Sales Manager Job Duties:
Determines annual unit and gross-profit plans by implementing marketing
strategies, analyzing trends and results.
Establishes sales objectives by forecasting and developing annual sales
quotas for regions and territories, projecting expected sales volume and
profit for existing and new products.
Implements national sales programs by developing field sales action plans.
Maintains sales volume, product mix, and selling price by keeping current
with supply and demand, changing trends, economic indicators, and
competitors.
Establishes and adjusts selling prices by monitoring costs, competition,
and supply and demand.
Completes national sales operational requirements by scheduling and
assigning employees, following up on work results.
Maintains national sales staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and
training employees.
Maintains national sales staff job results by counseling and disciplining
employees, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results. Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational
workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal
networks; participating in professional societies.
Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Meeting Sales Goals, Negotiation, Selling to Customer Needs, Motivation
for Sales, Sales Planning, Building Relationships, Coaching, Managing
Processes, Market Knowledge, Developing Budgets, Staffing
Work with Marketing to ensure consistent lead generation.
Collaborate with sales leadership to create and train prospecting process.
Collaborate with sales leadership to create and train lead qualification
process.
Hire high-performing salespeople according to HR staffing guidelines.
Train new salespeople to ensure success.
Manage day-to-day performance of all sales team members and deliver
reviews.
Work with sales leadership to generate ideas for sales contests and
motivational initiatives.
Lead and schedule weekly and/or monthly team meetings with sales team
and leadership.
Track sales team metrics and report data to leadership on a regular basis.
Coach and develop direct reports.
Implement performance plans according to company procedure.
Embody company culture and maintain high sales employee engagement.
Collaborate with IT on sales technology initiatives.
Meet pre-determined revenue goals through the activities of direct reports.
Ensure correct usage of CRM and other sales applications.
Train and ensure adherence to sales process.
Responsible for obtaining profitable results through the sales team by
developing the team through motivation, counselling, skills development,
and product knowledge development.
Manage the sales administration function, operational performance
reporting, streamlining processes and systems wherever possible, and
advising senior management on maximizing business relationships and
creating an environment where customer service can flourish.