Distributor Territory Manager

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Remote Distributor Territory Manager driving Keystone Technologies’ commercial lighting sales across assigned U.S. territories. Training distributors, managing agencies, developing customer relationships, and analyzing market opportunities.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage the assigned distributor sales territory
  • Drive product demand while maintaining Keystone's Light Made Easy promise
  • Work with sales agencies, distributor customers, and contractors to educate them on Keystone products
  • Provide sales training to sales agencies and distributor customers
  • Develop long-term relationships with specifiers, customers, sales agents, and end-users
  • Oversee and manage independent sales agency performance against company goals and standards
  • Develop sales plans with sales agencies and department leadership
  • Analyze sales trends and develop strategies to capture opportunities
  • Become a market expert on Keystone and competitor products, pricing, and trends
  • Report market findings to team management
  • Travel throughout assigned markets to call on distributors, specifiers, and end-users
  • Maintain contact with existing customers for potential ongoing orders
  • Develop and manage contact information for current decision-makers
  • Display at and attend trade shows
  • Cold call to develop new business
  • Collaborate with Inside Sales on current and future opportunities
  • Advise the product team on market trends

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's in Business or a related field is preferred
  • Experience in the lighting industry is required
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Exceptional ability to listen and formulate responses that cater to the other person's needs
  • Proficiency with computers and software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and CRM software
  • Ability to learn new computer systems
  • Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and accuracy
  • Strong time management skills and ability to prioritize tasks
  • Exceptional relationship management and customer service skills
  • Must live within the assigned territory: Indiana, Kentucky, Arkansas, or Memphis (West Tennessee)
  • Regular in-territory travel for customer visits
  • Ability to work from a home office when not traveling

Benefits:

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Voluntary life insurance
  • Employer-paid group life insurance
  • Short-term disability
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Paid time off
  • Philanthropic opportunities
  • Fully remote work from a home office when not traveling
  • Flexible work arrangement while not traveling