Sales Manager
XPO
2024-11-04 22:38:06
Los Angeles, California, United States
Job type: fulltime
Job industry: Sales & Marketing
Job description
What you'll need to succeed as a Sales Manager at XPO
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent work or military experience
- 5 years of outside sales and/or business-to-business sales experience
- Experience in transportation industry sales with success in meeting sales goals
- Available to work evenings and weekends, as necessary
- Availability to travel up to 75% of the time
- A valid driver's license
Preferred qualifications:
- 3 years of experience in a sales supervisory or management role
- Experience working in the Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) Industry
- Experience with advanced sales reporting tools such as SFDC, BI, etc.
About the Sales Manager job
Pay, benefits, and more:
- Competitive compensation package
- Full health insurance benefits are available on day one
- Life and disability insurance
- Earn up to 15 days of PTO over your first year
- 10 paid company holidays
- 401(k) option with company match
- Education assistance
- Opportunity to participate in a company incentive plan
- Company car
What you'll do on a typical day:
- Perform as a sales leader in an assigned region, playing a key role in driving performance, offering direction, guidance, and strategic support to the team
- Collaborate alongside Account Executives through customer engagements and strategic meetings
- Work with the team on pricing strategy, work prioritization, time management
- Support Sales and operations with growing of revenue and profit for all territories assigned
- Lead weekly conference calls with the team, as well as other team development activities
- Meet with Region Director of Sales (RDS) weekly, support RDS and region as needed
- Train, teach, coach and mentor new sales hires with tailored development plans; help retain experienced and effective sales workforce in conjunction with operations
- Utilize reporting tools provided though Business Intelligence (BI), etc., to monitor progress, research trends and revenue, and partner with operations and leadership on developing corrective strategies to achieve company goals
- Follow guidance from specific KPIs and reports, ensuring all operations leaders are trained on the use of oneCRM and sales reporting (i.e. "The Stack) to derive insights on performance
- Develop and maintain multi-level customer relationships to uncover specific needs and behaviors of key decision makers
- Foster a partnership with operations and leadership to ensure a strong line of communication and collaboration; work in tandem with leadership on goals, customer concerns and client strategies
- Manage and effectively collaborate with team on pricing initiatives and escalations
- Work to troubleshoot challenges with growing revenue in market, specific customers or other obstacles to growth
Annual Salary Range: $105,730 - $132,163. Actual compensation may vary due to factors such as experience and skill set.This is an incentive-based position, which may include bonuses, incentive or commission plans.
About XPO
XPO is a top ten global provider of transportation services, with a highly integrated network of people, technology and physical assets. At XPO, we look for employees who like a challenge and can communicate effectively in all situations. We want to leverage your skills and years of experience to drive positive results while ensuring a bright future for yourself and XPO. If you're looking for a growth opportunity, join us at XPO.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, disability, veteran or other protected status.
All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment may be required to take and pass a pre-employment drug test.
The above statements are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties and skills for this job classification.
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