Would you thrive in securing the expansion of a strong distribution and customer base within your assigned region? Then it might be the right move for you to take up the new position as Rains’ new Category Sales Manager - Bags and Accessories based in Copenhagen.

Role and responsibilities

Rains holds a unique market position as frontrunner within outdoor lifestyle products and this position lends opportunity for you to execute on individual sales initiatives that can increase category growth and market share across your region. Building-up of a strong distribution within bags and accessories gives you the opportunity to play an important role in expanding the customer base in an untapped segment for Rains in Denmark as the primary market and Sweden as the secondary market.

This includes establishing new customer relationships as well as build awareness of the product category Bags and Accessories. Both wholesale and retail customers’ revenue will benefit from your strong focus on service and providing tactile proficiency in fulfillment and merchandising. You will also be a part of the implementation of Shop-in-Shop and soft shops with key independents and in relevant department stores.

You will be managing a comprehensive toolbox of product concepts, POS solutions and digital presentation formats to fulfill your targets. You will have ongoing guidance from the local management in both Denmark and Sweden, as well as professional support from the back-office sales organization headquartered in Aarhus. You will also collaborate with marketing and product development teams at HQ to ensure that our bags and accessories are aligned with Rains brand and customer expectations.

Your experience and competencies

We expect you to have 3+ years of experience from the lifestyle and design industry with a wish to develop within the Bags and Accessories category.

It motivates you to work with a flexible schedule based on the needs of the business and is thrills you to work in a fastmoving and dynamic environment. Even though it is natural for you to work independently and with freedom under responsibility, you enjoy being part of a team-oriented, ambitious Danish and Swedish sales team. Collaboration and support will be key across the team, a value that will be pertinent to guiding your success from the very start.

Having an openminded, proactive approach to your work makes its natural for you to show passion and excitement for our brand and products and we hope that you will come with an ambitious, execution-oriented attitude and winning-spirit.

Besides having excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Danish we also hope that you will bring a talent within interpersonal skills that makes it easy for you to adapt to different customers.

Being part of Rains

Rains is an outerwear lifestyle brand. Its collections blend a conceptual-meets-functional design approach, a strong urban inspiration, and a signature fabric identity. A coated waterproof fabric palette inspired by Rains’ first design – a contemporary reinterpretation of the classic rubber raincoat. Rains brings a Scandinavian aesthetic to its unisex collections, and a consistently surprising curation to consumers across four continents.

You will be part of an exciting growth adventure of an emerging brand and as Category Sales Manager you will have the opportunity to play a significant role in the future expansion. You will be part of a dynamic, social company with committed colleagues across Europe, North America, and Asia. Being part of a global company means that we expect our sales representatives to be flexible and willing to travel.

The position is full-time and will be reporting to the Country Manager in Denmark and a dotted line to the Country Manager in Sweden. Your workplace will be in Copenhagen, but you must expect travelling across Denmark and sometimes across Sweden.

How to apply

If you could see yourself in this position and want to be a member of a fast-growing brand, please submit your application below. We will review and contact applicants continuously, so please do not hesitate to apply.

All qualified applicants regardless of age, gender, religion, and ethnicity are encouraged to apply for the position.

Only applications submitted through our e-recruitment process will be considered.

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If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact Country Manager, Mathias B. Emanuelsen on me@rains.com or +45 31485216