Pittsburgh area corporation is seeking a top flight candidate to fill the role of Vice President/Business Card Services. The selected candidate will be responsible for leading a team of sales professionals to profitably grow the Business Card Services business. This individual will help develop and execute the overall enterprise strategies for achieving long-term company goals.
JOB DUTIES:
° Design, implement, and manage sales strategies and tactics to achieve company sales, profitability, and other goals
° Build sales strategy for increasing volume and margin from current and new customers
° Uncover growth opportunities in current and new market segments and work with other department leaders to develop strategy and tactics to exploit
° Review programs and performance directives to ensure short- and long-term sales goals are attained and adjust policies, procedures, and programs as necessary to achieve results
° Develop processes to monitor daily execution of the sales strategy along with the daily volume and margin performance
° Develop and execute price management programs to increase margin and customer retention
° Hire, train, develop, and motivate sales team for greater efficiency and effectiveness
° Hire, coach, mentor, train and manage sales staff to succeed, and assist individuals to attain established goals and directives
° Manage a team of sales representatives to maximize performance, evaluate and explore various selling techniques, and develop and measure activity metrics.
° Build, develop and conduct training programs for sales team, expanding on selling techniques and customer care
° Provide effective motivation and support for sales team to maximize the overall performance and promote job satisfaction.
° Develop a culture of accountability
° Monitor changing market factors, competition, and industry trends and help lead the organization to adapt as needed
° Lead inter-departmental business process design, implementation, and ongoing management
° Develop working methodologies with other executives in administration, bulk fuel sales, and operations as required to create organizational processes and procedures that optimize and grow the enterprise
° Work with other departments to streamline the orders-to cash procedures
° Work closely with VP of Supply & Trading to Manage executive-level relationships with the largest accounts and trade organizations
° Develop and maintain executive-level relationships with large commercial and industrial customers
Requirements:
° 10 or more years of senior management experience in similar roles in the petroleum products marketing industry
° Strong working knowledge of payment card industry, supply, operations and finance aspects of petroleum products marketing as well as trading and refining concepts
° Demonstrated success in profitable growth within the payment card, fleet card, and Wholesale, Retail, and Commercial & Industrial business segments
° A thorough understanding of financial metrics and analysis needed to effectively evaluate growth opportunities
° Excellent strategy, planning and performance metrics development and tracking skills
° Solid understanding of market and customer segmentation, key drivers and levers of successful brand building and customer acquisition and a record of successfully marketing a company’s core service platforms
° Demonstrated track record of successfully leading a high-energy sales team in a cost-effective environment where salespeople are provided with the tools and systems needed to be effective, but held accountable for results
° Effective communication, presentation and negotiating skills
° Familiarity with Microsoft Dynamics CRM or other CRM software is preferred
° Excellent leadership skills and personal integrity
° Highly motivated and energetic individual, with an entrepreneurial mindset
° A bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Economics, Finance, Marketing or related field is required. MBA is preferred.
To apply for this job email your details to pancoaststaffing7@gmail.com
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