Join a Growing Sales Organization
Work directly with the CEO to help coordinate and strengthen Fortress Eyewear's national independent sales representative organization. You'll become a key point of communication between our sales representatives, the CEO, and our internal team, helping everyone stay connected, informed, motivated, and focused on growing sales. If you enjoy building relationships, solving problems, and making others more successful, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
About Fortress Eyewear
For nearly 25 years, Fortress Eyewear has designed, manufactured, and distributed quality eyewear sold through action sports, outdoor, travel, grocery, convenience, sporting goods, and specialty retailers. Our family of brands includes Kreedom®, CrushEyes®, Rove®, 1LENS® Readers, and KRD®, along with a successful private label business serving major retail partners. We believe in building long-term relationships, providing exceptional customer service, and giving back through our 'We See You' program, which helps provide the gift of sight to people in need around the world.
What You'll Be Doing
Working directly with the CEO, you'll help increase sales by strengthening our independent sales representative organization while learning the skills needed to grow into greater responsibility as the company continues to expand.
You will support the CEO in improving territory performance, coordinating sales initiatives, and identifying opportunities to grow sales. There will be opportunity to expand responsibilities.
Primary Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary day-to-day communication link between the CEO, internal staff, and our independent sales representatives.
- Coordinate with independent sales representatives in developing their territories, growing sales, and achieving performance goals.
- Build strong working relationships with independent sales representatives through regular communication and follow-up.
- Help ensure follow-up items, projects, and commitments stay on track by coordinating between the sales team and internal departments,
- Monitor territory performance, analyze sales trends, and recommend opportunities for improvement.
- Assist the CEO in developing sales strategies, territory plans, and representative performance goals.
- Produce and analyze sales reports, forecasts, and performance metrics.
- Assist in developing and executing go-to-market strategies.
- Coordinate sales meetings, product launches, trade shows, and sales initiatives.
- Work with staff to maintain sales presentations, catalogs, pricing information, and marketing materials.
- Collaborate with marketing, product development, operations, customer service, logistics, and finance.
- Support sales prospecting and new business development.
Social Media & Sales Engagement
Modern selling extends well beyond the sales call. You'll work with our marketing team to help create social media content that supports new and heritage products, retail partners, trade shows, and the success of our independent sales representatives.
You'll encourage and support our sales representatives in using social media to strengthen customer relationships, increase brand awareness, and generate new sales opportunities.
Who Will Thrive Here
- Enjoys helping other people become successful.
- Enjoys variety and is comfortable switching between sales support, project coordination, report production, and communication throughout the day.
- Wants to grow professionally by taking on greater responsibility and contributing to the company’s success.
- Is energized by building relationships and increasing sales.
- Enjoys learning directly from experienced leadership.
- Is comfortable using social media as a business development tool.
- Brings initiative instead of waiting to be told what to do.
- Thrives in a fast-moving entrepreneurial company where ideas are welcomed.
- Likes solving problems and making things happen.
- Has a positive attitude and enjoys working with people.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of experience in sales support, sales coordinating, marketing, or a related business role.
- Demonstrated success building relationships and helping customers or sales reps.
- Strong communication, organization, and analytical skills.
- Comfortable using Microsoft Office and business technology.
- Interest in social media as a business and relationship-building tool.
- Experience working with independent sales representatives is a plus but not required.
- Bachelor's degree preferred but not required.
Technical Skills
- Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Apple/Mac environment
- Email and video conferencing platforms
- QuickBooks experience helpful but not required
Compensation & Benefits
- $60,000–$70,000 base salary
- Quarterly bonuses of up 2.5% of annual salary subject to individual and company performance. A maximum annual bonus of 10% of annual base salary.
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
Why This Role Is Different
At Fortress Eyewear, you’ll be more than a coordinator. You’ll become a trusted member of a small, collaborative team where your ideas matter, your contributions are visible, and your work directly supports the growth of our business.
At Fortress Eyewear, you’ll never be “just another employee.” Working in a small company means your ideas are hears, your work is recognized, and you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact on our growth.
If you're looking for a role where you can learn, build relationships, take on increasing responsibility, and help others succeed, we'd love to hear from you.
Pay: $60,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
