External Trade Sales Representative

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Chicago, IL, USA
In-Office
80K-85K Annually
Junior
Retail • Design • Manufacturing
The Role
Grow Harbour’s luxury trade business within an assigned territory by developing relationships with designers, architects, builders, and other trade professionals. Generate new business through prospecting, networking, presentations, referrals, and field activity. Conduct client meetings and product presentations, maintain the CRM sales pipeline, build product expertise, participate in sales meetings, attend High Point Market, and travel frequently for in-person account engagement.
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Location: Chicago, IL.  Remote 
Summary:

Harbour is seeking an External Trade Sales Representative to grow our luxury trade business within an assigned territory. This is an in-house, field-based position dedicated exclusively to Harbour. The representative will not work from a showroom or carry other furniture/design lines. The role is focused on developing new business, building relationships within the design community, and driving territory growth. 

Responsibilities:
  • Develop and grow relationships with interior designers, architects, builders, landscape architects, and other luxury trade professionals. 
  • Generate new business through prospecting, networking, referrals, presentations, and regular field activity. 
  • Conduct client meetings, product presentations, and lunch-and-learns. 
  • Maintain an active sales pipeline and track opportunities and client activity in CRM. 
  • Build strong knowledge of Harbour collections, materials, finishes, and capabilities. 
  • Participate in weekly sales calls and team meetings to review pipeline, activity, opportunities, and priorities. 
  • Attendance at High Point Market each spring and fall is an essential part of the role.
  • Frequent travel throughout the year is expected, with an emphasis on consistent in-person engagement and relationship-building within the design community and key accounts.

Qualifications:
  • 2+ years of outside, territory, trade, or business-development sales experience. 
  • Experience within luxury furnishings, interiors, architectural products, building products, or another design-driven industry preferred. ● Existing relationships within the A&D and luxury trade community are highly valued. 
  • Strong presentation, communication, organization, and follow-through skills. ● Ability to travel regularly throughout the assigned territory. 
  • Polished, professional presence with an appreciation for luxury design and service.
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Employment Information:
Compensation:  $80,000-85,000/year plus commissions
About Harbour Outdoor:
Harbour is a family-owned global design brand rooted in nearly fifty years of craftsmanship and heritage. Founded in 1976 by master blacksmith Jim Condos, Harbour has grown from a small Sydney workshop into an internationally recognized luxury outdoor furniture company, still led by multiple generations of the Condos family.
We are fully vertically integrated, designing and manufacturing our collections in-house to ensure exceptional quality, performance, and attention to detail. Harbour blends refined design with durable, sustainably sourced materials to create products that elevate outdoor living across residential, hospitality, and commercial spaces worldwide.

Skills Required

  • 2+ years of outside, territory, trade, or business-development sales experience
  • Experience within luxury furnishings, interiors, architectural products, building products, or another design-driven industry
  • Existing relationships within the architecture and design and luxury trade community
  • Strong presentation, communication, organization, and follow-through skills
  • Ability to travel regularly throughout the assigned territory
  • Polished, professional presence with an appreciation for luxury design and service
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The Company
HQ: West Hollywood, CA
239 Employees
Year Founded: 1976

What We Do

Harbour is a global leader in luxury design and manufacturing of award-winning modern outdoor furniture, founded in 1976. Inspired by the Australian coastal lifestyle, the company creates handcrafted, durable pieces for residential, hospitality, and commercial spaces worldwide. As a vertically integrated company, Harbour controls every aspect of design, manufacturing, and logistics to ensure superior craftsmanship and quality.

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