Business Development Manager- WA/OR
Stellantis NV
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Job summary
Stellantis is seeking a Business Development Manager in Canada to drive new commercial fleet customer acquisition and conquest sales within an assigned territory. You will prospect, build relationships, and present tailored fleet solutions to decision-makers in small to mid-size businesses and fleet operators.
Responsibilities include developing growth strategies, maintaining a strong pipeline in Salesforce, collaborating with dealers, and promoting Stellantis fleet programs.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- 5+ years in business development, fleet sales, automotive sales, or B2B sales.
- Proven track record of securing new business and revenue growth.
- Experience in automotive Fleet/ commercial vehicle environment.
- Strong prospecting, consultative selling, and negotiation skills.
- Experience managing a sales pipeline and achieving growth targets.
- Excellent presentation, communication, and relationship-building skills.
- Self-motivated with ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Willing to travel up to 50% of the time.
- Experience with Salesforce, CRM tools, and Microsoft Office.
Responsibilities
- Identify, prospect, and acquire new commercial fleet and small business customers.
- Develop and execute new business acquisition strategies for conquest sales.
- Generate opportunities through networking, referrals, cold outreach, events, and industry groups.
- Maintain a robust sales pipeline using Salesforce and other tools.
- Assess customer needs and present tailored fleet solutions.
- Position Stellantis products against competitors with value-based proposals.
- Develop strategies to overcome objections and win accounts.
- Collaborate with dealerships to pursue new opportunities and growth.
- Conduct fleet reviews, vehicle demonstrations, and customer presentations.
- Build relationships with upfitters and industry influencers.
- Support customers through ordering, production, delivery and implementation processes.
- Promote Stellantis fleet programs and services.
- Maintain accurate forecasting and reporting in Salesforce.
- Provide market intelligence to support growth.
- Support regional marketing events to generate leads and brand awareness.
- Aim to exceed territory conquest, sales volume, and revenue objectives.
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Job description
The Business Development Manager (BDM) is a revenue-generating field sales position responsible for driving new customer acquisition and conquest fleet sales within an assigned territory. This role focuses primarily on identifying, prospecting, and securing new small to medium-size business commercial fleet customers that are not currently purchasing Stellantis products or working through a fleet management company.
The Business Development Manager develops and executes aggressive territory growth strategies designed to expand Stellantis' commercial market share through the sale of Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, FIAT, and Ram commercial vehicles. This position requires significant prospecting activity, relationship development, lead generation, and consultative selling with decision-makers responsible for fleet purchasing and vehicle acquisition.
The BDM serves as a commercial growth expert, working closely with dealerships, upfitters, fleet operators, and business owners to introduce Stellantis products, demonstrate value propositions, overcome competitive obstacles, and convert prospects into long-term commercial customers.
- Identify, prospect, and acquire new commercial fleet and small business customers within the assigned territory.
- Develop and execute comprehensive new business acquisition strategies that increase market penetration and conquest sales.
- Generate sales opportunities through networking, referrals, cold outreach, industry events, trade associations, and targeted business development activities.
- Build and maintain a robust sales pipeline using Salesforce and other prospecting tools.
- Conduct customer needs assessments and present tailored fleet solutions based on business requirements.
- Position Stellantis products against competitive offerings through consultative selling and value-based proposals.
- Develop strategies to overcome customer objections and convert competitive fleet accounts.
- Collaborate with commercial dealerships to pursue new business opportunities and support commercial sales growth.
- Conduct fleet reviews, vehicle demonstrations, ride-and-drive events, and customer presentations.
- Develop relationships with upfitters, second-stage manufacturers, and key industry influencers.
- Support customers throughout the ordering, production, delivery, and implementation processes.
- Promote awareness of Stellantis fleet programs, incentives, VIP offerings, Service Net programs, and Pro One solutions.
- Maintain accurate opportunity tracking, forecasting, and reporting within Salesforce.
- Provide market intelligence and competitive insights to support commercial growth initiatives.
- Support local and regional commercial marketing events designed to generate leads and increase brand awareness.
- Achieve or exceed territory conquest, sales volume, and revenue objectives.
- Drive value creation initiatives across Fleet Sales by identifying process improvements, developing business cases, and executing initiatives that enhance customer satisfaction, operational effectiveness, and financial performance.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across sales, operations, finance, and related functions to implement value creation opportunities, track outcomes, and ensure successful delivery of strategic business objectives.
- Support the execution of Stellantis' Value Creation Program (VCP) initiatives by identifying, validating, and tracking revenue, volume, and profitability opportunities within assigned accounts and territories.
- Partner with leadership to provide timely and accurate shipment actuals, monitor initiative performance, and ensure VCP benefits are reflected in business results.
- Maintain ownership of account forecasts, proactively updating volume projections, opportunity pipelines, and recovery plans as market conditions, customer demand, or shipment performance changes.
- Deliver disciplined reporting and accountability for VCP commitments, ensuring forecast accuracy and alignment to enterprise targets.
- Must live in or be willing to relocate to eitherWA or OR.
- Bachelor's degree.
- 5+ years of experience in business development, fleet sales, automotive sales, or B2B sales.
- Proven track record of securing new business and generating revenue growth.
- Experience working in an automotive, fleet, transportation, or commercial vehicle environment.
- Strong prospecting, consultative selling, and negotiation skills.
- Demonstrated success managing a sales pipeline and achieving growth targets.
- Excellent presentation, communication, and relationship-building skills.
- Self-motivated with demonstrated ability to achieve goals under minimal supervision.
- Willing and able to travel up to 50% of the time.
- Experience utilizing Salesforce, CRM tools, and Microsoft Office applications.
Valid driver's license required.
- Knowledge of dealership commercial sales processes.
- OEM field sales experience supporting fleet, commercial, or vocational markets.
- Commercial vehicle product expertise.
- Demonstrated success in conquest sales and territory expansion.
- Experience working with fleet operators, fleet management companies, and procurement decision-makers.
- Experience with fleet consulting, TCO analysis, and customer acquisition strategies.
- Experience working with commercial upfitters and bailment pools.
- Existing commercial market relationships within the assigned territory.
From your very first day, you'll have access to medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage - ensuring you and your family stay healthy and protected.
We believe in work-life balance. That's why we offer: 17+ paid holidays, including shut-down from December 24th through New Years Day every year. Vacation, float & wellbeing days, sick time and fully paid parental leave when your family needs you most.
We help you plan for the future with:
- An employer match on contributions to your 401k, Roth, and Catch-Up plans
- An employer contribution, even if you don't contribute
Benefit from included and optional disability, life, and other insurance programs - because your peace of mind matters.
Eligible employees and their immediate families can enjoy company vehicle lease options with included insurance, maintenance, and unlimited mileage. Plus, take advantage of exclusive discounts on Stellantis products.
We proudly support all paths to parenthood- including fertility and infertility treatments, adoption services, and gestational surrogacy.
We believe in investing in your future and your passions:
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan refinancing programs
- 18 paid volunteer hours each year to make a difference in your community
And so much more!
When you join us, you're not just building a career — you're joining a company that supports you, inside and outside of work.
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