VinSolutions Regional Sales Manager

About the Role

This is a remote opportunity, and the incoming candidate may work from home but will travel extensively (70% or more) within the assigned territory. The territory supported by this role will be Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and a small portion of South Dakota. Candidates must live in this region to be considered for the role, with preference to candidates near a major metro airport within the territory, such as Minneapolis, Des Moines, Kansas City (MO), or Omaha.

What You'll Do

The person in this role will be accountable for the sales of Vinsolutions products to franchise car dealerships. Additionally, the Regional Sales Manager will be accountable for generating and maximizing sales revenue and increasing customers in a territory. They will offer creative solutions to help dealers reach their business objectives and provide insights on Vinsolutions products to internal partners regarding key dealer business challenges. They will also reinforce the value of existing Vinsolutions and Cox Auto products and serve as the primary point of contact for Vinsolutions. This position owns, deepens, and continually builds the relationship with the dealers they are responsible for.

Here's more of what you can expect when you step up to the plate:

• Use the Challenger-based selling approach to manage and successfully close complex sales opportunities.
• Use insight and consultative selling techniques to provide feedback to clients on industry trends, strategies, and challenges.
• Partner with client stakeholders to build consensus for Cox Automotive Retail Solutions products within their organization.
• Independently and collaboratively strategize for solving deal-level challenges.
• Discuss, present, and demonstrate key advantages of the Vinsolutions solution to the customer.
• Meet or exceed assigned monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue sales goals as set by the region and or division.
• Backfill open territories or existing territories, as needed.
• Partner with Regional Sales Manager to develop customer relationships with new and existing dealers.
• Build trusted relationships with decision-makers at the dealership, Dealer Principals, Controllers, and General Managers.
• Be a travel warrior - Frequent travel in designated sales territories and divisions (70% or more).

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 6 years of experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 4 years of experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience; or 10 years of experience in a related field.
• 2+ years experience as a Retail Solutions (VinSolutions, DDC, Xtime, DMS, F&I, Auto Trader, KBB, or vAuto) IRSM or RSM.
• Ability to travel up to 75% in the assigned territory.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of knowledge in automotive software, advertising, or automotive software sales experience including comparable dealership software packages (CDK, Reynolds and Reynolds, DealerSocket, etc.) and finance software (RouteOne and others).
• Requires strong knowledge of the automotive industry, especially automotive dealerships, and the Fixed Ops processes.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, relationship-building, collaboration, sales, and territory management skills to work effectively with teams throughout the organization.
• Ability to use and interpret research and data to help customers find opportunities for improvement.
• Excellent database management and customer service skills, strong organizational, problem-solving, and multi-tasking skills.
• Self-motivated and disciplined with an energetic, engaging personality.

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $78,500.00 - $117,700.00. The salary rate may vary within the anticipated range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's experience. In addition to the salary range identified herein, this role is also eligible for an annual incentive/commission target of $85,000.00.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.