About the Role
Title: District Sales Manager – Texas
Location: Dallas or Houston, TX, United States
District Sales Manager – Texas
Location IL, Channahon
Department Sales
Employment Type Full Time
Job Description:
Job Title: District Sales Manager – Remote (Texas location preferred)
Reports To: Regional Sales Manager
Position Summary
The Building Products District Manager develops and executes sales plans by district, by customer, by product and by geographical area. By building relationships and coordinating all sales activity within the territory, the DSM will be expected to maximize revenue, market share, and profitability for the company.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Develop and execute a strategic plan for district, by customer, product and geographical area (including sales plan and shipping profit plan).
- Develop and execute market share gains by customer, product and geographical area.
- Develop and execute a plan to drive specifications within district while working closely with Regional Specification Manager.
- Develop and execute a plan to service all distribution customers in district while working directly with customer service representative.
- Drive new product introductions through customer presentations, sales calls and promotional activities.
- Establish clearly defined annual sales plans, stocking levels and specification support with top customers. Review annually, with quarterly reviews with customer and regional manager.
- Develop and maintain a strong and positive customer/supplier relationship through timely and consistent communication with the customer.
- Provide customer service and handle complaints in a fair and timely manner. Ensure that customer’s needs are met, and that complaints and other issues are resolved in a fair and expeditious manner.
- Prepare and submit weekly reports and others as required in a clearly worded and timely manner. Provide pertinent end market information to the Regional Sales Manager or other appropriate personnel through proper use of Salesforce.
- Regularly update and maintain customer correspondence in CRM system including weekly reports, opportunity sales funnel, and planned meetings with customers.
Qualifications and Competencies
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing, or equivalent work experience required.
- Ability to effectively communicate and interact with co-workers, customers, supervisors, and technical organizations in a positive and objective manner.
- Experience with customers, channel partners, architects and designers.
- 5 years professional selling experience. Preference with channel partner, demand creation, and/or building products industry experience.
- Overnight travel up to 50%.
- Ability to work independently. Ideal candidate will be able to plan, schedule, and organize work priorities and objectives with minimal onsite supervision.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office and CRM software experience. Experience with Salesforce.com, Miller Heiman training and Achieve Global preferred.
- Ideal candidate will live in the Dallas or Houston, TX area.