Outside Account Manager (Columbus, OH)

Who We Are

We’re Dealer Tire, a family-owned, international distributor of tires and parts established in 1918 in Cleveland, OH. We’re laser focused on helping the world’s largest and most trusted auto manufacturers grow their tire business—in fact, we’ve sold more than 60 million tires to date. We’re a thriving company, and we’re looking for driven individuals to join our team. That’s where you come in!

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As a Hyundai Retention Product Specialist, your essential job functions will include the following:

Account Management

• Manage portfolio to meet sales and productivity goals across parts and service products.
• Effectively build and nurture relationships with Dealership Management to gain commitment to plans in order to meet objectives.
• Create awareness and communicate key initiatives and program value to ensure commitment.
• Effectively implement Dealer Tire solutions that match the needs of the dealership and effectively communicate our value.
• Develop and deliver market review plans that identify outcome with operational team and future need for operational team to maximize results. 
• Clearly create and communicate specific strategy, goals and expected action plans and follow-up plans to drive results – internally and externally (across all levels of the dealership including GM/DP). 
• Collaborate with operational team including pre-commitment, in dealership, and post meeting and follow-up to set expectations.
• Collaborate with operational roles on diagnosis, analysis, and action plans to improve dealership performance.
• Develop the business through collaboration with OEM regional contacts and other program resources.
• Develop and maintain consistent monthly contact schedule with dealers.
• Manage all activity tracking and account information in Salesforce.
• Submit timely contact reports, forecasts, itineraries, and expense reports to sales management as required.

Operational Management

• Orchestrate and coordinate activities and pull in operational roles as appropriate to meet the needs of the dealerships.
• Effectively diagnose opportunities for each dealership while determining the investment and ROI for each.
• Assess, reinforce and implement processes and elements across the service lane. 
• Drive service advisor effectiveness and overall retail strategies through coaching and training to maximize the business opportunity across parts and serivce products.
• Analyze and identify training needs of dealership staff.
• Develop and implement strategies and tactics to assist dealerships with their Effective Selling Strategy.
• Conduct market competitive shops and analysis to provide market competitive price information/positioning.
• Work with the Service Manager and Parts Manager to determine product screen and set competitive pricing.
• Perform inventory analysis and collaborate with Service and …