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Kansas City, MO
Sales and Business Development
Experienced
Full-time
$50,000 - $60,000 / year

About BackLotCars:

BacklotCars is an online marketplace for auto dealers, we are modernizing the last part of the auto industry not touched by technology......wholesale auctions!

We are Kansas City's best-kept startup secret and one of the most explosive early stage companies in the region.

Since launching in 2016 we have sold $100m in cars and have expanded into 8 states. The BacklotCars family also grew to 40 last year and looking to hit 100 employees in 2018.

We are a graduate of 500 Startups, a prestigious startup accelerator in Silicon Valley and have investors from all around the world!

We are pumped for 2018 and are now looking to expand our team here in KC and across the midwest! 

We're looking for business-savvy, strategic individuals that are excited to shake up the wholesale auto industry with us! Looking for well-experienced phone sales superstars, preferably with experience selling services to auto dealerships. 

About the Account Manager (Buyer Side) Role:

We're currently hiring Buyer Account Managers in Kansas City. Successful candidates will be responsible for buyer account development and retention, as well as new client acquisition within their set regions.

This person would manage all buy side activities within their region and responsible for driving new market launches

This position has the potential for exemplary growth as our company grows.

What you'll do

Responsibilities

  • Customer/market prospecting and development of strategic, targeted sales campaigns.
  • Develop and maintain customer relationships.
  • Track daily, weekly, monthly call activity and performance measurements against goals and sales targets using CRM software.
  • Internal communication and teamwork with other buy-side managers, market general managers, and lead inspectors.
  • Understand the competition/market, and have a keen awareness of changes and trends in the auto industry.

What you'll need

Qualifications

  • Experience in sales development & account management, phone sales experience required
  • Proficient use of CRM software
  • Experience with selling to car dealerships and/or within the auto sales industry would be considered a definite asset
  • Experience working at a start-up is a plus, but not required

We're looking for

Core Skills

Automotive Cold Calling Inside Sales Telephone Skills CRM Market Development Motivation Strategy Sales Pipeline

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A little bit about us

BacklotCars

BacklotCars is an online marketplace for auto dealers.

Through BacklotCars, auto dealers, auto finance, and rental car companies can transact without having to go to physical auctions.

Our end to end solution is truly seamless for dealers, as BacklotCars provides vehicle inspections, transportation, and inventory finance.

Our mission is to make wholesale easy so dealers can be more successful.

The team at BacklotCars includes professionals from both inside and outside the auto industry, which gives us a unique perspective on its problems and innovative solutions. We blend our deep expertise in the auto industry and technology to modernize auto wholesale.

We were founded in Kansas City and graduated from 500 Startups, a prestigious accelerator in Silicon Valley. Since launching, we've seen tremendous growth and now help dealers buy and sell thousands of cars a month across 25 states.

As one of the fastest growing early-stage startups in the region, we've attracted investors from all over the world. We recently closed our Series B round of funding, led by Stripes Group, and are poised for amazing growth in 2019.

We are looking for individuals who share our growth mindset, and who are ready to execute on ideas that will change an industry. Join us as we keep this expansion rolling.

Are you interested?

Work With Us

  • Cool people, solving cool problems.
  • We value your input. You will have the opportunity to not only lead the growth on a new market but help us to continually improve our products and solutions. This is a chance to get in on the "ground floor" of a growing company.
  • Startup culture, catered lunches, bring your dog to work, competitive pay, employee stock option plan (ESOP), excellent medical benefits (health/dental/vision), flexible PTO schedule.

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