District Sales Manager - Northern

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Careers at Nissan take people further, faster.  From the creativity of our diverse team to the environment of our open workplace, Nissan drives innovative careers.

Found in over 191 countries with 160,000 employees worldwide, we've been creating and showing innovative products and services since 1933.

Nissan Motor Co. Australia is one of this country's few fully integrated OEM (original Equipment Manufacturer) car companies. Nissan employs over 600 staff nationally and is headquartered in Dandenong South VIC, with regional offices situated in various states.
  
Introduction to role:

Nissan is a great place to build your career. As part of our team, you build great relationships with people in other teams, but you'll also get an insight into the way our business works. Our fast paced and progressive culture is a key factor in our success and we would love you to be a part of it.

Working across a designated portfolio of dealerships within a defined territory this role is responsible for the dealerships performance across a number of KPIs: Retail Sales Performance, Wholesale Purchases, Accessory Sales, Customer Satisfaction, & Dealership Training participation.  A DSM is expected to influence Dealership management in the areas of Marketing (Channel, Content and Spend), Site Presentation, Product Display, Sales Capability and Capacity, to deliver high quality Nissan representation and optimised results.
  
As the successful candidate, your key responsibilities would include:

• Strategically driving performance and partnering with the dealerships to meet sales objectives and specific targets
• Developing, implementing and communicating processes that support the Nissan brand and our dealerships, recognising our strong focus on sales and delivery of results
• Reviewing dealership performance and customer satisfaction, developing plans for continuous improvement and provide constructive feedback and support.
• Adding value to our business through demonstrated understanding of the market, products and best practice sales techniques

To be considered for this opportunity, you will have:

• Experience as a DSM or in sales within the automotive industry 
• Ideally a Degree in Business or related discipline (well regarded)
• 5-7 years in a high performing sales and marketing organisation with a focus on business planning and execution 
• Strong PC literacy
• Excellent presentation skills including being extremely articulate, understanding the audience, having confidence and building a comprehensive argument
• Strong business development planning and execution experience with demonstrable ability to solid build business cases
• Excellent analytical skills teamed with data driven decision making ability
• Solutions focused with a view to generating positive outcomes
• Resilience with change management experience
• Highly developed relationship building skills across a variety of personalities and positions
• Excellent problem solving and lateral thinking skills
• Strong customer focus
• Exceptional influencing and negotiation skills
• Highly developed commercial and business acumen

  
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