many customers, and to building synergies and ecosystems that enable us to challenge convention and define the future. Innovative, driven, exceptional, authentic and united, these values represent our Employee Value Proposition and are at the heart of how we work together and what differentiates us as an employer of choice.

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