Area Sales Manager - Nashville

**Company Description**

**$990 Million IN ANNUAL SALES.**

At the **Robert Bosch Tool Corporation** , we know that every career matters. Which is why you should conduct yours on a grand scale. Headquartered in the northwest Chicago suburb of Mount Prospect, we are a $990 million division of Bosch, a multinational engineering and electronics organization and the largest

privately held employer in the world.

Guided by the principles of founder Robert Bosch, we offer a setting where social and environmental responsibility are part of our corporate DNA. Always mindful of our impact on the future, we are committed to sustainability, paying it forward, giving back, and lifelong learning. These are but a few of the reasons why our parent company has more than 400,000 associates and a legacy of success spanning 135+ years.

**_With sales opportunities in retail, industrial, and e-commerce channels, we’re part of a global powerhouse earning $78 billion euros a year._**

Play an integral role in a division that drives the success of our large, privately held consumer products organization. Offering the vast resources to maximize your effectiveness, we provide the support you need to achieve your most important objectives. Depending on your role within Sales, you can bring our products to market through three different and efficient channels: retail, industrial, and e-commerce. Featuring such popular brands as Bosch®, Dremel®, and Rotozip®, we offer opportunities to reinforce our strong reputation for quality, grow new business, and expand upon our existing relationships with some of the most influential distributors in power tools.

**_This is your chance to Go big. Go bold. And use your sales skills to drive success on a massive scale, with the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation._**

Robert Bosch Tool Corporation offers the competitive compensation, career-development resources, and benefits you would expect of a world leader, including health, medical, and financial plans; work/life balance; and flexible work options.

**Job Description**

+ Meet/exceed monthly and annual sales objectives per assigned territory/accounts.

+ Identify new distribution opportunities and expand distribution within assigned accounts

+ Promote sales of products and maintain forecasts through the proper use of distribution

+ Manage customer complaints; prepare customer returns in accordance with company policy

+ Call on potential users and develop user sales/conversations with distribution

+ Execute merchandising programs as directed in line with country strategy

+ Measure performance of promotional and new product activity with key end users

+ Report to management, sales activities and opportunities and other developments in the territory

+ Region: Tennessee (Primary - Nashville)

**Qualifications**

+ **3+ years B2B Sales experience (within construction, building materials and/or power tools industry)**

+ Strong negotiating, interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills with a proven sales track record

+ Bachelor's degree in Business or Sales preferred

+ Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including PowerPoint and Excel, (SAP experience is preferred)

+ Must reside in the territory for this position (Nashville area)

**Additional Information**

By choice, we are committed to a diverse workforce – EOE/Protected Veteran/Disabled.

BOSCH is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Initiatives

+ FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)

+ AWIM (A World In Motion)

Thanks to the work of every associate, Bosch has been recognized for award-winning culture by the following organizations:

+ Great Place to Work™ Certified, 2024

+ Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, 2024

+ America’s Best Large Employers, 2024

+ America’s Best Employers for Diversity, 2024

+ America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women, Newsweek2024

+ Greatest Workplaces for Diversity, Newsweek 2024

**Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization is not available.**