[Remote] Indirect Area Sales Manager - HD, OH/MI/IN/Western PA

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. bp is a leading company in the oil and gas sector, and they are seeking an Indirect Area Sales Manager to sell and support Castrol Passenger Car Oil business in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Western Pennsylvania. The role involves maximizing growth, managing distributor relationships, and ensuring effective sales strategies in the assigned territory.


Responsibilities

  • Sell, grow and support all Castrol Passenger Car Oil (PCO) business in the assigned geography (MI, OH, IN, W. PA) through our distributor network and via direct accounts
  • Maximize profitable growth of Castrol brands with a focus on premium products and strategic segments including both the direct and indirect sales model
  • Ensure Distributor Sales Representatives in the assigned area are supported, trained and have the tools needed to drive Castrol business on their paper in Castrol’s PCO focused segments
  • Prospecting, pipeline development in Salesforce and accountability for closing opportunities within territory
  • Accountable to maintain a robust pipeline for both direct and indirect prospects
  • Leverage PowerBI to manage territory effectively, by proactively overseeing and managing new, growing, declining, and lost accounts
  • Demonstrate, teach and train Distributor Sales Representatives on how to prospect and close business using Castrol programs, ensuring access to all selling tools
  • Support the onboarding of OEM, Walmart ACC and Key Accounts as required
  • Utilize Salesforce CRM daily to manage account relationships, pipeline, and build connections within both the customer and our organization, leveraging digital tools like PowerBI, Castrol Insights, and Turfview
  • Compliance with bp’s Code of Conduct, Values and Behaviors and HSSE Standards

Skills

  • High School Diploma or equivalent
  • 80% travel is required for this position (50-60% overnight)
  • Working remotely and autonomously in sales territories
  • Implement advanced Value Selling techniques to improve value for both our customers and Castrol, negotiate with customers within agreed DOA ensuring not to make any promise that cannot be delivered
  • Solid ability to identify sources of value and overcome objections
  • Develop world class partnerships and relationships with large customers
  • Prospect customers require the Area Sales Manager to actively build new relationships to gain access to business opportunities
  • Budgeting, forecasting, and financial management skills experience relative to the profitable execution of the sales plan
  • Fully proficient working with digital sales platforms such as Salesforce and Microsoft Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams)
  • Customer Relationship Management, Products and Program Knowledge, Customer Segmentation & Channel Management, Account Strategy & Planning, Distributor Management, Territory Management, Customer Profitability & Value Chain Understanding
  • Bachelor's degree preferred

Benefits

  • This position is eligible for US Benefits
  • Paid vacation depending on your years of relevant industry experience and will range from 120 – 240 hours of vacation per year for full time employees (60 - 240 hours of vacation per year for part time employees)
  • 9 paid holidays per year
  • 2 personal choice holidays
  • Bp has a parental leave policy as well, which offers up to 8 weeks’ paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child
  • Discretionary annual bonus program
  • Long-term incentive program
  • Generous retirement benefits that include a 401k matching program
  • A pension for eligible employee
  • Access to health, vision, and dental insurance
  • Life and Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability

Company Overview

  • Check out our commenting guidelines 👉 bp.com/CommentsGuide It was founded in 1909, and is headquartered in London, England, GBR, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.bp.com.

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