Area Sales Manager – Indiana – Ferguson – Indianapolis, IN

Job Description:

We realize that our greatest assets are our best-in-class associates, which is why we are dedicated to offering limitless opportunities for growth and advancement. We want to help you build a long-lasting career with Ferguson. Together, we can continue to lead the industry and help build our nation’s infrastructure from the ground up. Join our team today.

Ferguson is looking for a motivated individual to fill an Area Sales Manager position for Indiana.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains relationships with key vendors and suppliers to ensure coordination and exceptional service levels

• Assigns, monitors and sets objectives for key accounts and sales representatives

• Accompanies sales representatives on existing key accounts and large new customer calls

• Provides leadership and input for pricing proposals and strategic plans for key accounts

• Monitors sales trends, market dynamics, product performance results and customer preferences to determine focus of sales efforts

• Lead, direct, evaluate, and develop a team of outside sales representatives to pursue prospects, promote products, offer solutions and achieve sales targets

• Participate in leadership meetings and represent associate concerns, policies and guidelines to the management team

Qualifications

• 5+ years industry experience preferred

• Prior Outside Sales or Management experience required

• Ability to travel throughout with occasional overnights as needed

• Good judgment, problem solving skills, and ability to see the “big picture”

• Handle stress, manage time and people, and analyze numbers

• Coaching and mentoring skills necessary

• Ability to develop budgets and execute plans

• Experience defining customer needs and providing solutions

• Managing, developing and train a team of associates responsible for the sales function within the branch

Benefits

Ferguson provides meaningful benefits programs and products to our associates and their families—geared toward benefits, wellness, financial protection and retirement savings. Ferguson offers a competitive benefits package which includes: medical, dental, vision, retirement savings with company match, paid leave (vacation, sick, personal and holiday), employee assistance programs, associate discounts, community involvement opportunities and much more!

The Company is an equal opportunity employer as well as a government contractor that shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a), which prohibits discrimination against qualified protected Veterans and the requirements of 41 CFR 60-741.5(A), which prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability.