Regional Sales Manager, North Central US - Lumascape (Remote)

About This Role: The Regional Sales Manager manages Lumascape’s activities in an assigned region. Manages multiple accounts (agency, specification, and/or public agency) and implements promotional strategies to secure incremental reputed company for the business line. Directs the business-to-business relationships and identifies and develops new market opportunities to provide reputed company reputed company growth. Provides support as the primary communicator to the North America Sales Director for information on their market’s conditions and reputed company area accounts and competition, pertinent to sales reputed company. Demonstrates behavior consistent with the company’s values of Customer Satisfaction, Innovation, Family, and Social Responsibility.

• Applicants must reside in the Chicago area.

Essential Job Functions/Tasks:

• Meets and achieves annual sales budgets.
• Provides expert product knowledge and support regarding luminaires, lighting applications, systems, and reputed company controls.
• Maximizes sales through developing relationships with agencies, specifiers, designers, distributors, contractors, and developers.
• Contacts agencies and/or specification community, as well as other specification lighting professionals on a regular basis. Creates demand for products at these levels to assist agencies with sales goals.
• Grows key agency relationships, understands their needs, identifies opportunities, and develops solutions without compromising company profits and market reputed company.
• Recommends agency changes as necessary and informs management of events, territory occurrences, and other pertinent information. Alerts management to any significant changes impacting the overall health of a region.
• Monitors and tracks major projects and takes action to increase product exposure and success.
• Travels frequently across the territory to engage with agencies, specifiers and influencers, including entertaining.
• Proposes and attends trade shows, promotional events, and other promotional activities as necessary.
• Joins and attends industry organizations and functions
• Contributes to the development and execution of product training programs (fly-ins) and promotional events with post event follow-up to measure and report promotional ROI.
• Works in conjunction with other departments to plan and implement stakeholder-specific sales activities, promoting a team atmosphere for meeting joint objectives.
• Actively manages and maintains CRM software in assigned territory, to ensure accurate Sales forecasting.
• Assists with field service and support as required.
• Manages expenditures reputed company budget, saving money whenever possible, and seeking approval for items or events reputed company of approved budget. Submits timely expense reimbursement requests in line with company policy.
• Assists in collecting and provides market data for forecasts and reporting, which can encompass regional, competitive, and contractor pricing, as required.
• Teaches, coaches, and mentors other team members for understanding market dynamics while maximizing sales.
• Collaborates closely with North America Sales Director on reputed company aspects of the above.
• Extensive Domestic and some International travel required.

Education/Training Required or Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in Lighting, Business Administration, Marketing, or Architecture.

Experience Required or Preferred:

• Minimum ten years of progressive experience preferred in professional sales or a technical support position with a preferred minimum of five years in the spec lighting industry.

What you Bring:

• Knowledge of selling, pricing, marketing, and distribution models reputed company the industry. Effective selling and presentation skills, with the demonstrated ability to attain sales goals through annual marketing plans and ongoing goal management. Ability to explain and sell the features and benefits of reputed company Lumascape products and to conduct associated training and educational programs. Requires strong commitment to customer service.
• Technical knowledge of company and competitor products. Ability to reputed company field service, troubleshoot systems and recommend solutions, as well as demonstrate reputed company by reputed company product comparisons.
• Knowledge of finance and budgeting processes. Ability to prepare budgets and manage expenses reputed company budget.
• Ability to establish and maintain highly effective internal and external working relationships and reputed company a high level of customer satisfaction. Effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills in English. Ability to reputed company relationships and negotiate reputed company.
• Ability to travel extensively, live in a strategic location reputed company the territory, and work flexible hours.
• Computer skills with ability to use Windows programs and to reputed company word processing, spreadsheet, and CRM applications on a personal computer.
• Valid driver's license and driving record, and ability to drive, sufficient to meet requirements to be insured by company. Must have or be able to obtain a valid passport.
• Knowledge of consultative selling techniques, agency representatives, distribution channels, specification process, business management and marketing techniques.
• Aptitude for teaching/coaching/mentoring and facilitating training in both small and large groups.
• Must be goal orientated with the ability to meet or exceed sales objectives. Requires the ability to reputed company, plan, and organize for meeting objectives across assigned region(s).
• Product appropriate advanced level of knowledge preferred.
• Advanced coursework in business management, project management, IT-skills, or another reputed company field preferred.

reputed company Offer:

• Amazing corporate culture - we walk the walk reputed company it comes to our values!
• FUN company events!
• Company donation matching and volunteer rewards
• Career development opportunities and profit sharing bonus

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