Regional Sales Manager
Sun Chemical
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Charlotte • North Carolina • United States
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About the role
- Managing all sales activities in the assigned sales geography.
- Developing a regional growth strategy and leading the sales team to execute it.
- Leading the sales team and improving the team’s overall selling effectiveness – including training/coaching sales professionals in the assigned territory on their selling responsibilities, Rewarding and recognizing individual and team achievements.
- Ensuring profitability of assigned territory through proper pricing recommendations, contract management, service time, and rebate recommendations.
- Collaborating with Customer Technical Service (CTS) in defining actions in the region.
- Coordinating internal relationships and interfacing with Operations, Marketing, Product Management, and other Sun Chemical functions to ensure products are delivered as and when required and to define product and market needs.
- Developing well-defined business cases for profitable growth.
- Representing the Sun Chemical to the customer in sales-related matters – including acting as steward for Quarterly Business Reviews.
- Tracking sales opportunities in Salesforce while providing forecasts to the business on a regular basis.
- Taking responsibility for customer satisfaction, including improvement plans and follow-through actions, in addition to working through the regional Sales and CTS teams to maintain a positive customer experience.
Requirements
- At least ten (10) years of proven sales experience with minimum five (5) years in a leading sales role.
- Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Business or other relevant study area.
- Ability and willingness to travel as required (approximately 60%).
- Strong management and leadership skills - excellent communication skills.
- Excellent financial acumen.
- Strong self-motivation; track record of professional growth, expertise, and development.
- Proven “core selling” and “value selling” skills.
- Excellent computer skills – Microsoft Office Suite and customer relationship management software.
Benefits
- merit increases
- paid holidays
- Paid Time Off
- medical
- dental
- vision
- short and long term disability benefits
- 401(k)+match
- life insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
sales managementcontract managementpricing strategybusiness case developmentcore sellingvalue sellingcustomer satisfaction improvementsales forecasting
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationself-motivationteam trainingcoachinginterpersonal skillsorganizational skills