
Area Sales Manager- Automotive
Bloomington, MNFull-time$109–140K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Area Sales Manager maximizes sales and profit by analyzing market data and developing strategies to support sales representatives and improve market share. The role oversees area programs, personnel development, budgeting, account agreements, and performance tracking, while ensuring customer expectations and company policies are met. It also provides product and competitive feedback to regional leadership and may assist with unsatisfied customers.
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Job Duties
Job duties involve contact with customers, which may include minors; and access to cash and other payment methods, electronic equipment, personal information, store merchandise and other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's customers, staff, employees, vendors, contractors, and the general public.
Maximizes Sales and Profit results by analyzing sales and market data and developing sales, operating and marketing strategies to assist and manage Sales Reps to effectively attack local competition and ensure market share improvement.
Ensures consistent implementation of Division programs, policies and procedures in a large organization spread throughout the area.
Optimizes the performance of the Sales Reps while ensuring customer expectations are met or exceeded.
Provides specific product and competitive feedback to Region Director of Sales and appropriate Division staff through regular data collection, monitors competition: advertising, assortments, etc.
Oversees training and development of all sales and operating personnel within the Area.
Approves all selection, promotion, transfer, termination, salary adjustments, appraisals (2 levels of approval needed above person affected).
Monitors and supervises the implementation of all Divisional approved programs within the Area.
Directs and monitors the budgeting process, challenging where appropriate, recommends budgets to Director of Sales.
Ensures Division policies and procedures are followed, i.e., accounting, loss prevention, credit.
Analyzes monthly area P & L statements and take action to meet or exceed defined goals.
Reviews and uses CRM data to track employees' productivity.
Reviews and approve potential new account agreements and ensure compliance or company policies
Assists with unsatisfied customers by providing direction and possibly direct involvement.
Adheres to company safety standards at all times.
Additional duties as assigned.
Required:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
Preferred:
Bachelor's Degree in a business-related field
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:
Required:
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Valid driver's license
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Proven track record of sales success
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At least 3-5 years of sales-related experience
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Demonstrated ability to work with word documents and spreadsheets
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Demonstrated high level of both verbal and written communication skills
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Demonstrated ability to perform basic math calculations and financial ratios relative to a P&L
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Demonstrated ability to make independent decisions
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Demonstrated ability to physically demonstrate paint and associated products by utilizing various product delivery systems such as spray guns and other related equipment.
Preferred:
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Sales experience in automotive coatings or related field
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Demonstrated ability to manage direct reports
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:
75%
Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Affirmative Action, Equal Employment Opportunity, Inclusion and Diversity Supportive Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract.
VEVRAA Federal Contractor requesting priority referral of protected veterans.
Minimum Education Required
High School Diploma or Equivalent
Minimum Experience Required
3 - 5 years
Shift
First (Day)
Number of Openings
1
Public Transportation Accessible
Yes
Veterans Encouraged to Apply
No
Physical Required
Yes
Drug Test Required
Yes
Compensation
$108,531.02 - $140,086.17 / Annually
Postal Code
55431
Job Type
Full Time
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
2626206
Job Benefits
Not specified
How this job compares
Set against the 6,204 open Sales Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$109–140K/yr
- Minnesota median$94–129K/yr87 salary ranges
- US median$95–144K/yr3,168 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $124K, is 13% above the Minnesota median midpoint ($110K) — in the middle half of Sales Manager salary ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 135 open Sales Manager jobs in Minnesota and 6,204 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
- Michaels13 open
- Wells Fargo11 open
- Carter's/OshKosh4 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Sales Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,321 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,627 of the 6,204 open Sales Manager jobs (26%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 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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