Lead Specialist- Area Sales Manager
Sunoco LP is a leading energy infrastructure and fuel distribution master limited partnership operating across 47 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, Europe, and Mexico. The Partnership's midstream operations include an extensive network of approximately 9,500 miles of pipeline and over 100 terminals. This critical infrastructure complements the Partnership's fuel distribution operations, which serve approximately 10,000 convenience stores, independent dealers, commercial customers, and distributors.
At Sunoco, we take great pride in what we do and wholeheartedly believe our employees drive success for our company and our customers. We are always looking for the best and brightest talent and we are committed to making your job a challenging and rewarding experience.
Summary:
The Area Sales Manager is a key member of the sales team that covers the Northern New England region. This position requires a proven leader with a strong business acumen, excellent communication, relationship-building skills, and a passion for growth. The Area Sales Manager generates leads, negotiates deals, runs economic models, develops proposals, presents and closes the deal within all financial EBITDA metrics and targets. S/he will be required to travel much of the time to engage new customers and provide ongoing superior service throughout the region of ME, eastern MA, NH and VT and potentially some additional neighboring states.
This position is primarily responsible for growing our customer base and EBITDA using our competitive advantages in supply and branding options for both unbranded and branded opportunities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Prepares annual budget and growth capital requirements for geography and new customer base.
- Represents Sunoco LP, and its portfolio of brands, products and services with credibility and integrity. Acts as a business advisor, consultant and credible source of industry and market knowledge. Understands and can communicate the Sunoco LP growth strategy, by market, by customer channel, by terminal supply point. Communicates strengths, weaknesses, and required adjustments to management as necessary.
- Grows all Branded Sales Channels for specific territory.
- Using Salesforce, creates and maintain a strong sales pipeline with detailed prospect information. Record all contacts. Qualifies leads. Work opportunities through each phase of the sales funnel, effectively securing new business.
- Establishes relationships with new business opportunities in existing and target growth markets.
- Prepares a detailed sales plan that identifies ‘good, better, best’ approach for prospect. Utilize sales materials, pitch books, presentation templates, and add on services to facilitate sales conversation with prospects.
- Attends tradeshows and conferences as appropriate to find leads, grow opportunity pipeline and awareness of competitive and industry practices. Records all contacts in Salesforce application.
- Obtain customer financials and credit application. Submit to credit for processing via Salesforce.
- Develops economic models that meet criteria: EBITDA, IRR, CPG, Volume, Leverage, Coverage, and Accretion. Offers developed must be reviewed and approved and in line with other deals in the given marketplace to avoid causing issues with our existing customers.
- Determines prospects needs, providing economical solutions for each that demonstrate value, satisfy the prospect while achieving sales goals and Sunoco financial objectives.
- Creates and presents a professional proposal/offer for prospect. Works with legal to develop and execute contracts and agreements.
- Provides critical thinking to overcome objections and successfully complete negotiations.
- Effectively transitions new accounts to Area Operations Manager to complete onboarding and account management functions.
- Accurately reports sales activity and key performance metrics on a regular cadence.
- Clearly articulates ongoing activity with leads, opportunities, proposals made, proposals accepted/rejected and anticipated closings. Keeps management apprised of competitive initiatives, offers, and challenges.
- Effectively utilizes technology, programs, platforms (i.e. Salesforce, Tableau, Concur, etc.) for all phases of the sales process.
- Enhances and protects Sunoco LP's portfolio of brands. Explains brand value to prospects, requires mystery shops in all contracts, makes it clear all sites are to be properly branded and maintained.
- Keeps current with all Salesforce inputs, leads, opportunities, etc. Create the initial economic model to provide a rough idea of the anticipated deal.
Requirements:
Education and/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The requirements for this position are listed below:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 8 plus years’ experience.
- Travel 50 - 75% of the time, some overnight, some multiple nights in a row.
- Complete all travel and expense related reports
Working Conditions:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
- Usually, normal office working conditions.
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time due to prolonged periods of sitting or standing.
- Occasional overnight travel may be required.
- Occasional visits to industrial/manufacturing settings, which may include exposure to various materials and chemicals, as well as extreme temperature conditions and loud machinery, and require appropriate personal protective equipment.
An equal opportunity employer/disability/vet
Energy Transfer is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against qualified applicants on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
The nature and frequency of the above working conditions and requirements may vary depending on individual operational circumstances. Where feasible, the Partnership will make reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the job.
DISCLAIMER: The statements listed in this job posting, which are subject to change, are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.