Regional Sales Manager - Cleveland

Castle Metals; Bedford Heights (OH); Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the metals service sector is seeking a Regional Sales Manager for the Southern Ohio territory. This role involves developing new sales opportunities and managing existing accounts, with a focus on customer satisfaction and territory growth. Successful candidates will possess strong interpersonal skills and experience in sales.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401K match

Tuition reimbursement

Company car allowance

Qualifications

• 2+ years of related sales experience required.
• Strong customer service skills needed.
• Effective presentation skills important.

Responsibilities

• Manages existing accounts and seeks new sales opportunities.
• Prepares sales contracts and proposals.
• Improves sales processes for better efficiency.

Skills

Sales Techniques

Customer Service Orientation

Interpersonal Skills

Problem Solving

Organizational Skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's in Business or Marketing (preferred)

Tools

Oracle or similar sales software

MS Office suite

Job description

The Regional Sales Manager represents and sells products within a sales territory.

Southern Ohio territory, including Kentucky, WV, and parts of south Indiana.

Manages existing accounts while identifying, developing and prospecting sales opportunities for existing or new customer profitable growth. Works across Castle functional teams in order to drive improvements in sales execution, service and customer satisfaction.

The Regional Sales Manager can workvirtually within the East Region and will report to the Director of Sales in Cleveland, OH. The territory will be Southern OH & Kentucky.

A. M. Castle & Co. has over 125 years of experience as a leader in the metals service center industry. We provide exceptional benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401K match, disability benefits and tuition reimbursement. The Territory Manager position offers room for growth and a company car allowance.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Essential Primary Responsibilities:

• Territory Growth & Sustainment:
• Represents and sells products within a sales territory. Identifies, evaluates and develops opportunities/business plan with existing and potential customers to increase market share and expand profitable sales.
• Services existing accounts.
• Sells products and solutions purposefully, demonstrating product and operational capabilities; makes presentations and proposals to new and existing clients with accountability to core profitability growth and product promotion.
• Negotiates price, service plans, and implementations etc. in coordination with company directives and customer product requirements.
• Sales Execution & Account Management/Servicing:
• Arrange for preparation of sales contracts and/or proposals.
• Cultivates a team environment and works with inside sales to promote and expand business; develop plan together in order to secure the additional business.
• Works cross functionally and utilizes appropriate internal resources to establish and meet customer expectations; helps solve customer needs and improve service levels.
• Works to improve sales processes and tools required to effectively sell and implement value-added solutions and supply chain strategies to increase efficiencies, drive customer satisfaction, lower costs, etc.
• Provides timely reporting and feedback to management regarding account performance and updates.
• Participates in forecasting and market analysis when developing sales objectives; understands general economic, industry, and competitive information.
• Coordinates inventory requirements to support customer sales and manages Company inventory assets.
• Understands the components of overall Company profitability and manages those components to drive optimal profitability.
• Sells across the breadth of strategic Castle products.

Physical Demands/Working Conditions:

• General office environment, PC use
• Travel, typically via automobile, to customers within territory

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Required Experience: Type, Skills, and Years:

• Two years of related sales experience with knowledge of business acumen sales techniques and marketing strategies
• Strong customer service orientation with ability to initiate and sustain productive business relationships with customers
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work effectively with all levels in an organization and to make effective presentations to clients
• Good problem-solving skills with ability to develop solutions to customer problems
• Good organizational skills
• PC literacy, proficiency in MS Office suite

Required Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent is required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in metals, manufacturing, distribution
• Knowledge of Oracle or similar sales software
• Exposure to Sandler sales training programs
• Bachelor’s – Degree Program:Business, Marketing, or related field

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Company Overview: Founded in 1890, A. M. Castle & Co. is a global distributor of specialty metal and plastic products and supply chain services, principally serving the producer durable equipment, oil and gas, commercial aircraft, heavy equipment, industrial goods, construction equipment, retail, marine and automotive sectors of the global economy. Its customer base includes many Fortune 500 companies as well as thousands of medium and smaller-sized firms spread across a variety of industries. Within its metals business, it specializes in the distribution of alloy and stainless steels; nickel alloys; aluminum and carbon. Together, Castle operates service centers located throughout North America, Europe and Asia.