Area Sales Manager

Company Overview Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “ Bridgestone West” strategic region.

This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan.

Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone , Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Job Category Sales, Marketing & Product Management Position Summary The Area Sales Manager will grow sales and provide consistent product, program and marketing support to current and new customers in an assigned area.

This teammate will provide a forecast, review key performance metrics in their area, identify local trends and industry trends and pursue opportunities for growth both with our current customer base and new customers.

Responsibilities

Proactively identifying, qualifying, closing and growing new accounts Stewarding and expanding existing Bridgestone business Developing and delivering product demonstrations, marketing opportunities & program support Forecasting product needs Exercising strong enterprise decision making, finding creative ways to support the customer while increasing profitability for Bridgestone Serving the customer with excellence through relationships Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree preferred 2+ years of sales experience.

Successfully closing new business while growing and renewing existing customer base. Maintain an innovative attitude while creating strategies for existing customer growth and new lead generation Ability to understand your customer, develop strategies for success, execute your strategy, and monitor success.

Be flexible enough to evolve as needed for sus