Archived listing. The details below describe a past opening.
The position: Industrial Territory Manager
Territory: Calgary, Alberta (travel required)
Reporting to: Regional Sales Manager
Salary: Base salary + commission.
About Us
Michener Allen Auctioneering Ltd is a company that provides auction services for a diverse range of automotive, commercial, and industrial clients. For more than 50 years, Michener Allen Auctioneering been a major supplier of auctioneering services to a wide range of market interests across Western Canada.
As of October 2023, Michener Allen Auctioneering was acquired by Euro Auctions with auction facilities spanning four continents providing the company with a global reach while maintaining its local identity.
The Job
- The primary focus of this role is to identify, secure, and consign heavy construction, agricultural, transportation, and industrial equipment for auction, building a strong pipeline of equipment ahead of each auction.
- Build and maintain relationships with businesses across a wide range of industries, including construction, oil & gas, equipment sales and rental, mining, transportation, utilities, agriculture, and government.
- Manage key customer accounts while maintaining accurate customer activity, opportunities, and pipeline information within the CRM system.
- Take ownership of your assigned territory, developing new business opportunities while strengthening existing customer relationships to maximise consignments and achieve sales targets.
- Develop and execute territory sales plans by gathering market intelligence, monitoring competitor activity, and identifying new opportunities to grow equipment consignments.
- Identify prospective customers, research their equipment disposal needs, and present tailored auction solutions that demonstrate the value of selling through our auctions.
- Travel throughout your assigned territory to meet customers, build long-term relationships, inspect equipment, and identify future consignment opportunities.
- Represent the company professionally at auctions, trade shows, customer events, and industry functions to strengthen relationships and generate new business.
The Benefits
- Company Car
- Vision and Dental Care
- Base salary and uncapped commission structure
- Extended Health Care
- Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Mobile Phone & Laptop
- Paid Time Off
What We're Looking For
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- A strong knowledge of heavy construction equipment, agricultural equipment, commercial vehicles, or the automotive industry, with an entrepreneurial mindset and passion for developing new business.
- Excellent negotiation and relationship-building skills, with the ability to identify opportunities and convert them into successful sales.
- Proven experience generating new business through prospecting, networking, and consultative selling.
- The confidence to promote the benefits of selling through auction and create opportunities for equipment consignments.
- A self-motivated approach with the ability to work independently while managing your own territory.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build long-term relationships with customers.
Essential Requirements
- Valid Driver's Licence.
- Minimum of 4 years proven sales experience within the heavy construction equipment, agricultural equipment or commercial vehicles.
- Strong knowledge of equipment such as excavators, backhoe loaders, skid steers, wheel loaders, telehandlers, compressors, generators, cranes, commercial trucks, pickups, RVs, and similar equipment.
- Demonstrated success achieving sales and revenue targets through proactive business development and consultative selling.
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
- Proficient using Microsoft Office and CRM systems.
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