Sales Manager

15 hours ago

Chicago, United States WD-40 Company Full time


Sales Manager, Industrial (Northeast)

Category

Sales

Country

United States

Location

Midwest (Ohio, Illinois, Indiana )

Overview

Snapshot of What We‘re Looking For

We are seeking a passionate, technically orientated Sales Manager to champion sales of two of the world‘s most identifiable brands, WD-40 Multi-Use Product and WD-40 Specialist. This home-based position, located in the Midwest region, is responsible for implementing company sales and marketing programs within the $2.1M territory that includes NE that includes Richmond, Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston with an account concentration in the industrial channel.

A successful candidate understands our customer and end-user needs across all brands and channels to prepare compelling technical and solution-based presentations, negotiate, and ultimately close sales.The Sales Manager is also responsible for partnering with independent brokers/service providers to support sales pull-through activities, education, and program execution. In addition, the Sales Manager will integrate customer retail category management/leadership programs.

So, if you are a driven, successful sales leader who can develop productive relationships across all levels and want to contribute to a growing, world-class brand, please consider joining our tribe



Responsibilities

  • Actively sells all WD-40 Company brands across multiple trade channels to direct and indirect customers to achieve sales and EBITDA goals in line with Company strategies.
  • Actively identifies new business, solicits and closes prospective customers.
  • Presents broad technical product knowledge of all WD-40 Company‘s product specifications, features, benefits, and applications in a concise, consultative, and convincing manner to provide customers with appropriate solutions
  • Makes product solution recommendations as well as provide technical support
  • Secures off-shelf and secondary displays, and promotions within existing and new customers.
  • Responsible for accurate and timely forecasting
  • Proactively develops and contributes to cross-functional sales/promotion/category leadership plans and programs to maximize sales. Develops EBITDA-advantageous account-specific programs in partnership with sales, marketing and third party agents.
  • Communicates with third-party representatives to educate and reinforce product knowledge, sales goals, programs, and company values.
  • Collaborates, prepares, and presents customer‘s requests for proposal. Finish
  • Ensures that distribution and department plan-o-grams and catalogs are maintained to obtain measured sales goals.
  • Reports on activities and goal attainment to plan, establish, review, and appropriately adjust time and territory management plan to meet goals.
  • Supports national customers/programs
  • Responsible for selection of and participation in trade shows and integration of promotions/ideas


Qualifications

  • 5+ years of relevant technical consumer packaged goods sales experience, ideally with chemicals across a broad array of channels with a focus on the industrial channel
  • Experience identifying and opening new accounts
  • Successfully executed account management, business development, and sales within wholesale automotive, hardware, industrial, and/or miscellaneous channels to achieve desired metrics
  • Demonstrated interpersonal and negotiating skills in a direct or indirect sales capacity.
  • Bachelor‘s degree in business or relevant field. MBA, highly desirable
  • Ability to travel domestically up to 45%
  • Current and valid driver‘s license required - company car provided


About Us

Our ‘Why‘

At WD-40 Company, we believe that purpose-driven, passionate people guided by our values create amazing outcomes. Our ‘why‘ is refreshingly simple - we exist to create positive lasting memories in everything we do.

Why You Should Apply

  • Learning-based culture that supports the growth and development of all tribe members
  • Strong values aligned culture whose #1 strategic driver is to build a business for the future that we will be proud to hand down to the next generation
  • Over 93.3% employee engagement as of January 2022 global employee survey
  • A culture where 93% of the tribe report experience a sense of belonging
  • Voted Most Democratic Workplace and certified WorldBlu Freedom Centered Workplace

Do You Align With Our Values?

Please, only consider employment with WD-40 Company if you feel as strongly about our values as we do: We live, breathe, and play by our values every day.

Thank you for considering WD-40 Company in your career search #WD40TribalLife #PositiveLastingMemories

At WD-40 Company we foster a culture of inclusion where all individuals are recognized, valued, respected, and experience a sense of belonging. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to individual characteristics that make us unique such as our backgrounds, experiences, qualities, talents, traits, beliefs, and preferences. #LI-CM1

We‘ve Got You Covered

Our competitive and comprehensive benefits package provides you protection, security, and peace of mind. We offer life-enhancing health, wellness, and financial programs, including profit sharing, annual cash incentive rewards, tuition reimbursement, and 401K match. In addition, we want you to recharge and take time off, so enjoy short-day Fridays, vacation time, paid holidays, and an additional paid week off between Christmas and the new year to spend with family and friends



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