Licensed Sales Manager, ISlide
Online athletic footwear marketplace
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Online athletic footwear marketplace
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
21-100 employees
Company mission
To celebrate individuality through customization while inspiring people to Stand In What You Stand For.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Sports Management, or related field preferred
- Some experience in the licensed sales industry preferred
- At least 3 years of experience in sales preferred
- Knowledge of major US pro sports trends preferred, especially including the NBA, MLB, NHL, NFL, and NCAA
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with aptitude in building relationships with professionals of all organizational levels
- Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills
- Microsoft office experience, especially including excel
- Maintain a positive, solutions focused attitude
- Ability to use good judgement and keep client information confidential
- Deliver consistent excellent customer service to internal/external customers, colleagues and management
What the job involves
- Drive revenue growth in the Licensed Sales category through wholesale, dropship, and e-commerce accounts
- Identify and pursue sales opportunities with new wholesale and dropship partners
- Research new sales opportunities through Fanatics and other dropship partners and lead projects to create growth in the dropship category
- Manage current key account relationships to drive reorders
- Determine licenses to pursue and manage approval processes for them including application, payment, and design creation
- Improve sell-through at retailers by working with the customer, Marketing, and Operations to identify potential barriers to purchase and attract customers to the product
- Collaborate with marketing to successfully showcase our licensed product offerings and advocate for Licensing Product’s presence across marketing channels
- Manage all royalty compliance and adhere to specifications of licensing contracts
- Coordinate with Design to create new licensed product to sell to customers
- Create, analyze, and present periodic sales reports based on accounts performance
- Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends
- Supervisory Responsibilities: Senior Licensing Associate
Our take
ISlide specializes in customizable slides, sandals, and other footwear products. The company was founded in 2013 by Justin Kittredge, a former head of Reebok Basketball, with a vision to create a unique slide that could be tailored to individual preferences.
The company has partnerships with many professional sports teams, athletes and Hollywood stars, as well as several colleges and universities. ISlide has received several awards for its innovative designs and business practices, including being named one of the "Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in the World" by Fast Company in 2018.
More recently, the company has branched out and has now added apparel to its offerings, allowing fans and athletes to dress head to toe in custom gear. Alongside side this ISlide has introduced new partnerships with Perfect Game and FC Barcelona, in order to increase its brand on the feet of baseball and soccer players around the world.
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Insights
-19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 2022
$0.8m
EARLY VC
Mar 2021
$0.7m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $1.5m
Company HQ
Readville, Boston, MA
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Leadership
Justin Kittredge
(CEO)Over two decades experience in the footwear industry, they previously worked at Reebok International as a Director in the Basketball Division and at Atsco Footwear as an Ellesee Product and Sales Manager.
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