BDM Collision Greece and Balkans

PPG; Town of Greece (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

PPG in the United States is seeking a field-based Sales professional to manage major accounts in the bodyshop market, promote the Business Solution offer, and drive net wins with distributors and OEM partners. You will develop relationships, coordinate with Technical Account Managers, visit targets, and deploy national agreements while feeding a prospect portfolio into the group tool.

The role requires strong negotiation, customer analysis, and process knowledge of bodyshop repair; a Bachelor’s

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or higher.
• Strong sales and negotiation skills.
• Deep knowledge of bodyshop repair processes and color/product offerings.
• Ability to analyze customer needs and tailor solutions.

Responsibilities

• Promote and roll out Business Solution for bodyshops and distributors.
• Develop portfolio with A and B bodyshops to reach net wins.
• Build relations with customers and collaborate with TAM to convert opportunities into wins.
• Coordinate with TAM to deploy OEM approvals and national agreements.
• Manage relationships with distributors and support roll-on activities.
• Promote and sell technical trainings to bodyshops and distributors.

Skills

Sales

Negotiation

Needs analysis

Results oriented

Product knowledge

Bodyshop process

Business knowledge

Organization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Major Accountabilities

• Master product and service offer and commercial arguments
• Promote and roll out service offer "Business Solution" (bodyshop audit, data analysis, quick repair etc.)
• Feed, develop and monitor his portfolio volume and quality for A and B bodyshops, to reach net wins objectives
• Develop business relations with potential customers and collaborate with Technical Account Managers to transform conquest opportunities into customer wins.
• Cooperate closely with Technical Account Manager to develop market share in existing key-accounts, supported by our national agreements (OEM, influencers, distribution networks, local agreements)
• Work closely with BDM Team to visit new targets and deploy new OEM Approvals and national/regional commercial agreements. Proactive action to identify new approvals opportunities.
• In charge of sales relationship and administration with distributors and coordinate with TAM for roll-on.
• Promote and sell fee-paying technical trainings (bodyshops and distributors) in coordination with Technical Account Manager

Customer Loyalty

• Responsible of cost-benefit analysis completion, and its submission in full compliance with internal rules.
• Deploy and get full benefits on his area of national agreements negotiated by Business Development Manager for OEM & Influencers to optimize number of new customers wins, and increase customer rate. Proactive action to identify national agreements opportunities.
• Set and maintain a strong relationship with local actors of Influencers. Develop and deploy with them concrete action plans enabling commercial opportunities and customer wins.
• Once the customer gained, is in charge of commercial and technical follow-up by the Technical Account Manager and the local distributor.
• Feed, support and develop his prospection portfolio, and report it into group tool.

Reporting

• Fill on a daily basis his trade activity on PPG reporting tools
• Support Competitive Intelligence on his market for bodyshops and distributors; share key insights to Product/Segment Manager within Marketing team
• Accountant of up-to-date prospect and customer database (contracts, product lines and non paint, link network/influencers, customer status)

Skills

• Sales methods expertise
• Ability to negotiate/convince
• Personalized Customer Needs analysis
• Result oriented
• Product, Non paint, color and IT knowledge, customer service orientated
• Perfect understanding of application process and bodyshop repair process
• Business knowledge on bodyshops industrie, and its key performance indicators
• Organizational skills, Priority management

Educational Background

• Min. Bachelor +2

Key Success Factors

• Relational Comfort
• Curiosity
• Adaptability
• Ability to listen
• Ability to teach
• Structure, discipline
• Compliance and Ethics

About Us

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @PPG on X.

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We are excellent operators

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We compete to win

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