Regional Sales Manager
Company: HD Supply
Job ID: 70652
Position Title: Regional Sales Manager - West Coast, Dallas, TX
Working Location: TX140 TX Lewisville 500 Tittle Rd
Employment Status: Full-Time
Required Experience: Not Indicated
Required Education: Not Indicated
Travel Required: 50-75%
Job Description:
Job Summary
Responsible for driving and managing the successful execution of sales strategies and plans for national, regional or local markets. Orchestrate and direct resources to drive profitable sales revenue and growth. Optimize sales effectiveness in partnership with other sales partners. Engage and inspire the team to drive profitable business results. Monitor, analyze, and report on sales results. Define and plan the national, regional, and local selling organization to optimize resources. Facilitate the staffing process, provide input to other channels on organizational needs, associate actions, and sales team development.
Major Tasks, Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities
Manages a sales territory, product category or business segment. Develops direct/indirect reports including inside and outside sales, and special product sales. Actively schedules sales meetings and events with specified accounts and prospective accounts for the purpose of bidding jobs and securing new business. Forecasts and achieves budgeted sales targets for assigned sales teams.
Develops and maintains business relationships. Strategically plans customer visits to cultivate relationships, perform presentations, offer innovative programs and communicate plans.
Analyzes sales and operating reports for opportunities and establishes initiatives to address deficiencies.
Develops sales programs and tracks performance. Plans, forecasts, and establishes monthly quarlerly, and annual sales and profit goals for the national, regional, and local sales teams.
Negotiates national contracts and/or programs consistent with industry management goals. May communicate and negotiate special pricing and product availability with top vendors.
Manages selling and customer service activities, developing and implementing sales and customer retention programs to optimize sales performance, profitability, and customer satisfaction. Plans, forecasts and reports on sales and competitor pricing, activity and tactics.
Ensures sales associates perform account prospecting. Regularly assesses sales team performance, partnering with appropriate business leaders as needed to assign and reassign accounts to maximize sales performance revenue. Conducts ride-along activities and works with team to call on active customers and prospective accounts. Trains, motivates and provides coaching of sales associates in effective selling processes, strategies, and technique.
Conducts ongoing recruitment and interviewing of candidates for the purpose of acquiring talent to support the attainment of business objectives. Responsible for succession planning.
Nature and Scope
Solutions require analysis and investigation.
Achieves planned results by decisions and actions based on professional methods, business principles and practical experience. May recommend/make decisions regarding new programs/initiatives that have significant impact to the business and carry consequences in unsuccessful endeavors.
Manages a larger team or multiple small teams through direction of subordinate management and/or supervisory staff.
Work Environment
Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Typically requires overnight travel more than 50% of the time.
Minimum Qualifications
Must be eighteen years of age
Must pass the Drug Test
Must pass the Background Check
Must pass pre-employment tests if applicable
Education and Experience
Typically requires BS/BA in related discipline. Generally 7+ years experience in related field. May require certification. Advanced degree may offset less experience in some disciplines.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university.
5-7 years industry sales experience.
Strong sales management and business development background.
Building products/consumer goods experience.
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