POSITION: Reginal Sales Manager
REPORTS TO: VP, Sales
COMPANY: SW Sustainability Solutions Inc.
LOCATION: Great Lakes Region
BASIC FUNCTION
The Sales Manager is responsible for the Sales Organization, for incremental sales growth, all field sales activities and development for the branded and OEM glove business within the assigned region. The key responsibility is to maximize sales results in accordance with the objectives and policies of SW Sustainability Solutions.
NATURE AND SCOPE
Key responsibilities include the following:
KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE
To effectively fulfill the above responsibilities, the Sales Manager should possess the following skills, knowledge, and business experience:
1. Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or related field (MBA is a plus) and computer skills required.
2. Minimum 2 years’ experience with large industrial end user field sales, sales management, and industrial distribution. Solid background in industrial health and safety preferred.
3. Strong verbal and written communication skills.
4. Strong organizational, planning, computer, and administrative skills.
5. Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills including personnel skills needed in staffing and development of field sales personnel. A track record to make changes in a timely manner to personnel when non-performance is detected either through probation or termination.
6. Track record of ethical and professional performance in previous job experiences.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABLILITIES
Field Sales: Inform commercial team of problems, opportunities, program effects, market conditions, competitive activity, and any issue affecting field sales efforts. Develop and sustain strong relationships with key end users and distributors. CRM, Sales Force must be up to date and designated fields completed.
Planning and Control: Develop annual Regional Business Plans consistent with overall company objectives. Monitor effort & progress in accordance with plan to achieve field sales objectives and performance to plan.
Reporting: Submit monthly Field Feedback Report summarizing field activities for each month in the required format, including monthly updates of new business & lost business, competitive activity, and customer issues. Analyze and report on all regional sales issues, including key distributor and end user initiatives.
Accountable for the quality of information in the Sales Force CRM program and that all end-user, distributor and OEM accounts are updated on a regular basis.
Distributor, OEM and End-users: Regional Sales Manager will develop strong “partnerships” with key distributors and end-users. Review quarterly distributor, OEM and end-user performance and implement changes as needed for optimum performance. Oversee distributor& OEM support policies and maintain profiles on key accounts. Attend key industry association meetings as required as well as key distributor meetings.
Pricing: Manage and administer any & all pricing exceptions to maximize profits and grow volume. Communicate business case for all pricing exceptions.