Area Sales Manager - Mazda Financial Services
CurrentDrives MFS business by influencing the Regional Manager Sales, dealer principal and dealers to recommend MFS loans, selling new insurance products, and managing the full sales cycle for wholesale loans. Conduct monthly business reviews with sales team and with dealer principal, business owner, or responsible executive to understand business needs, strategic goals, and performance for dealerships. Use internal tracking and analytics to monitor sales objectives against sales forecasts by dealer and by territory. Identifies and pursues opportunities from dealers, sales team members, etc. and serves as the “quarterback” coordinating internal MFS resources (e.g., Product Manager, Portfolio Sales Manager, Credit, Funding, Wholesale departments) to meet dealer needs while trying to increase profitability. Plan dealer strategy with Product Manager and drive internal team execution of income development opportunities at dealers. Meets with dealerships to provide relevant MFS information on insurance products, loan promotions, and market share. Partners with other internal stakeholders to determine a go-to market strategy for dealers within the territory.