Area Sales Manager

7 Months ago • All levels

Sales

Job Description

Tesla seeks a seasoned Area Sales Manager to oversee and drive sales and delivery operations across multiple locations in Germany's northern region. This role demands strategic thinking, charismatic leadership, and operational excellence. Responsibilities encompass developing growth strategies, managing performance KPIs, coaching and developing local managers and sales teams, ensuring first-class customer experiences, and leading through change. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in retail sales management, proven experience in leading and developing teams, and excellent communication skills in English and German.

Must Have:

Strong people leadership
Retail sales & operations management
Performance management expertise
Entrepreneurial & analytical mindset
Operational & strategic leadership
Change management experience
Excellent communication skills (English & German)

Perks:

High level of autonomy
Work with a brilliant team
Ongoing training and development
Competitive compensation and benefits

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What to Expect

As the Area Sales Manager at Tesla, you are a seasoned, strategic, and charismatic retail leader, responsible for overseeing as well as driving sales and delivery operations across multiple locations in your region’s operating area within Germany.

We offer

A role with high level of autonomy that enables you to creatively develop your operations, requiring a large responsibility of self-evaluation and constantly seeking excellence
The chance to work with a brilliant and highly motivated team in one of the world’s most innovative companies
Ongoing training and development to help you grow as a manager and leader
A competitive compensation and benefits package

What You’ll Do

Set business strategy & performance:
You will develop the strategy for growth in your area, contribute to decisions on our real estate footprint, take accountability for achieving ambitious sales and delivery targets, and ensure the business performs on key success criteria. We expect you to proactively discover new business opportunities and partner with the sales leaders to realise these.
Drive operational excellence:
As a hands-on coach with strong business acumen you constantly seek improvement of performance. You drive, monitor and leverage KPI’s to ensure success, manage operations and lead continuous development within your operating area. You spread awareness, create a sense of ownership, and inspire your entire team to reach our goals.
Champion your team:
As Area Sales Manager you will be responsible for multiple locations within the northern region, leading both local managers and operations. We look to you to lead, build and develop the management team and set the standard for an open and inclusive environment. You are 100% committed to the success of your teams, and actively involve yourself in their growth.
Inspire first-class customer experiences
: Inspire first-class customer experiences: With a profound understanding of what a great customer journey looks like, you support your managers and Sales teams in delivering excellence. You take on escalated customer cases and monitor trends to continuously improve our service
Lead through change
: Tesla is an ever-changing, always fast-paced environment. We will challenge your ability as a leader every day, to support your teams and deliver great results, no matter the change

What You’ll Bring

A strong people leader
, with significant background managing multiple teams within Retail Sales and operations. You have experience leading and developing leaders and their teams. You engage, energize, and promote an inclusive team environment
Knowledgeable performance management
– you have in-depth knowledge of sales processes and leverage this to coach your teams. You are experienced in managing performance on a team and individual level
Entrepreneurial and analytical mindset
with great understanding of your market area
Operational and strategic in your leadership
, while always remaining hands-on
Experienced within change management,
with the proven ability to lead and engage people through and beyond change
Excellent communication skills
in English and local language
A valid Driver’s license
(legally permitted to drive in Germany)