Now Hiring - Sales Manager - Seattle in Lynnwood, WA

Job purpose

The Sales Manager oversees all operations taking place in the Seattle residential division office and assisting the Residential General Manager out in the field. He or she will be responsible for interviewing, hiring, and training, as well as coaching and mentoring all staff in the division. As Sales Manager, you will assist the Residential General Manager in creating incentives for employees and evaluate your department’s efficiency and productivity. Additionally, you will collaborate with the Residential General Manager and upper management to develop strategic plans for business growth based on short-term and long-term goals, communicate those goals to your team, and guide them to success.

Duties and responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations and assist the Residential GM in all operations
• Direct oversight and management of all Residential Seattle employees, including ongoing skill development
• Provide leadership at all levels of the organization
• Communicate and embody the company vision and values
• Build up the company by recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and mentoring new talent
• Define and implement policies and performance standards
• Evaluate employee performance and provide additional coaching and support as needed
• Assess departmental and company performance and devise plans for improvement
• Manage profit and loss statements and account for costs and revenues
• Develop market strategy and work in conjunction with staff to target potential local customers
• Maintain a high level of customer service resulting in significant market penetration for door and operator products

Requirement and Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Sales Management
• Bachelors degree in Sales, Marketing, or Business preferred, but not mandatory
• Communication skills are key to increasing management’s effectiveness with both superiors and subordinates
• Leadership skills are pertinent to providing and fostering a growth mindset
• Delegation skills are crucial in identifying the best person (or people) for a particular task and act as a facilitator to motivate and direct the work
• Time management skills are important in prioritizing tasks to ensure that projects are completed by deadlines and streamlining processes to maximize productivity
• Negotiation and mediation skills are necessary in finding opportunities to resolve conflicts efficiently and favorably
• Decision-making skills are key to weighing costs and benefits of various options and determining the best course of action to achieve company goals
• Problem-solving skills are crucial to analyzing past and current performance and recommending objectives to improve productivity and profitability
• Working knowledge and proficiency with Microsoft Office and QuickBooks
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, self-motivated, self-starter, sense of urgency, personable, extroverted personality and well organized
• Must possess a current valid driver’s license

Physical requirements

• Light to Medium work – exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or a light amount of force. Office environment and field visits.
• Talking – expressing and exchanging ideas by means of spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing – perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and make fine discriminations in sound.
• The incumbent is subject to both environmental conditions, with activities occurring inside and outside.