Business Development Manager, Major Accounts

Job Summary

The Business Development Manager, Major Accounts focuses on growing our Major Account sales. This role is responsible for communicating and executing strategic initiatives, program adoption, sales promotions, and program training for our Major Account segments.

Responsibilities

Achieves assigned territory sales quota.
Presents, communicates, and sells Major Accounts on the benefits of NAPA Major Account programs.
Works closely with Regional Sales Manager, providing feedback, ideas, and field insights to help drive program adoption and overall execution.
Insures Major Accounts are properly set up in RAM.
Works closely with the Commercial Operations Team on all registrations for Major Account Customers.
Hosts meetings in assigned territory to provide training to local sales team on Major program adoption and utilization.
Provides top-notch customer service and communication to all Major Accounts in your territory.
Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the Major Account programs and options for members.
Executes weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales plans to achieve business growth opportunities consistent with the Company’s growth objectives.
Attends, organizes, and manages key events and trade shows.
Consistently meets or exceeds yearly targets.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

3-5 years of previous selling and account management experience. Must have a solid record of success developing new business, while still being able to maintain and grow existing business.
3-5 years of previous selling and account management experience. Must have a solid record of success developing new business, while still being able to maintain and grow existing business.
Must possess a valid driver's license with no DWI convictions within the past four years and not have over three moving violations or two at-fault accidents in the last three years.
Must be able to travel within assigned territory: travel to account meetings, sales meetings, and other meetings; drives long distances to make multiple sales calls daily including overnight stays as required by the territory.
Must be willing and able to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
Proficient with standard corporate productivity tools (Qlik, PowerBi, MS Office, CRM applications, etc).
Should be in current role for at least six months and GPC for one year before applying.
Last performance review should reflect meets or exceeds expectations.
Should NOT be on a Performance Improvement Plan and/or had a written or final warning in the last 12 months.
Notify manager or HR Department of your application to ensure a successful process.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent sales/marketing experience.

Leadership

Embodies the following values: serve, perform, influence, respect, innovate, team.
Effectively communicates by motivating and inspiring others through clear and proactive communication.
Delivers results and drives customer success by committing and focusing on outcomes to deliver results and making the customer the center of decisions.
Makes balanced decisions and thinks strategically by being a forward thinker.
Develops high-performing teams by providing inclusive leadership, attracting and developing world-class talent, providing ongoing feedback, and building trust across the organization.

Physical Demands / Working Environment

Ability to safely and effectively operate a company vehicle for extended periods of time throughout cities, job sites, major highways and interstates (including tunnels and bridges) and in all weather conditions.
Regularly required to stand, walk, use of hands, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and talk or hear.
Frequently lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.
Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Ability to frequently attend events after hours and/or on weekends.
Travel requirements upwards of 50% at any given time.

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