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Area Sales Manager - MI / Northern IN

EchoStar

Detroit, MIJob$57–81K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$57–81K/yr
Location
Detroit, MI
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Active Driver's License, required

Job overview

The Area Sales Manager leads field sales execution across retail accounts in Michigan and Northern Indiana. The role coaches Account Executives, expands distribution with dealer and direct partners, reviews business performance, and collaborates with marketing on store events. It also uses AI sales analytics to assess territory performance and optimize visit schedules. Candidates need related sales management experience, wireless retail channel experience, and an active driver's license with a clean driving history.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Field Sales Team Management, requiredAccount Management, requiredVendor Contract Management, requiredWireless Retail Sales, requiredStrategic Conversations, nice to haveTime Management, nice to havePrioritization, nice to haveProblem-Solving, nice to haveAI Applications, nice to haveSales Analytics, nice to haveReporting Automation, nice to haveSales Forecasting, nice to havePresentation Skills, nice to haveCommunication, nice to haveCompetitive Intelligence, nice to have

Qualifications

Active Driver's License, requiredThree Years Clean Driving History, requiredBachelor's or Equivalent Sales Management Experience, requiredBachelor's+4 or Sales Management+8 Years, requiredThree Years Field Sales Team Management, requiredThree Years Account Management, requiredThree Years Wireless Retail Sales, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Salary: $56800 - $81200/Yearly

What Success Looks Like (Objectives):

  • Create daily, weekly, and monthly plans to prioritize key initiatives and drive field sales execution across all retail accounts

  • Conduct weekly ride-alongs with Account Executives to coach team members, evaluate visit effectiveness, and enforce store visitation compliance

  • Collaborate with local dealer and direct distribution partners to strategically add new points of distribution and expand market presence

  • Create and facilitate dealer business reviews to evaluate metrics, resolve operational issues, and implement performance improvement plans

  • Partner with marketing teams to execute grand opening and traffic-driving events while leveraging social media to boost store visibility

  • Leverage AI sales analytics to evaluate territory performance, predict sales trends, and optimize Account Executive store visit schedules

Core Skills, Competencies, and Key Experiences (What you'll bring)

  • Proven capability to lead field sales teams, manage account portfolios, and drive performance across retail distribution channels

  • Critical experience conducting high-level strategic conversations with business owners, dealer partners, and vendor stakeholders

  • Strong skills in time management, multi-priority balancing, and problem-solving within fast-paced sales environments

  • AI Application fluency to analyze field performance metrics, automate reporting workflows, and enhance sales forecasting accuracy

  • Exceptional presentation and communication skills to facilitate training sessions, lead business reviews, and host executive calls

  • Demonstrated ability to gather competitive market intelligence and escalate customer-impacting trends to executive leadership

Additional Qualifications:

  • Active driver's license with three years of clean driving history and compliance with safety guidelines

Minimum Requirements:

  • Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree (or equivalent sales management experience)

  • Minimum Experience: 4 years of related work experience with a Bachelor's degree (or 8 years of sales management experience)

  • Required Technical Skills: Must have at least 3 years of experience with:

  • Supervisory or field sales team management

  • Account management and vendor contract relationship execution

  • Direct or indirect wireless retail channel sales

Position includes a commission potential of $30,000 at 100% of hitting performance goals above base salary

Visa sponsorship not available for this position

Benefits:

We offer meaningful health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) plan with company match, employee stock purchase plan, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan. Review a benefits summary here: EchoStar Benefits

The base pay range shown is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, and competencies. Compensation is based on the role's location and is subject to change.

Candidates need to successfully complete a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test and DMV check. Our company is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where every individual has the opportunity to succeed. We are dedicated to providing individuals with criminal or arrest records a fair chance of employment in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.

This job posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.

We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. EchoStar will accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees if such accommodations are not undue hardships and are otherwise within the bounds of applicable law. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with local, state, and federal law. You may redact any information that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of school/graduation from your application documents before submission and throughout our application process.

EchoStar will provide reasonable accommodation to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities, unless doing so poses an undue hardship on the Company, poses a direct threat of substantial harm to others, or is otherwise not required by law. EchoStar has a more detailed Accommodation Policy that applies to employees. EchoStar endeavors to make echostar.com and jobs.echostar.com accessible to users. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to discuss the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process. This contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications. If you have questions regarding your application or the recruitment process please email [email protected] .

Click the links to access the following statements: EEO Policy Statement (https://www.echostar.com/content/dam/echostar/files/EEO%20Policy%20Statement.pdf) , Pay Transparency (https://www.echostar.com/content/dam/echostar/files/Pay%20Transparency%20Nondescrimination%20Provision.pdf) , EEOC Know Your Rights (English (https://www.echostar.com/content/dam/echostar/files/EEOC%20Know%20Your%20Rights.pdf) /Spanish (https://www.echostar.com/content/dam/echostar/files/EEOC%20Know%20Your%20Rights%20%28Spanish%29.pdf) )

Salary Range

Compensation: $56800 - $81200/Yearly

About our Department

Our Retail Wireless team, serving our Boost Mobile and Gen Mobile brands, is redefining consumer expectations through new platforms, new business models and new ways of thinking. Equipped with a passion for change and the power to drive it, we continue to push boundaries and be a disruptive force in the market.

About Our Company

EchoStar is reimagining the future of connectivity. Our business reach spans satellite television service, live-streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, mobile plans and products.

Today, our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV.

How this job compares

Set against the 6,740 open Sales Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$57–81K/yr
  • Michigan median$95–154K/yr62 salary ranges
  • US median$95–148K/yr3,673 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $69K, is 47% below the Michigan median midpoint ($129K) — in the lowest quarter of Sales Manager salary ranges in Michigan.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 126 open Sales Manager jobs in Michigan and 6,740 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Michigan
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Sales Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,586 postings).
Education
781 of the 6,740 open Sales Manager jobs (12%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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