District Sales Manager - BC Interior

White Cap Canada; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

White Cap Canada is looking for a Sales Manager to lead the execution of sales strategies and enhance district performance. The role involves managing sales teams, optimizing resources, and ensuring effective customer service. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in sales management and a passion for building relationships in a collaborative workplace.

Qualifications

• Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline.
• Generally 7+ years of experience in sales management.
• May require certification; advanced degree may offset less experience.

Responsibilities

• Drives and manages execution of sales strategies and plans for the district.
• Manages sales territory, develops direct reports, schedules sales meetings.
• Conducts ongoing recruitment and interviewing for support staff.

Skills

Sales management

Customer service

Coaching and mentoring

Market analysis

Team leadership

Sales strategy

Education

BS/BA in related discipline

Job description

A position at White Cap isn’t your ordinary job. You’ll work in an exciting and diverse environment, meet interesting people, and have a variety of career opportunities.

The White Cap family is committed to Building Trust on Every Job. We do this by being deeply knowledgeable, fully capable, and always dependable, and our associates are the driving force behind this commitment.

Job Summary

Responsible for driving and managing the successful execution of sales strategies and plans for the district. Orchestrate and direct resources to drive profitable sales revenue and growth. Optimize sales effectiveness in partnership with other district and region sales partners. Engage and inspire the team to drive profitable business results. Monitor, analyze and report on district sales results. Define and plan the district selling organization to optimize resources. Facilitate the staffing process; provide input to other channels on organizational needs, associate actions, and sales team development. Sell to key district customers.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities, And Key Accountabilities

• Manages a sales territory and develops direct reports including inside and outside sales, and special products sales. Actively schedules sales meetings and events with specified accounts and prospective accounts for the purpose of bidding jobs and securing new business. Forecast and achieve budgeted sales targets for assigned sales team.
• Manages selling and customer service activities, developing and implementing sales and customer retention programs to optimize sales performance, profitability and customer satisfaction. Plan, forecast and report on sales and competitor pricing, activity and tactics. Promote market and technology research.
• Plans and implements district advertising and promotional strategy and activities.
• May communicate and negotiate special pricing and product availability with top vendors in district.
• Coach, motivate and develop team. Ensure team performs account prospecting. Assign and reassign accounts as required to maximize sales performance revenue. Conduct ride-along activities and work with team to call on active customers and prospective accounts.
• Conducts ongoing recruitment and interviewing of candidates for the purpose of acquiring talent to support the attainment of business objectives. Responsible for succession planning
• Trains and provides coaching of sales associates in effective selling processes and technique.
  
  

Nature and Scope

• Solutions require analysis and investigation.
• Achieves planned results by decisions and actions based on professional methods, business principles, and practical experience.
• Manages a group or team of professional individual contributors and/or indirectly supervises support staff.
  
  

Work Environment

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
• Typically requires overnight travel 20% to 50% of the time.
  
  

Education And Experience

• Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Generally 7+ years of experience in a related field. May require certification. Advanced degree may offset less experience in some disciplines.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

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Functional Area Sales

Recruiter Asante, Kwabena

Req ID WCJR-025682