Area Sales Manager – Distribution
Rain Bird Corporation
- Location
- Sydney, NSW
- Type
- Full-time
About the role
Area Sales Manager – Distribution
Job ID
5391
# Positions
1
Country
Australia
City
Sydney
Location : Location
AU-Sydney
Job Post Information* : External Company Name
Rain Bird Corporation
Job Post Information* : External Company URL
www.rainbird.com
Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree
- 5 plus years sales experience with proven ability to sell
- Strong selling/communication, influencing & problem-solving skills
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- High levels of strategic thinking and business acumen
- Well-developed Computer skills
- Demonstrated success & experience in B2B sales environments
- Ability to travel & spend time away from home within the territory (minimum 10% of the time)
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Irrigation experience and/or experience selling via a dealer channel
Responsibilities
- Achieving agreed sales targets,
- Increasing market share,
- Growing the brand and market presence,
- Developing and maintaining excellent Customer relationships, and
- Identifying and developing new business opportunities
To be successful in this role you will be a hands-on & highly motivated individual who is a self-starter that thrives on challenges. You will have 5 plus years' experience in B2B sales with an excellent customer service ethos. High levels of commercial acumen and strategic thought will be key to your success in the role, as will possessing excellent organizational and planning skills. You will have a keen ability to effectively manage competing priorities whilst successfully growing a highly autonomous sales territory.
Experience in the irrigation or similar industries would be viewed favorably however not essential. You will have a demonstrated ability to build rapport, develop strong customer relationships and have a history of delivering on agreed goals and sales targets. Intermediate/advanced excel skills and highly developed presentation skills will be required.
Overview
The Area Manager – NSW & ACT is responsible for influencing the dealer network to grow Landscape Irrigation sales and ultimately market share in the sales territory. Responsibilities include developing and executing account plans with dealers, and focusing on areas such as product and retail training, store merchandising, local marketing and other business development initiatives. There is also a need to grow the dealer footprint by adding new accounts in areas where coverage may be lacking.
- Achieving agreed sales targets,
- Increasing market share,
- Growing the brand and market presence,
- Developing and maintaining excellent Customer relationships, and
- Identifying and developing new business opportunities
To be successful in this role you will be a hands-on & highly motivated individual who is a self-starter that thrives on challenges. You will have 5 plus years' experience in B2B sales with an excellent customer service ethos. High levels of commercial acumen and strategic thought will be key to your success in the role, as will possessing excellent organizational and planning skills. You will have a keen ability to effectively manage competing priorities whilst successfully growing a highly autonomous sales territory.
Experience in the irrigation or similar industries would be viewed favorably however not essential. You will have a demonstrated ability to build rapport, develop strong customer relationships and have a history of delivering on agreed goals and sales targets. Intermediate/advanced excel skills and highly developed presentation skills will be required.
- Bachelors Degree
- 5 plus years sales experience with proven ability to sell
- Strong selling/communication, influencing & problem-solving skills
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- High levels of strategic thinking and business acumen
- Well-developed Computer skills
- Demonstrated success & experience in B2B sales environments
- Ability to travel & spend time away from home within the territory (minimum 10% of the time)
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Irrigation experience and/or experience selling via a dealer channel
