Senior Regional Sales Manager, South Central

Senior Regional Sales Manager, South Central

Job Overview:

The Senior Regional Sales Manager for the South-Central Region is a key manager who is responsible for creating and executing on a regional business development action plan while managing a large team of high performing sales professionals in order to achieve and exceed revenue goals. This person will be responsible for both new business origination and renewals, accurate forecast performance, development and nurturing of customer relationships, and providing leadership for major strategic K-12 education market accounts.

Location: Ideal candidate will reside in Texas.

Job Responsibilities:

• Create and lead regional strategy to gain access for new business, while sustaining and expanding existing partnerships.

• Leverage state education policy across the region to nurture and develop large district partnerships.

• Set clear team performance goals while coaching, developing, and reviewing results.

• Continually review account development and service priorities to maximize productivity and effectiveness.

• Travel with sales representatives to meet with district and school leaders while developing and maintaining a broad network of customer relationships.

• Support sales representatives throughout the sales process that includes new account development, preparing presentations & price quotes, and responding to RFPs.

• Personally drive new sales and expansions in priority district accounts.

• Manage regional events to ensure they are properly planned, staffed and executed to maximize return on investment.

Key Leadership Attributes:

• Inspire others to embrace Lexia’s mission, culture, values, and goals.

• Focus on providing an exceptional customer experience.

• Build a team that listens to customer’s needs, fulfills commitments and delivers world class solutions.

• Foster an environment of continuous improvement that encourages everyone to develop subject matter and marketplace expertise.

• Build teamwork by communicating important and relevant information with staff and across departments.

Job Requirements:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree; Advanced degree preferred.

• 10+ years of success selling into K- 12 school districts, preferably representing a technology and curriculum (reading) based product highly preferred.

• Experience as a proven sales mentor and managing a highly collaborative team.

• Proven ability to inspire, model, mentor, provide feedback for, and coach highly skilled sales professionals.

• Experience with Lexia products highly preferred.

• Deep knowledge of TX/OK/NM K-12 education; Educator/Administration experience a plus.

• Demonstrated ability to uncover client needs and propose solutions to close new business opportunities and exceed revenue targets.

• Proficient user of CRM (Salesforce), MS Office and Google Suites, video conferencing software and other technology-based productivity tools.

• Exceptional analytical, writing, speaking, and presentation skills.

• A demonstrated ability to deliver exceptional presentations and written proposals to both groups and individuals.

• Proven ability to develop customer relationship and collaborate with management on strategies to achieve revenue goals.

• Ability to travel up to 50%

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