
Market Sales Manager
OPENLANE
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $70,000 - $75,000 per year
About the role
- Identify, approach, and connect with dealerships for business development and portfolio expansion.
- Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with dealerships through regular visits, phone calls, and account performance reviews.
- Seek to understand the dealers’ needs through fact-finding, regular follow-ups, and learning their business.
- Execute targeted sales campaigns and product demonstrations.
- Solve problems and provide inventory solutions for dealer clients through primary and ancillary product offerings and solutions.
- Utilize data analytics to optimize sales strategies and market penetration.
Requirements
- 3-5+ years of outside sales or business development experience
- Experience in automotive sales or related industry
- Strong organizational skills and proficiency in CRM tools
- Ability to articulate compelling use cases and value propositions to dealerships
- Willingness to travel extensively, approximately 75% of the time
- Qualified to operate a motor vehicle and possesses a valid driver’s license
- Advanced degree in relevant field (nice to have)
- Direct experience in start-ups or SaaS environments (nice to have)
- An understanding of and experience within the automotive remarketing industry (nice to have)
- Additional certifications in sales or customer relationship management (nice to have)
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits with employer HSA contributions (US) and FSA options (US)
- Immediately vested 401K (US) or RRSP (Canada) with company match
- Paid Vacation, Personal, and Sick Time
- Paid maternity and paternity leave (US)
- Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, and AD&D (US)
- Robust Employee Assistance Program
- Employer paid Leap into Service Day to volunteer
- Tuition Reimbursement for eligible programs
- Opportunities to expand your skill set and share your knowledge across a publicly traded, global organization
- Company culture of internal promotions, diverse career paths, and meaningful advancement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
outside salesbusiness developmentdata analyticsCRM toolsautomotive salesinventory solutionssales campaignsproduct demonstrationsmarket penetrationaccount performance reviews
Soft Skills
organizational skillsrelationship buildingproblem solvingcommunicationfact-findingarticulating value propositionsfollow-upadaptabilitycustomer servicenegotiation
Certifications
valid driver’s licensesales certificationcustomer relationship management certification