Location
Florence, AL | United States
Job description
District Sales Manager
Description
District Sales Manager
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We are looking for a talented District Sales Manager to join our team specializing in Territory Sales for our Components Business Segment in Illinois (based in Chicago) and Northern Indiana / your remote home office.
In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:
Prospects and develops new opportunities to grow the business.
Independently develops/executes account plans to build customer relationships and achieve sales goals within the assigned sales territory, market segment or channel partners.
Develops opportunities to increase sales by identifying, researching and contacting prospective customers.
Develops and executes account plans for top prospects and conducts agreed upon face-to-face sales calls.
Develops new customer relationships and strengthens current customer relationships that enable identification of a customer’s needs, business model and buying process.
Uses understanding of customer needs and priorities to identify and offer Cummins solutions.
Gains agreement on the differential advantage of Cummins solutions by helping the customer understand and evaluate existing data and information and the value proposition.
Brings current and emerging needs of the customer and market to their manager/director.
Conducts negotiations according to company guidelines, including payment terms.
Assists with collection of accounts receivables when needed.
Drives sales, achieving sales targets and ensuring customer satisfaction.
Maintains and strengthens customer relationships to generate future sales and repeat business.
Responds to customer concerns in a timely fashion.
Consistently uses the Cummins Sales Process as well as Cummins tools, processes, and initiatives that support sales, customer satisfaction, and customer value, e.g., Customer Relationship Management and special projects.
Reports activity via the Customer Relationship Management tool per management direction.
Produces sales forecasts as directed.
Provides leadership and mentoring to less experienced account executives.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role you will need the following:
Skills
Sense Making - Through a series of diagnostic and probing questions and research, develops and/or supports an intimate understanding of the customer needs, behaviors, and/or their buying journey. Synthesizes complex information from internal and external resources to deliver tailored solutions for the internal or external customer.
Account Planning - Identifies objectives to drive execution of business and/or account strategy by reviewing the status relative to where it needs to be and enabling tracking of progress against targets.
Adapts to target audience - Explains complex topics (significant technical data, subject matter expertise, etc.) in such a way that the target audience (e.g. sales professionals, customers, training vendors, etc.) can understand, retain, and use the information.
Developing Account Strategy - Determines current status of account in terms of relationship, financial, product competitiveness, barriers, quality, and service and defining desired future state by balancing customer requirements and business capabilities in order to define achievable targets aligned with the business strategy.
Integrates Customer Perspective - Incorporates an understanding of the customers' perspective on our products and sales efforts to develop sales content that improves our ability to meet their needs and increase revenue.
Sales Forecasting - Collects and assesses customer data from internal and external sources; compares against historical data to determine useful inputs and create a forecast of future consumption patterns.
Sales Pipeline Management - Plans proactively for successful execution of account/territory-level sales strategies and plans based on current pipeline; evaluates pipeline health (size, contents, progress); adjusts sales strategy, plans, or high impact activities; accordingly, as applicable coaches' sellers in order to achieve sales objectives.
Articulating Value Proposition - Interprets internal and external customer needs based on relevant application; explains and demonstrates products, solutions, and services to distinguish strengths and weaknesses to meet customer's specific needs to differentiate against competition.
Pricing Strategy - Develops prices by aligning and building consensus with key stakeholders across functions to achieve business targets.
Channel Awareness - Explains and contextualizes industry structure, dynamics, and path to market in order to advance organizational goals.
Business insight - Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.
Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
Negotiations Excellence - Utilizes tools and methods in negotiations to achieve Cummins stakeholder objectives and achieve a mutually agreed upon all contract terms between all parties.
Education, Licenses, Certifications
Required: College, university, or equivalent degree in Marketing, Sales or a related subject, or acceptable sales related work experience, or an acceptable combination of education and experience.
This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.
Experience
Intermediate level of relevant work experience required.
High-visibility position that will be responsible for developing, managing, and sustaining heavy duty aftermarket sales into the traditional aftermarket automotive parts sector.
Become trusted business partner to serve as advisor to store locations.
Regular cadenced sales performance reviews to be conducted with top customers.
Product sales and product technical training to be provided to customers as needed.
Coordinate and communicate sales efforts and needs within the team, Cummins/Meritor leadership, and other customer facing departments within Cummins/Meritor.
This role is instrumental for the overall success of the aftermarket sales team.
Accountabilities
Profitably grow the aftermarket business within the assigned territory via sales plan development and execution.
Gain direct access to the buying influences within a customer by creating, managing, and maintaining key relationships.
Actively monitor sales metrics to highlight strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
Laser focus on the opportunity pipeline to help ensure the greatest chance of winning and closing opportunities.
Optimize territory routing/travel to ensure high number of weekly face-to-face customer engagements.
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Coordinate with dealer sales managers to help surface opportunities and execute plans to drive results at the various key dealer groups
The territory for this role covers all of Illinois (Primarily the Chicagoland area), Indiana (North of Indianapolis), and the St Louis area.
Compensation and Benefits
Base salary rate commensurate with experience. Additional benefits vary between locations and include options such as our 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Cash Balance Pension Plan, Medical/Dental/Life Insurance, Health Savings Account, Domestic Partners Coverage and a full complement of personal and professional benefits.
Cummins and E-Verify
At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law. Cummins validates right to work using E-Verify. Cummins will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.
Job SALES
Primary Location United States-Kentucky-Florence-US, KY, Florence, Dixie Hwy Mfg
Job Type Experienced - Exempt / Office
Recruitment Job Type Exempt - Experienced
Job Posting Feb 13, 2024, 10:06:32 AM
Unposting Date Mar 13, 2024, 12:59:00 AM
Organization Cummins Meritor
Role Category Hybrid - Potential for Partial Remote
Relocation Package Ineligible
Req ID: 240000DR
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