Hästens Salesmen, USA

Hästens was founded as long ago as 1852 and its blue check beds are one of the strongest brands in Sweden today.Hästens beds are handmade by skilled craftspersons using natural materials of the highest quality only.We are represented by distributors in Sweden, Europe and the USA, and have grown over 30,000 % over the past 20 years.Not too long ago, we had just 22 employees, now we number over 200 and are looking for several top talents for export sales, which offer enormous growth potential.In 2006 Hästens won the Swedish Trade Council's major export prize. The world's best salespeople are offered an unrivalled international career opportunity We are looking for star salespeople who can make a personal contribution to our continued expansion. As a sales representative, you will be responsible for establishing and building up our concept on a new market.You will do this be establishing and developing relationships with suitable retailers to sell our concept.This will include negotiating at top level but above all visiting retailers where you will operatively build up and develop our category in stores and continuously train store personnel. Through a very active store presence you will ensure our products and our brand gain the exposure appropriate for the world's leading bed manufacturer.You will also support our distributors with advice and effective sales in association with their promotions, campaigns and PR events.You will be a member of our global sales organisation and report to our director of sales and marketing.We offer successful applicants a career with huge development potential and our attractive profit share scheme will give you the opportunity to become one of the highest paid star sales representatives in the world. You will be a top performer with the attitude that everything is possible and who settles for nothing less than outstanding results.You are driven by the need to develop new markets and working with strong brands.You love constantly pushing yourself to develop and get better and better at whatever you do.You are the best salesperson in your company. As you will be responsible for your export market, you will need to demonstrate planning ability, independence and reliability.Other qualities demanded for success in this role include being goal and results oriented, having very high energy levels and a hands-on approach plus an exception ability to network.As an export sales representative you must be very familiar with the culture of the region, fluent in the local language and also have excellent written and spoken English.A basic understanding of Swedish would be advantageous. If you recognise yourself in the above description and are ready to leap headfirst into a tough, challenging and developing career as a star salesperson, we look forward to hearing from you. Read more at www.hastens.com If you have any questions, please contact our consultant at Navigio Rekrytering & Ledarskap.Peter Westford Sw.