Danish brand Ecco announced that Jackie Kirkwood has been hired as sales manager, east for the Ecco USA Golf Division.
In her new role, Kirkwood will support key accounts and oversee the company's independent sales force to continue rapid market share growth for Ecco golf shoes, including the innovative Golf Street and BIOM Golf models.
A golf industry veteran, Kirkwood most recently served as sales manager for Isis Apparel. Over the past 20 years, she was also director of sales for CMC Golf, national sales manager at Imperial Golf Headwear, national sales manager for Nancy Lopez Golf, vice president of sales for Devant Golf, and a district sales manager at Penn Sports. Prior to her extensive management career, Kirkwood was a buyer of softgoods at Nevada Bob's Golf and vice president of purchasing at Player's World.
“We selected Jackie from a tremendously talented pool of candidates based on her impressive track record and extensive connections throughout the golf retail sector,” says David Helter, Ecco USA specialty sales director. “From day one, she'll play an important role in continuing the tremendous momentum for Ecco golf shoes, as witnessed by our unprecedented market share increases over the past year. It's a very exciting time for Ecco. We've developed two of the most significant and revolutionary launches in the golf footwear category with BIOM and Golf Street. With this type of growth comes added responsibility, so our primary goal moving forward is to continue providing world class levels of service and support to our Sales Team as well as our active account base.”
