
VP Of Payroll Sales
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Job Description
The Vice President of Payroll Field Sales is responsible for delivering a replicable growth strategy that produces revenue and customer acquisitions and builds infrastructure for Auris, formerly Heartland Payroll's current and future goals. A Vice President of Payroll Field Sales must set the vision, manager and achieve their Region's sales and recruiting goals on a monthly basis. The Vice President of Payroll Field Sales leads, develops and manages a team of Payroll Division Managers (PDMs) and Sales Professionals who are responsible for the direct sale of Heartland's Payroll solutions offered in a multi-state geographic region.
Position Overview
- Conducts consistent quarterly total region calls to ensure consistent messaging is filtering to all levels of their organization.
- Conducts Weekly Division Manager level calls to ensure lower level leaders are carrying out the strategic vision and consistently meet key performance sales metrics to ensure accountability and celebrate successes
- Supports and effectively communicates Heartland's goals and initiatives that impact his/her region.
- Models and embodies the company culture by listening and gauging the customers needs in order to offer appropriate solutions and products to elevate the customer's business
- Build, Foster and maintain a healthy team culture, and swiftly and appropriately coaching by seeking to understand, reframing conflict and seeking compromise and resolution in order to consistently maintain those values.
- Responsible for business plan development for Payroll Division Managers (PDMs) and Payroll Territory Managers (PTMs) within their greater span of control with a focus on development of future leaders within their region.
- Effectively grows productive eligible headcount within the region.
- Guides PDMs on building business plans for those PTMs and Senior Product Advisors (SPAs) who are not direct reports to the Vice President.
- Conducts regular coaching calls/meetings with DMs as needed
- Responsible to source, recruit and hire PDMs within their region and ensures accountability at the PDM level for PTM and SPA growth and development.
- Owner of Associations, VARS, and other partner relationships and manage internal referral partnerships within the Region.
- Collaborate and promote positive relations with peers, partners and cross-functional leaders in Sales Support, Revenue & Sales Operations, Inside Sales, Payroll Operations, Product, Marketing, Technology, Business Development, Recruiting, Learning & Development, HR and other areas to ensure organizational alignment and achievement of the business' objectives.
- Promote positive relations with partners, vendors and distributors and collaborate to ensure alignment and achievement of the business' objectives.
- Maintain an awareness and understanding of current sales trends within the Payroll industry and be a thought leader for the business.
- Foster and champion culture across the business.
Required Qualifications
- 18 years of age or older.
- Valid Driver's License.
- Successful completion of pre-employment background check and drug screen.
- Bachelor's Degree in a Business Administration or business-related field or five plus years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- A successful sales track record leading a payroll sales region as a Vice President.
- Five -10 years of experience in a leadership position
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Strong critical thinking, discernment and decision-making skills
- Knowledge of structuring sales quota goals and revenue expectations
- Strong communication, listening and interpersonal skills
- Self-discipline and the continual desire to improve oneself
- Competitive desire to be the leader in the industry
- Positive attitude with high energy, passion, commitment and self-motivation
- Efficient organizational and project management skills to prioritize work effectively
- Prior sales training in The Sandler Selling System (or equivalent program)
- The ability to travel frequently
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong knowledge of competitor's products and services
Acrisure is committed to employing a diverse workforce. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status. California residents can learn more about our privacy practices for applicants by visiting the Acrisure California Applicant Privacy Policy available at www.Acrisure.com/privacy/caapplicant.
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