Sales Manager

Everstory Partners; Chesapeake (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary + performance bonus plan

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, &

STD Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Anniversary Award for years of service

Career Advancement and Training

Job summary

Everstory Partners in Chesapeake, VA is seeking a Sales Manager to lead all sales initiatives and practices. You will develop and coach our frontline Sales Counselors, driving performance through a customer-focused experience and ensuring offerings meet families’ needs during their time of loss.

You will collaborate with sales staff to achieve goals, monitor location activities, and guide hiring, promotion, and training while maintaining company policies and strong client relations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of sales experience with proven track record, preferably in a B2C industry.
• 1 year of supervisory or management experience.
• Proven leadership ability, excellent customer service, sales and communication skills.
• Ability to supervise, motivate, and train sales personnel; can handle employee relations and performance issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead all sales initiatives and practices for Everstory Partners.
• Develop and coach front-line Sales Counselors to improve performance.
• Monitor location production and drive attainment of sales goals.
• Oversee hiring, promotion, and training of staff; enforce company policies.
• Present effectively to current and potential clients and coordinate with departments.

Skills

Sales leadership

Team supervision

Customer service

Communication

Scheduling & planning

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Description

Roosevelt Memorial Park - Chesapeake, VA

Why Everstory

At Everstory Partners, our mission is to create supportive spaces where individuals and families can find solace, meaning, and hope in the midst of loss. At the heart of our mission is a deep understanding of the profound and complex nature of grief. Every person's journey through loss is unique, and we are committed to providing compassionate and personalized support. We also believe that grief is not a problem to be solved or a burden to manage alone, but rather a natural and beautiful part of the human experience. Backed by our national strength and our local partners’ role is to be a steady presence, a source of comfort and guidance, and a partner in celebrating the life and legacy of the person who has passed.

The Impact You Will Make

The Sales Manager at Everstory leads all Sales initiatives and practices. You are tasked with developing our front line Sales Counselors, and driving performance through a customer focused experience. This role will be an empathetic professional that understands the value of providing our families with all options in their time of need. In this position, you will also be responsible for:

• Collaborating with sales staff to ensure the attainment of sales goals.
• Monitoring production at location and developing the sales team.
• Providing direction in the hiring, promotion, and training of assigned staff, ensuring company policies are followed.
• Ensures the best possible results from presentations to current and potential clients.
• Communicating frequently with all departments to ensure support of location needs.
• Daily evaluations of sales activity in order to provide recommendations and best practices.
• Coordinating employee scheduling to ensure coverage at all times.

Core Competencies:

• Compassion - Genuinely cares about people; is concerned about their work and non-work problems; is available and ready to help; is sympathetic to the plight of others not as fortunate; demonstrates real empathy with the joys and pains of others.
• Customer Focus - Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Ethics and Values - Adheres to appropriate (for the setting) and effective set of core values and beliefs during both good and bad times; acts in line with those values; rewards the right values and disapproves of others; practices what he/she preaches.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• 3+ years of sales experience with proven track record, preferably in a B2C industry.
• 1 year of supervisory or management experience.
• Proven leadership ability, excellent customer service, sales and communication skills.
• Ability to supervise, motivate, and train sales personnel; can appropriately handle employee relations and performance issues.
• Capable of developing new and effective methods of increasing sales in a competitive environment.
• Enjoys interacting and collaborating effectively with others in a team atmosphere.
• Well organized with strong time management skills.
• Possesses confidence and professionalism to interact with clients over the phone and in person.
• Ability to work with clients one on one & build strong customer relationships.
• Possesses the desire to set your own schedule and ability to work evening and weekend hours.
• Must posses a valid drivers license and access to a personal vehicle. Offsite appointments will occur in this role including meetings with clients and community events. Mileage reimbursement is provided for travel associated with job duties.
• Able to travel to potential clients homes located anywhere in the geographic region served by the location.
• Able to obtain any relevant professional licensing required within 90 days of employment.
• This position requires availability to work some holidays, evenings and weekends as needed.

Our Investment in You

Everstory Partners is proud to provide our employees with a quality work environment and opportunity for both personal and professional growth. As part of our ongoing commitment, we offer a competitive benefits package for our Full-Time Employees including:

• Base salary pay with a performance-driven bonus plan tied to cemetery and funeral revenue
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D and STD Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Anniversary Award for each year of service
• Career Advancement and Training - Aspiring Managers Program
• Everstory Cares - Employee Assistance Fund
• Legend Award Program
• Funeral and Cemetery Benefits
• Employee Referral Bonus
• 401k with Company Match

Everstory Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to employing a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.

The pay range for this role is based on a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions regardless of race, gender, age, religion, or any other protected characteristic. They include skill set, experience and training, licensure and certification, and other business and organizational needs. Compensation decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.

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