The Company:
QIND is about empowering wellness through cannabis. With our unique in-home cannabis discovery parties, we’re introducing a whole new group of consumers to the wellness benefits of cannabis with the ease of online shopping with next day delivery. We are a trusted resource for medicinal and recreational cannabis education and products that help every customer to live a better, more productive and positive life. All of our products are carefully curated to ensure a superior selection and the highest quality.
QIND is a well-funded early stage company lead by established entrepreneurs and seasoned eCommerce professionals. Our culture of QINDness is built on trust and embraces caring for others, caring for ourselves, and caring for the planet. If your ready for a fulfilling new adventure and the chance to thrive in one of the fastest growing consumer markets, we’d love to meet you.
The Basics:
We're looking for an amazing individual for a Market Manager position in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The QIND Market Manager is responsible for QIND revenue within a geographic region. She or he will integrate themselves within local communities, researching and prioritizing prospects, attending and hosting local events, building and tracking outreach programs, and facilitate a team of QIND ambassadors to execute QIND parties that exceed funnel metrics.
This is a metrics-driven position, responsible for hitting monthly and quarterly goals, and compensated accordingly. Responsible for sales volume in a geographic territory, the Market Manager’s primary responsibilities include:
- Host Acquisition
- Create, build and manage programs and partnerships that result in the sign up of QIND Hosts
- Execute QIND educational events (presentations) both at in-home parties and in partnership with other organizations in order to solicit in-home parties
- Ambassador Program Management
- QIND’s ambassador program offers a way for cannabis advocates to share their passion with others. QIND Ambassadors get certified to execute QIND parties are compensated based on executing in-home parties, scheduling new parties and finding new ambassadors
- Market Managers are responsible for recruiting, training and managing QIND Ambassadors within their geographic region
What You’ll Do:
- Creatively identify and source leads, figuring out the highest value targets
- Research prospects in targeted markets
- Speak to potential partners to understand their unique challenges and goals
- Effectively pitch why businesses should consider partnering with QIND
- Knowledgeably discuss key trends in the market
- Attend and host networking and other marketing events
- Recruit, manage and train a team of ambassadors to achieve weekly individual goals
We’re looking for someone with:
- 3+ years of a proven track record of meeting sales goals, comfortable with a quota and metrics-driven objectives, experience selling to small and mid-sized business and or channel sales and business to consumer sales a plus
- From a cocktail party to phone call to and in-person senior roundtable networking, you’re able to hold an intelligent and persuasive discussion with prospects
- Team lead and or leadership experience directly managing a team (1-year minimum)
- Ability to work proactively, independently, and reliably under tight time frames in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to write emails clearly and discuss complex topics simply with our potential partners
- Capability to learn our market, our business, our culture, and foster a spirit of learning and continuous development in others
- Experience recording weekly activity, Salesforce experience a plus
- Education — BA/BS required
QIND is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, political affiliation or belief.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $75,000.00 /year