The Ideal Candidate
The District Sales Manager candidate should have 5 years' experience in either wholesale distribution, residential commercial design-build materials sales, or project a management role. They should possess a positive can-do attitude, strong sales, and people skills, with an aptitude for technical products & solutions. They should be highly motivated and confident with a strong sense of urgency in managing this important and emerging territory.
Job Responsibilities
- Ultimately to establish new customer partners while maintaining and growing existing customer relationships to increase sales in the assigned territory.
- Meet or exceed annual performance goals as assigned by the Regional Sales Manager (supervisor) with 80% of time in the field sales calls calling on wholesale distributors and contractors
- Identify and develop relationships with key landscape and commercial stormwater contractors
- Manage time in the territory with professional organizational and planning skills
- Use and keep the customer relationship management tool current with the latest required information.
- Identify, manage, and close growth opportunities
- Conduct product training classes and seminars with our distributors and their end user contractor customers
Qualifications
- Degree from four-year College or university preferred.
- Ability to use Microsoft suite and CRM is a must
- Valid driver's license as well as clean DMV record
- Strong planning and organizational skills
- Excellent communication, presentation, relationship, time management, prioritization, and business skills
- Ability to recognize a problem or potential problem and react quickly and effectively
- Must demonstrate good team and human relation skills, reliability and integrity
- Ability to effectively present information in a group setting and respond to questions generated the presented material