Bluum is quickly becoming the biggest name in the educational technology industry, and we are looking for passionate, talented people to help us achieve our vision: enable more access to technology and improve learning outcomes for all students. Bluum is currently seeking a Regional Sales Director. This role plays an important part of our goal to bring technology to students; we are proud to serve thousands of school districts reaching 27 million students in North America.
As a Bluum Sales Director, you are responsible to the success of a geographic territory. You will build, mentor and manage a team of sales professionals with the goal of growing market share.
Responsibilities:
- Safeguard Bluum’s values, customers and reputation
- Drive the growth of your master territory
- Become the guru of your geography and the competition
- Hire, mentor and drive the activity level of sales professionals
- Course-correct struggling team members to success or termination
- Own complicated situations such as conflicts, large deals and customer issues
- Develop an account level plan with every team member
- Keep cadence of one-on-one reviews, team meetings and regional events
- Participate in budget building and marketing ideation
- Maintain and report sales forecast, operating budgets and other metrics
- Communicate company messaging to your team
- Travel (efficiently) to see team members, meet customers and attend events
- Build relationships with vendors
Education & Skill Requirements
- Unwavering ethics, competitive spirit and an understanding of servant leadership
- At least 4 years of previous sales management experience
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience using tools such as CRM, ERP and Office Products
- Strong mentoring skills and a track record of developing people
- Excellent time management, problem solving and negotiating skills
- Ability to travel
- Reside within the geography of the Region
Not required, but it would be useful if you have
- Experience selling to the Education sector
- Experience selling Technology
- Post-secondary education
- Working knowledge of Spanish or other languages
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