[Hiring] Area Sales Manager @Bridgestone Americas

Role Description

Account Management/Key Accounts work focuses on medium to long-term planning and face-to-face selling of a variety of products, services and/or solutions across multiple lines of business for a defined group of existing clients including:

• Developing medium to long-range sales plans and preparing strategies to protect, grow, and diversify the relationship with a defined group of existing customers.
• Identifying and managing interactions with assigned group of existing customers to identify cross/up and repeat sales opportunities.
• Resolving problems and ensuring customers receive high quality customer service.
• Developing client retention and growth plans and strategies for developing profitable business with assigned accounts.
• Reviewing and reporting on customer retention, business opportunity and market trends.

** The territory for this position would cover all of Iowa, Kansas and the Northwest corner of Missouri **

• Works on problems of moderate scope and assists with projects or processes while receiving general instructions from higher level professionals.
• Applies research towards the planning, design development, testing, and completion of projects.
• Impact is short-term, occasionally on medium-term goals.
• Continues building knowledge of organization and processes.
• May influence others within the job area through explanation of facts, policies, and practices.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent work experience.

Benefits

• A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
• The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
• Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
• A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
• Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
• A diverse and inclusive team.

Company Description

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.