Market Sales Manager - West Texas
OPENLANE · Odessa, TX · 2 mo ago
RemoteRemoteBusiness DevelopmentFull-time
About the role
We are seeking a Market Sales Manager with experience in outside sales development and business growth strategies. This role involves acquiring, retaining, and growing dealership businesses.
Responsibilities
- Initiate and drive business relationships and growth.
- Respond effectively to market changes and client needs.
- Achieve and surpass sales targets consistently.
- Convey complex ideas succinctly to clients and internal teams.
- Utilize data to identify market trends and optimize strategies.
- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams for shared goals.
- 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 possess a valid driver’s license.
Qualifications
- 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).
- Advanced certifications in sales or customer relationship management (nice to have).
Skills
- Proactive: Initiate and drive business relationships and growth.
- Adaptive: Respond effectively to market changes and client needs.
- Results-driven: Achieve and surpass sales targets consistently.
- Excellent Communicator: Convey complex ideas succinctly to clients and internal teams.
- Analytical: Utilize data to identify market trends and optimize strategies.
- Collaborative: Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams for shared goals.
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).
- Roads to 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.