Can anyone here give some basic insight bullet points on day to day as an area sales manager for a retail company? Or rather anyone interested in discussing their role ?

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* Managing, training, and providing overall guidance to the sales team of an assigned territory.
*Setting reasonable sales targets to be achieved by the sales team.
*Monitoring the performance of the sales team and motivating members to meet or exceed sales targets.
*Collecting customer feedback and providing updates to senior management.
*Traveling to potential and existing customers within an assigned sales area to present company offerings and build brand awareness.
*Utilizing outbound telephone calls, email communications, and face-to-face meetings with customers to close sales.
*Developing and sustaining long-term relationships with customers.
*Implementing a sales management process to assist the sales team in identifying and prioritizing key customers and prospects.

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-Analyze key performance indicators
-Ability to help others understand the importance of KPIs and how to drive them
-Ability to flex to people’s learning and communication styles
-Constant coaching in the moment to support the sales staff
-Report KPI performance, identify opportunities for improvement, motivate staff to turn those opportunities to successes by exploring multiple sales pitches and methods for overcoming objections
-Lots of role playing lol.

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