The supplies seller — providing shoe manufacturers and repair shops with the components they need.
As a Junior Shoe Findings Sales Rep, you're selling to shoe businesses, not consumers. "Findings" are the supplies — laces, buckles, soles, heels, adhesives, tools. Your customers are manufacturers, cobblers, and shoe repair shops who need steady supplies to do their work.
Your day involves B2B sales and account management. You might visit a cobbler to check what they're running low on, call a small manufacturer about trying new adhesives, or prospect new repair shops in your territory. It's relationship selling to a specialized industry.
The challenge is that this is a niche market. You need to understand what your customers use and why. Building trust means being reliable and knowledgeable about products. The people who succeed here develop expertise in the industry and become the go-to supplier their customers count on.
Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.
Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.
The supplies seller — providing shoe manufacturers and repair shops with the components they need.
Median pay for a Junior Shoe Findings Sales Representative is about $67K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $38K to $134K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Active Listening, Speaking, Persuasion, Negotiation, and Social Perceptiveness.
Most people in this role hold a high school diploma.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 0.3% through 2034, with roughly 1.3 million people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Shoe Findings Sales Representative, Sales Specialist, and Senior Sales Specialist.
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