Role Description
The Area Sales Manager will report to the Area Director of Sales & Operations and is responsible for managing the Sales and Operations in their designated areas. Responsibilities include:
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Establishing relationships within the region’s strategic customers.
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Advocating between Operations, Strategic Relationship Team, and the Branch management team.
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Increasing customer spend with accounts respective to the Areas across all Branch Solutions & Offerings.
Key responsibilities include:
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Communicating DNOW objectives, business model, and technologies clearly within the customer organization at the upper levels.
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Focusing internally within the Branch and with customer executives to ensure high communication across a wide range of issues focused on customer satisfaction.
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Managing all facets of operations to ensure all internal and external requirements for the area assigned are fulfilled.
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Facilitating and overseeing all facets of revenue generation within assigned area.
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Maximizing financial results, and meeting and exceeding sales goals.
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Cultivating and growing customer base and increasing market share within the region.
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Managing and leading the team to provide excellent customer service to assigned group in specific area.
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Supervising/directing branch managers and ensuring daily duties are carried out.
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Communicating effectively within the Region and Corporate; operations, support groups, and management on activity, sales, opportunities, and market information.
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Ensuring key metric performances are in place and actively being managed.
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Maintaining branch inventory levels which meet or exceed company guidelines.
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Ensuring effective processes are in place that communicate customer needs and delivery of Branch products and services.
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Setting metrics around performance, account management, training, and profit-generating objectives for the Area Sales Team.
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Resolving issues with quick responses and quality work.
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Communicating and working with other Area Sales Managers to ensure a clear understanding of the customer’s plans and activities.
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Facilitating a monthly Area meeting with the Area Sales and Operations Teams to ensure clarity around goals, issues, and opportunities.
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Working with the Area Sales Team in building strategies to produce results and generate revenue around all Branch product solutions & offerings.
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Conducting quarterly reviews with the Area Sales Team to ensure strict focus on opportunities, issues, action items, and personal development.
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Maintaining strict confidentiality according to internal policy from Area customers.
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Special projects, as assigned.
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional management experience.
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Broad technical knowledge regarding Branch products and service offerings.
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Solid understanding of the drilling and oil & gas production business.
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Experience managing multi-cultural teams.
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Astute business person with a good understanding of profitability and ROCE.
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Proven high-level sales, sales management, and marketing skills.
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Excellent oral, written, presentation, and documentation skills.
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Microsoft Office skills.
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SAP preferred.
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Culturally adroit and able to travel extensively.
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Aggressive, goal-oriented, self-starter with excellent time management skills.
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Strategic thinker, yet hands-on and tactical.
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Adept at team dynamics and results-focused, both internally and externally.
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Positive, optimistic personality.
Benefits
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Competitive Salary + bonus.
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401(k)/ Retirement savings.
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Comprehensive Benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage).
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Career growth.
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Paid vacation/holidays.