Field Sales Manager Jobs

Position Summary:

Field Sales Managers will provide the Sales teams and District Managers with the sales expertise and activity management necessary to support continued long-term growth. Coaching and development of rental sales and lease sales associates to improve sales cycle time.

This position reports to the Area Vice President and will have regular interaction with the District Managers, District Rental Manager and Director of Field Sales.

Major Responsibilities:

Talent Leadership and People Management:

• Recruitment and involvement in the hiring of field sales team members.
• Demonstrates emotional intelligence with a drive to achieve the highest level of performance of the sales team.
• Develop Leases Sales Representatives (LSR), Rental Sales Representatives (RSR) and Branch Managers (BM) through coaching, training, and deal support.
• Identify development needs and deliver training programs, monitoring application and progress.
• Initiate and coordinate performance improvement actions in collaboration with the DM as necessary.
• Provide sales coaching to the District Managers and District Rental Managers as necessary.
• Monitor performance and sales activities of LSR and RSR through District Manager and District Rental Manager.
• Provide training and support to shorten learning gap of the sales team to ensure they are knowledgeable, prepared, and successful.
• Provide insight and feedback regarding the performance of Sales team based on appropriate evaluation methods and target setting.
• Share sales and operational knowledge to inspire and motivate others to become effective sales team members.

Deal Strategy, Planning, and Growth:

• Daily communication with District Managers on sales progress and sales associate performance.
• Other projects and tasks as assigned
• Will not manage accounts but will be responsible for ensuring appropriate customer account assignments across sales teams.
• Assist the sales associates with the deal strategy and provide strategic oversight and direction through the sales process.
• Maintain understanding of the competitive landscape and collaboration with District Managers on market opportunities, organizational opportunities, and territory alignment
• Manage and communicate corporate sales initiatives
• Management of account and prospect assignments, quota attainment for the LSRs and RSRs.
• Deal based coaching and sales associate development- Trains and coaches associates through the sales cycle to achieve proposal presentations and ultimately deal closing.
• Ensures that sales training, process, and sales playbooks are executed. Develop specific sales routing, prospect, and customer contact schedule.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years in the transportation industry. Experience working with customers with multiple locations- preferred.
• 5+ years of sales experience is preferred.
• Strong ability to build relationships at all levels of an organization.
• Ability to build a team and lead a sales team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Sales management experience is preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, or related field, Masters degree preferred
• Ability to manage complex relationships in a virtual environment
• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
• Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.
• Demonstrates strategic thinking.
• Expertise in networking and negotiating
• Strong customer focus and highly collaborative
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects / customers / work streams
• Analytical skills – ability to comprehend data and present findings and recommendations
• Ability to influence business partners and to see the big picture and create strategy.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
• The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Salary: $92,700.00/YR-$125,300.00/YR

Job Category: Sales/Business Development/Sales Management

Job Function: Field Sales

Job Family: Sales

Address: 2000 E Wilshire Ave, 1st Floor

Primary Location: US-CA-Santa Ana

Employer: Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P.

Req ID: 2325768