Wholesale Sales Manager

Persona is a recruiting and staffing company that hires exceptional people from 98 countries into full-time, long-term remote roles with the most ambitious companies on earth.

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Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Wholesale Sales Manager to grow the U.S. wholesale business for a design-led consumer products company. This role is responsible for building a book of business, opening new wholesale accounts, systematically growing existing accounts, reactivating dormant customers, and developing a predictable sales pipeline.

The ideal candidate is a highly independent B2B salesperson who combines strong commercial judgment with disciplined follow-through, excellent virtual selling skills, and the ability to use customer and sales data to identify growth opportunities. Experience in body jewelry or professional piercing is not required; backgrounds in jewelry, beauty, fashion accessories, eyewear, luxury goods, or other specialty-retail categories are highly relevant.

This remote role is open to candidates currently based in Canada who can work effectively during U.S. business hours and travel strategically within the United States when required.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and grow a portfolio of wholesale accounts while actively developing new business

• Open new wholesale accounts and build meaningful new revenue

• Develop existing customers through structured account-growth strategies

• Reactivate dormant customers and identify opportunities to rebuild purchasing activity

• Conduct effective virtual sales appointments and product presentations

• Build consistent reorder, outreach, and follow-up programs across the customer portfolio

• Create personalized product and assortment recommendations based on customer needs and purchase history

• Analyze customer purchase history and sales performance to identify account-growth opportunities

• Maintain accurate customer, pipeline, and opportunity information in Pipedrive

• Forecast sales performance and track results against revenue targets

• Partner with operations and analytics support to identify commercial opportunities

• Build a predictable virtual-first sales pipeline through disciplined outreach and follow-up

• Attend selected trade shows, strategic customer visits, and other high-value in-person opportunities

• Use travel strategically, with a clear commercial purpose and meaningful sales opportunity behind each trip

Required Qualifications

• Approximately 5–8+ years of wholesale or B2B sales experience

• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding revenue targets

• Experience selling physical products to independent retailers or specialty accounts

• Demonstrated ability to build and grow a book of business rather than simply maintain existing accounts

• Strong experience developing new accounts and expanding revenue within existing accounts

• Excellent virtual selling, presentation, and relationship-building skills

• Experience using CRM systems to manage sales pipelines, customer relationships, and follow-up activity

• Strong commercial judgment and ability to identify opportunities from customer lists, purchase history, and sales reports

• Excellent organization and follow-through across multiple active accounts and opportunities

• Ability to work independently and take ownership of sales activity in a remote environment

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to work effectively during U.S. business hours

• Ability to travel regularly within the United States when strategically required

• Must be currently based in Canada

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in jewelry, beauty, fashion accessories, eyewear, luxury goods, specialty retail, or another design-led wholesale category

• Experience selling to independent retailers and specialty accounts

• Experience growing existing wholesale accounts through structured reorder and follow-up programs

• Familiarity with virtual-first wholesale sales models

• Experience using customer purchase data to develop account-growth strategies

• Body-jewelry or professional-piercing experience is welcome but not required

Tools & Technologies

• Pipedrive, CRM and sales pipeline management systems

Core Competencies

• New business development

• Wholesale account growth

• Commercial judgment

• Revenue ownership

• Virtual selling and product presentation

• Customer relationship management

• Strategic account development

• Pipeline management and forecasting

• Data-informed sales decision-making

• Strong organization and follow-through

• Independent ownership

• Strategic travel planning

What We Offer

• Best salaries in the industry

• work remotely from the location specified for this role permanently

• Opportunities for growth and advancement

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment

• A warm, people-first company culture

• Get paid in your currency of choice

• Full benefits

This is a full-time, long-term remote position dedicated to one client company. Persona provides onboarding and ongoing employment support for this position.