Description

We are the local Bay Area operation of California Closets, the worldwide leader in the custom in-home storage design industry. For over thirty years, California Closets has been helping to define the most important spaces in anyone's life: the spaces inside and around the home. Today we are recognized as an innovator and trusted partner in in-home design, and as a standard bearer for quality, craftsmanship, and sophisticated styling.

We are seeking a professional sales manager to join and grow with our team at our San Rafael Headquarters. This is a unique opportunity for a proven sales leader to work directly with the president of the company to build a high performing sales team.

The ideal candidate will have a track record of growing sales teams and will be well versed at coaching and mentoring sales teams to enhance their selling skills, increase their closing rates, and leverage their existing client bases. The sales manager is ultimately accountable for overall revenue generation for the company and will be evaluated on sales success, sales volume, management capabilities, personnel management, and profitability. Core responsibilities include recruiting, training, managing, motivating and coaching a team of 10-15 sales professionals. This position also has responsibility for management of our two retail showrooms.

The ideal candidate will possess the following attributes:

* 3 to 5 years direct sales management experience
* Excellent organizational skills
* Proven Leadership abilities
* Skilled motivator
* Conflict and problem resilient
* Goal driven
* Innate people skills
* Powerfully intuitive
* Critical and creative thinker
* Inherent patience
* Highest concern for customer satisfaction
* An understanding of and appreciation for good design
* Ability to manage multiple projects, tasks and priorities to achieve results
* Ability to work effectively with interruptions
* Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communications
* Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team
* Proficient with MS Office 2003/XP Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Salary and Benefits
* We offer a competitive compensation package including a base salary and a performance based bonus, health insurance and a 401K program.
* Paid holidays
* Paid vacation

How to apply

If you are interested in talking further about this position, please forward your resume to [email removed]. If your background fits our needs, you will be contacted for an in-person interview.