District Sales Manager Trainee (Remote)

Tasks

• Confer with company officials to develop methods and procedures to increase sales, expand markets, and promote business.

• Listen to and resolve customer complaints regarding services, products, or personnel.

• Provide staff with assistance in performing difficult or complicated duties.

• Monitor sales staff performance to ensure that goals are met.

• Formulate pricing policies on merchandise according to profitability requirements.

• Hire, train, and evaluate personnel.

• Analyze details of sales territories to assess their growth potential and to set quotas.

• Attend company meetings to exchange product information and coordinate work activities with other departments.

• Prepare sales and inventory reports for management and budget departments.

• Plan and prepare work schedules, and assign employees to specific duties.

• Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, or performing specific services.

• Visit retailers and sales representatives to promote products and gather information.

• Prepare rental or lease agreements, specifying charges and payment procedures for use of machinery, tools, or other items.

• Keep records pertaining to purchases, sales, and requisitions.

• Inventory stock and reorder when inventories drop to specified levels.

• Examine merchandise to ensure correct pricing and display, and that it functions as advertised.

• Coordinate sales promotion activities, such as preparing merchandise displays and advertising copy.

• Examine products purchased for resale or received for storage to determine product condition.

Skills

• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

• Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.

• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

• Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.

• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

• Persuasion - Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

• Negotiation - Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

• Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.

• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.

• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

• Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

• Systems Evaluation - Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

• Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Knowledge

• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

• Economics and Accounting - Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

• Sales and Marketing - Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

• Personnel and Human Resources - Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

• Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

• Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.