Sales Account Manager
Pendleton Woolen Mills · Portland, OR · 2 days ago
On-siteBusiness DevelopmentFull-time
The Account Manager at Pendleton is responsible for growing wholesale business across the Home, Custom Blanket, and Accessory categories. Key duties include:
- Own and grow a portfolio of assigned national accounts
- Serve as a primary business contact for assigned accounts
- Develop and execute account-specific business plans
- Identify opportunities to increase sales and expand assortments
- Represent customer needs internally and communicate account priorities
- Lead the seasonal sales process, including account planning, assortment development, and product presentations
- Prepare and deliver product and business presentations
- Analyze account performance and provide actionable recommendations
- Support resolution of customer issues and escalations
- Manage special Sales Division projects as assigned
About the Role
This role brings together strong relationship-building, business acumen, and cross-functional collaboration to grow the business while representing the Pendleton brand with key wholesale partners.
Responsibilities
- Account & Business Management
- Seasonal Sales & Account Strategy
- Order & Business Management
- Key Account & Channel Management
- Customer & Cross-Functional Collaboration
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
- 3–5 years of wholesale sales experience
- Experience managing wholesale, e-commerce, or national accounts preferred
- Experience with seasonal selling, account planning, forecasting, order management, marketing, and customer presentations
- Demonstrated ability to build customer relationships and contribute to account growth
- Strong commercial and customer-management orientation with demonstrated ability to build and grow wholesale relationships
- Strong written, verbal, presentation, and negotiation skills
- Strong business judgment with the ability to balance customer needs, brand objectives, sales goals, margin, and operational considerations
- Strong analytical, organizational, time-management, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to interpret sales and account performance data and translate insights into business recommendations
- Ability to manage multiple accounts, priorities, deadlines, and projects in a high-volume environment
- High attention to detail and accountability for follow-through
- Knowledge of wholesale, retail, market, brand, and consumer trends
- Growth mindset with enthusiasm for continuous learning and process improvement
- Passion for quality products and appreciation for Pendleton's history, values, and commitment to craftsmanship
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Experience working with B2B wholesale platforms such as NuOrder or Elastic preferred
Qualifications
- Strong analytical, organizational, time-management, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to interpret sales and account performance data and translate insights into business recommendations
- Ability to manage multiple accounts, priorities, deadlines, and projects in a high-volume environment
- High attention to detail and accountability for follow-through
- Knowledge of wholesale, retail, market, brand, and consumer trends
- Growth mindset with enthusiasm for continuous learning and process improvement
- Passion for quality products and appreciation for Pendleton's history, values, and commitment to craftsmanship
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Experience working with B2B wholesale platforms such as NuOrder or Elastic preferred
Skills
- Strong written, verbal, presentation, and negotiation skills
- Strong business judgment with the ability to balance customer needs, brand objectives, sales goals, margin, and operational considerations
- Strong analytical, organizational, time-management, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to interpret sales and account performance data and translate insights into business recommendations
- Ability to manage multiple accounts, priorities, deadlines, and projects in a high-volume environment
- High attention to detail and accountability for follow-through
- Knowledge of wholesale, retail, market, brand, and consumer trends
- Growth mindset with enthusiasm for continuous learning and process improvement
- Passion for quality products and appreciation for Pendleton's history, values, and commitment to craftsmanship
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Experience working with B2B wholesale platforms such as NuOrder or Elastic preferred
Benefits
- Commensurate with experience
Pay
- TBD
Schedule
- TBD