Key activities for this position include strategic planning, direct and indirect sales execution, and sales strategy. The Sr Director must have strong development and management skills coupled with strong strategic planning, organizational and implementation skills. The Sr Director will need to possess a creative problem-solving mindset, an entrepreneurial spirit, excellent people skills, and prior experience leading sales. They will partner cross functional business teams to ensure sales embraces pragmatic analytic solutions. This position is responsible for $250.6m+ in revenue.
Leadership
- Work to build a team environment with strong morale, positive energy, and a goal-oriented culture.
- Actively provide development opportunities for staff; provide specific and objective feedback to maximize performance.
- Coach Directors/Managers on techniques to provide consistent improvement in their skills and results; this will include day-to-day problem solving and coaching their own team members to meet performance goals.
- Foster open communication with team members, and clearly communicate importance of team's vision, direction, and priorities.
- Establish mission critical policies and procedures.
- Foster a positive business climate which motivates team members and holds them accountable.
- Demonstrate the flexibility necessary to adjust to changing/additional duties and responsibilities as the markets and company change.
Develop Business Strategy
- Develop an overall strategy for assigned product(s) and market(s) in partnership with Leadership, the National and Regional Sales team, and direct reports.
- Contribute and provide insight into the direction for pricing/packaging, product, customer service, marketing, sales channels, and strategy.
Develop and Deliver Revenue Goals
- Develop and apply a thorough knowledge of the industry and competitive activity, both nationally and at the local level, translating this knowledge into appropriate plans and programs.
- Work closely across Sales teams, Product Management, Marketing and Finance groups, and identify top revenue/share producing opportunities.
- Facilitate and execute plans to leverage business opportunities.
- Budget and forecast sales goals for the Business Unit/s and identify how to best utilize all resources to achieve sales goals. This position is responsible for $250.6m in revenue.
Manage Metrics, Budget, and Reporting
- Define the business requirements needed to develop the operational infrastructure required to deliver against goal.
- Facilitate and deliver appropriate business and financial metric reporting.
- Build and execute an annual business plan and manage divisional expense budget effectively.
- Measure and communicate progress to goal and performance to standards.
Sales Management
- Lead, manage, coach, and develop Directors/direct reports.
- Oversee hiring, training and development of teams.
- Advocate and ensure the promotion of sales goals and objectives.
- Develop regular action plans with Directors/direct reports to improve sales performance.
- Establish success metrics and evaluate performance of all initiatives and programs.
- Identify opportunities to leverage current promotional / sponsorship to enhance business.
- Attend select local and national industry events.
- Maintain ongoing awareness of market conditions and trends to ensure effective reaction to market changes.
- Propose and execute policies and programs to achieve maximum sales potential for products and/or services.
- Collaborate with business partners to continuously review and improve compensation, training, and sales incentive programs.
- Maintain involvement with business/professional organizations in order to build professional relationships.
Required Experience & Specialized Knowledge and skills
- BA/BS degree required + 12 or more years of relevant work experience in a related field (sales with a strategic focus
- OR MS degree + 10 years of experience
- OR Ph.D. degree + 7 years of experience
- OR 16 + years of experience with no degree
- 7+ years of progressive leadership experience
- Demonstrated business understanding and working knowledge of best practices.
- Financial literacy skills, ability to analyze client P&L, 10k, and other financial documents and interpret revenue, cost, and margin trends effectively.
- Strategic thinker with passion for the customer and an ability to think creatively and analytically.
- Product development and brand management experience strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of fleet industry required.
- Entrepreneurial, self-starter with strong point of view and ability to deliver and execute vision is required.
- Strong written and verbal presentation, communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills required.
- Demonstrated ability to work across a broad range of internal and external constituents and cultures.
- Ability to travel up to 50% (day and overnight) as needed is required.
- Other duties as needed or required.
- Requires physical ability and mental acuity to execute the duties of the position successfully within required timeframes in order to meet business requirements.
USD 182,300.00 - 303,900.00
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $182,300.00 - $303,900.00. The salary rate may vary within the anticipated range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's experience. In addition to the salary range identified herein, this role is also eligible for an annual incentive/commission target of $72,300.00.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
EOE, including disability/vets
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree and 12+ years experience OR MS +10 years OR PhD +7 years OR 16+ years experience without degree
- 7+ years of progressive leadership experience
- Strong knowledge of the fleet industry
- Financial literacy; ability to analyze client P&L, 10-K, revenue, cost, and margin trends
- Product development and brand management experience
- Strategic thinker with customer focus, creative and analytical problem-solving skills
- Entrepreneurial self-starter with ability to deliver and execute vision
- Strong written and verbal presentation, communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to work across a broad range of internal and external constituents and cultures
- Ability to travel up to 50% (day and overnight) as needed
- Authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship
- Physical ability and mental acuity to execute the duties of the position
Cox Enterprises Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage spans multiple Aetna plan options with in-network preventive care at 100%, plus mental-health access including at-no-cost virtual therapy for those on the Cox Aetna plan. Added programs like PrudentRx for $0 select specialty meds, Hinge Health, and Calm expand clinical and wellness support.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave, fertility benefits via Progyny, adoption assistance with defined reimbursement limits, and childcare/backup care resources demonstrate robust family-forming and caregiving support. Supports such as Milk Stork and Care.com membership extend this coverage to practical needs.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) program is described with a dollar-for-dollar match up to 6% plus an additional 2% automatic contribution for eligible employees, alongside financial coaching and student-loan tools. Administration via Vanguard and clear plan references signal mature retirement support.
Cox Enterprises Insights
What We Do
For well over a century, Cox Enterprises has been shaping the future with daring ideas and values-driven thinking. Since our founding in 1898, our relentless spirit of innovation has driven us to disrupt industries and enhance the quality of life in the communities we serve. Through our major divisions — Cox Communications, Cox Automotive and Cox Farms — our people have countless opportunities to grow and make an impact in the communications and automotive industries, as well as in new ventures in agriculture, cleantech, digital media and more. As a privately-held, family-owned business, we know that people are our most valuable asset. We offer a supportive and inclusive environment with flexible career growth, amazing benefits and work-life balance at the forefront. Our mission, our ways of working and our commitment to people are what make our workplace culture remarkably flexible and resilient. Join us to build a better future and make your mark.
Why Work With Us
At our core, Cox is a technology company that values human relationships. We know people feel most empowered when their work has meaning, when they feel respected and have opportunities to grow. “Career satisfaction” is not enough at Cox — we’re here to help you find balance, live well and achieve your career goals even as they change over time.
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