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Support and uphold Assurant VPS's wonderful network of existing dealer partners within assigned geographic territory.
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Execute regular and consistent in-person dealership visits and training with our dealer partners, scheduling appointments, preparing agendas and coaching initiatives, and ensuring appropriate support follow up.
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Develop strategic growth plans for product development within assigned dealer partners, fostering the overall sales goals of our dealer partners.
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Work with dealer partners to forecast sales targets and margin expectations to ensure overall financial and customer service goals are met or exceeded.
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Build relationships and maintain strong communication with prospective dealer partners.
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Provide dealerships with information on products and services, and perform continuous new partnership presentations to dealers within your territory to advance business development efforts.
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Ensure all necessary dealership staff receive ongoing sales and claims training, education on new and existing products as part of Assurant's commitment to our dealer partnerships.
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Respond quickly and follow up often with accounts to ensure dealerships' sales and claims needs are met, and any concerns are resolved quickly.
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Work professionally with Assurant's internal departments on a continual basis to guarantee all VPS team members can provide excellent customer service at every opportunity to our dealer partners.
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5 Years of experience within the Automotive Industry in some aspect.
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In-depth knowledge of Automotive F\&I products and services is ideal.
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Business Development experience, specifically in F\&I Dealer Services or Automotive B2B territorial sales is an asset.
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Able to complete day to day travel requirements throughout the assigned geography territory, allowing constant in-person support for our dealer partners and prospecting efforts.
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Self-starter that demonstrates drive, able to adapt between independent and collaborative work; can achieve results under pressure.
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Highly developed skills in sales and prospecting, relationship building, and able to cultivate new business partnerships.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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Working knowledge of regularly used software; Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe, Teams, Zoom, etc.
