Division Sales Manager

Meritage Homes • Charlotte, NC

291d

About The Position

Are you looking for an incredible career opportunity? Then Meritage Homes is the place for you! From the homes we build to the careers we offer, we are focused on delivering a Life.Built.Better.®. Meritage is committed to building energy-efficient and affordable entry-level and first move-up homes across the US. We are looking for candidates who are excited about furthering their careers, as well as bringing their authentic self every day to be part of an inclusive organization. Meritage was certified a Great Place To Work for a second year in a row, and is currently ranked on Fortune's Best Workplaces listings in the categories of Construction, Women and Parents. As a top 5 public homebuilder with over 180,000 homes delivered in its 38-year history, Meritage is looking for professionals who are self-starters and want to help our organization grow by providing new and innovative ideas.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business or related field or equivalent work experience.
• Real Estate License is highly preferred. Once hired, obtaining the necessary, state specific, Real Estate License may be REQUIRED.
• Minimum of 5 years of sales experience in the homebuilding industry.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a Lead Sales or Sales Management role required with a heavy emphasis on coaching and training.
• Proven experience in developing key relationships with Realtors within the market.
• Complete understanding of the sales process and the sales funnel as it relates to the new home sales environment.
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills.
• Strong computer skills with expertise in Microsoft Windows Office applications, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Salesforce.com skill and expertise highly preferred.
• Ability to evaluate data and information to make business decisions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to interface at all levels within the organization and external contacts.
• Requires the ability to influence others, negotiate outcomes, and articulate action plans to sales staff as well as internal and external customer groups.
• High degree of professionalism; ability to communicate with confidence and tact.
• Sound judgment and a high level of integrity with the ability to address sensitive and confidential information.
• Results-oriented, accurate, with keen attention to detail.
• Self directed; takes initiative, proactively addresses problems; can work with minimal oversight.
• Organized and flexible with the ability to multi-task, prioritize projects and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Responsible with senior sales leadership for setting, delivering, and attaining sales goals established for each member of the team.
• Regularly provides specific performance feedback to sales counselors through established performance review processes.
• Support division senior sales leadership in the creation of an annual Sales Fitness plan to drive Meritage Active Sales in the division.
• Recruiting, interviewing, and orientating sales talent capable of delivering on established sales goals.
• Responsible for each new team member to be prepared to attend Road To Sales Mastery and completes their Quickstart book.
• Work with leadership team to create Designated Selling Areas, and staffing plans to support the DSA.
• Understand that real estate agents are our primary customer and all lead generation and conversion should focus first and foremost on supporting our agents in their sales efforts.
• Work to remove obstacles that provide friction to the sales process for our agents, their clients, and our sales counselors.
• Provide consistent coaching and feedback to sales staff to drive sales funnel metrics and sales achievement using Salesforce.com.
• Weekly review and management of sales team members schedules to ensure the team is maximizing their time and activities to promote lead generation and conversion.
• Manage realtor engagement activities with the sales team within a DSA.
• Coach team on effective business to business sales techniques to help influence agents to bring their clients to Meritage.
• Help create events, programs, and contests as needed to inspire sales team success.
• Support the development and execution of sales rallies to promote continued education, inspiration and structure for the sales team.
• Ensure the completion of competitive market analysis at the field level to provide market research regularly.
• Review the sales numbers for your business regularly and use them to evaluate the effectiveness of your sales and incentive programs.
• Interact as needed with other departments and functions such as Marketing, Operations, Finance, Accounting, Land, etc.
• Help resolve any realtor or client concerns or complaints related to the purchase of a Meritage Home.

Benefits

• A work environment that encourages creativity and innovative ideas from every level.
• An organization that lives by its core values every day.
• Team atmosphere where every individual is considered a vital asset.
• State of the art technology to provide an optimal working environment.
• A competitive pay structure.
• Strong benefits.
• Flexibility in work-life integration.
• Team-oriented environment where all individuals play an integral role in the company.
• Opportunity to further your career in a growing national organization.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Construction of Buildings
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree