Sales Executive

One of our luxury jewelry clients is looking for a Sales Executive.

This is for their shop in Montecito. Will be fully in person at the shop. This is a contract role with potential to become full time permanent if everything is going well. 36-40/hours a week. 4% commission on sales. The average unit sale price is around $45k.

This person will be responsible for building their customer base in the region - they are not a heavy "walk in" brand, so both cultivating existing clients, and developing and executing strategies to bring in new customers will be critical for this role.

Responsibilities

• Generate and manage client relationships through innovative business ideas and traditional clienteling
• Represent brand at meetings, events, charity dinners, etc.
• Initiate and manage activities for new product launches, events and activities
• Develop store team’s performance goals, and update management through reporting metrics.
• Provide customer service to support the growth of sales and client retention
• Attend key brand functions as needed, including trade shows both domestic and abroad.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years proven track record in high-/ ultra-luxury sales
• Excellent understanding of the luxury client experience, with success acquiring and retaining customers
• Comfort with Excel, Word, Outlook. Must be able to work with platforms such as BusinessMind and Navision
• Demonstrated expertise using social media to support customer acquisition and retention
• Ability to travel in the US market and abroad up to 30%
• Flexibility to work on evenings, weekends and holidays, as needed.
• Fluency in a second language is a plus.