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We are looking for a person in Chicago USA able to manage the on-site branch and showroom of an Italian manufacturer of natural stone, building a sales network and developing new business opportunities, especially with architects and designers for high-end projects

COMPANY

Our client is a well-established and renowned group based in North-Eastern Italy, which operates in the natural stone industry (extraction, transformation and processing), with a high-end positioning. This research aims at selecting a manager for the company’s branch and showroom in Chicago, USA, that serves as a hub for the local market: target clients and business partners are architects, designers, contractors and marble craftsmen and fabricators.

POSITION

Reporting directly to the CEO of the group and keeping in line with the company growth strategy, the Branch manager USA will have the following objectives:

• Welcome clients in the showroom, specify materials and technical specs, address requests and issues promptly
• Relate to different suppliers and evaluate a range of materials based on the market needs and requests
• Source, train and coach new staff, when needed
• Manage a team of inside administrative and warehouse collaborators
• Develop brand reputation and sales in the local market, building and training a local sales team
• Understand trends, catch new market opportunities and design projects
• Oversee and manage all aspects of the business, showroom and warehouse activities, including P&L, Accounting, HR, Operations and Sales

REQUIREMENTS

We are looking for a person preferably resident in the Chicago area. You will:

• Have excellent people skills and ability to network, especially with architects and designers for high-end projects
• Have a Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in sales, business, accounting, management or similar (preferred)
• Have gained good experience 5+ years in a management role
• Have a drive to reach sales and service goals, with a customer-centered and result-oriented approach
• Have expertise in and be passionate about one of the following industries: design, luxury projects, construction, building materials (preferred)
• Be ready to take part to remote team meetings and to travel to Italy once every 3 months for training, planning, updating and alignment with HQ
• Be ready to work at the showroom site and frequently meet clients in the Chicago metropolitan area
• Have gained good experience 10+ years in sales and new business development
• Have excellent organizational and leadership skills

BENEFITS

• A full-time contract
• Fixed and variable pay (performance bonus)
• Chance to be part of a well-established and growing Italian group, with an international and dynamic team
• Full training and support
• Very ambitious challenges and objectives on the American market, with degree of autonomy in defining strategies and targets
• Made in Italy high-end products and projects

Competenze in Rete srl è società autorizzata a tempo indeterminato dal Ministero del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali per l’attività di Ricerca e Selezione del Personale Prot. 39/0001396 del 02.02.2016.
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