Sales and Operations Management Trainee

Penske•Norcross, GA

39d

About The Position

As a Sales and Operations Management Trainee, you will use your degree to help run a business and quickly solve problems for customers. Penske provides ongoing training and mentoring in its sales processes, technology, and company culture to develop skills across sales, operations, finance, customer service, and technology. You will work with a driven team, build a foundation in sales and operations, and have opportunities to advance your management career at locations nationwide. The role involves developing customer solutions for local and national accounts, managing vehicle inventory while balancing fleet productivity, profitability, and customer satisfaction, generating new business, maintaining customer relationships, and ensuring customer satisfaction. The job requires driving Penske and customer vehicles, including a 26-foot box truck, and is regulated by the Department of Transportation or designated safety-sensitive by the company.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Results orientation, attention to detail, and good time-management skills.
Valid driver’s license and ability and willingness to drive Penske vehicles, including a 26-foot box truck.
Regular, predictable, full attendance.
Maintain a current driver qualification file as required, including an annual motor vehicle records check, a successfully completed DOT Physical, and Safety Performance History records requests from prior employers in the last three years.
Willingness to travel as necessary within the district, including to customer yards, nearby locations, and training sites.
Willingness to work the required schedule and at the required location.
Complete a Penske employment application and submit to a background investigation, including past employment, education, and criminal history, and drug screening.
Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner, and accept responsibility for personal and others’ safety.
Ability to perform the role’s physical and mental functions, including reading, communicating, remembering and analyzing information, and understanding instructions or guidelines.
Ability to stand, walk, sit, use hands to touch, handle, and feel, reach with hands and arms, and occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.
Required vision abilities include close, distance, peripheral, and depth vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Business or Marketing concentration in the required bachelor’s degree.
Internship or related work experience in a customer-facing role.

Responsibilities

Develop consumer and commercial customer solutions for local and national accounts, including Fortune 500 companies.
Manage vehicle inventory while balancing fleet productivity, profitability, and customer satisfaction.
Generate new business leads and foster existing customer relationships.
Ensure complete customer satisfaction in a fast-paced environment.
Drive Penske and customer vehicles, including a 26-foot box truck, as required.