Area Sales Manager
Gateway Recruiting · gatewayrecruiting.com
United StatesLead / Manager
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Area sales management.
Marketing
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- 5 d ago · posted 2026-08-10
Full description
Key Responsibilities:
• Customer acquisition and achievement of sales targets
• Build and maintain strong long-lasting customer relationships
• Technical and sales support for customers, incl. use of CRM tools according to data quality requirements.
• Development of new markets and new customer acquisition
• Product pricing and quotations for products available to end users
• Maintain list price levels in the market whenever possible while adhering to corporate discounting policies and approvals.
• Negotiate new pricing with end user customers for new products when applicable.
• Update and distribute direct end user annual price lists or sales catalogs if applicable.
• Work with management to set pricing for end users’ products
• Present pricing strategies and overall sales outlook for end users’ sales
• Create and implement special end users’ sales promotions
• Create and maintain customer contact management system
• Assist in OEM activities
• Assist in the price negotiation and the setting of dealer pricing agreements
• Receive and assist in communicating customer complaints to QA and assist in their resolution
• Support and expand existing partner networks
• Arrange and communicate with customers through in-person and virtual customer meetings.
• Other special tasks as assigned
• Sales forecasts and Sales Volume
• Participate in defining sales volume for end user sales where applicable.
• Define sales volumes by region for end users
• Create and implement promotion strategies for end user customers
• Present sales numbers at the annual management review meeting for end user sales
• Analyze and present on the competition and current and future market situations
• Sales/Trade Show Support and Product Presentation
• Attend regional trade fairs and meetings and network with customers
• Perform product demonstrations at customer sites
• Attend annual national meetings and perform product demonstrations and negotiate sales
• Participate in the creation of sales and marketing materials and strategies including .ppt, brochures, and online advertisements
Qualifications:
• EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION:
• Minimum Bachelor’s degree desired or 2-year Associate’s Degree in related sciences and business administration
• REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE:
• Good understanding of sales and marketing strategies.
• Experience in developing profitable strategies and implementing the vision
• Proficient in related software (Microsoft, CRM, Dynamics)
• EXPERIENCE PREFERED:
• Three years plus experience in related industries or business environments is preferred
• Languages Skills: English business fluent
Soft Skills
• Good employee relationship skills
• Excellent communications skills
• Good customer interaction
• Good pricing and pricing related strategies
• Strong commercial and technical knowhow
• Excellent understanding of customer and market dynamics
• Target orientated independently driven work ethic
• Intercultural awareness
• Willingness to travel
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