Liking to fish is one thing. Living to fish and catering to those who inspire to do the same is the fabric of what we do at Simms. The Simms family is always seeking talented individuals primed to innovate and enhance angling experience through exception customer service and product know-how. If you share our vision for a future of healthy resources and achieving angler satisfaction via producing the best fishing products available on the water, please follow the application instructions provided with each job description below.
Simms Fishing Products, a leader in providing the finest fly fishing waders and apparel, currently has the following positions available.
Director, Sales
The Simms Director of Sales will be responsible for driving sales growth and profitability. He/she will be accountable for developing and maintaining the relationship between Simms and our Dealers, while providing leadership to the North American Sales Organization. He/she will be responsible for developing product line pricing, sales promotions, forecasting and merchandising in partnership with our Finance and Research, Design, Sourcing and Development teams. The Director of Sales will also provide competitive product and program information.
Specific responsibilities:
- Lead the Independent North American Sales Organization to achieve annual sales plan
- Manage the hiring, territory assignments, compensation, budgets and annual evaluations of the Sales Representatives
- Establish sales organization goals and objectives
- Provides product training and sales tool training
- Develops product, pricing and merchandising policies and procedures in conjunction with other Simms functional areas
- Manages all industry Trade and Consumer Shows
- Develops and executes the Sales department budget
- Manages the Manager, Sales Administration
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business or related field
- 5 years Sales Management experience
- 7-10 years consumer product sales experience
- Strong retail experience
- Proven track record in growing specialty channel sales, sales tool development and visual merchandising
- Prior sales rep experience is preferred
- Knowledge of the fishing and outdoor industry
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to travel 110 days per year, including weekends
To apply for this position, please email your resume to cheri.hollenbaugh@simmsfishing.com.
Product Developer – Outerwear, Waders & Technical Packs
The product developer is an integral part of the Research, Design, Sourcing & Development team, helping manage the apparel & pack development process from ideation through preproduction confirmation. This includes quality, function, and on-time prototype and sample delivery. The developer works closely with the category manager of Outerwear/Waders and category manager of Packs. There will be daily communications with design, materials, prototyping and manufacturing partners while tracking projects against the corporate calendar’s spring and fall seasonal launches. This role interfaces with a broad range of functional groups both within and outside of Simms.
This position requires:
- Three to five years’ technical apparel/outerwear and pack development experience.
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent in Apparel Design/Merchandising or Industrial Design.
- Advance knowledge of technical apparel construction and technical materials.
- Extreme attention to detail.
- Strong organization and planning skills.
- Self-motivated, proactive and deadline driven.
- Mac proficient preferred.
- Experience and confidence in Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Excel and Word.
- Write and speak clearly and articulately in all forms of communication.
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time./li>
- A passion for outdoor activities; angling experience is preferred, but not required.
To apply for this position, please email your resume to cheri.hollenbaugh@simmsfishing.com.
If you would like to submit a resume for future consideration for Simms Fishing Products' positions should they become available, please submit a cover letter and resume by email to cheri.hollenbaugh@simmsfishing.com.