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Objectives Responsibilities:

The roles primary objective is to grow the Rental Revenue by growing Caterpillar machines and work tools in Dealer rental fleets and delivering your Annual Business Plan. As a Rental Sales Territory Manager, your objective is to support Caterpillar Dealers in planning and executing ambitious growth strategies to increase their rental service portfolio profitably. In this end-to-end role, you will need to be able to work successfully with multiple decision-makers at the Dealers (General Manager, CFO, Rental Manager, Branch Managers, Salespeople, IT Manager, Marketing Manager, etc.) and within Caterpillar (Rental Services operations experts, Cat Rental Brand Marketing team, Caterpillar Product Specialists, Sales Operations team, etc.). Teamwork and the ability to coordinate many resources are critical.

What You ll Do:

• Own it - Execute on delivering the annual rental revenue, customer and coverage growth and machine business goals.
• Drive it - Lead the annual business planning process to ensure accurate dealer fleet planning and forecasting for rental machines - Cat, work tools, Allied, SEM, and Used.
• Be it - Be the face of Caterpillar as the sales liaison among dealers, customers, and other Caterpillar personnel.
• Solve it - Identify, analyze, and resolve problems in the dealer rental operations industry with a focus on problems that are more strategic in nature.
• Coach it - Counsel dealers on Caterpillar Rental configurations best suited for the rental industry and resale.
• Measure it - Evaluate individual dealer performance and develop appropriate recommendations to optimize dealer participation in the rental opportunity for the assigned territory.
• Improve it - Conduct detailed analyses of dealer rental and used operations (coverage, forecasting, fleet management, rental fleet utilization, sales operations planning, etc.) with special emphasis on streamlining processes and improving dealer capability and profitability.
• Expand it - Identify opportunities within existing and emerging markets to expand the dealers offering and provide complete customer solutions, including rental and used.
• Train It - Evaluate the training needs of dealer rental operations staff and leverage materials and resources to satisfy those training requirements.
• Guide it - Guide dealers on an optimal rental rollout strategy that maximizes dealer profitability.
• Understand it - Counsel dealers on competitors and the competitive landscape.
• Manage it - Manage Rental support programs within budget to reach rental objectives.

What You Have (Skills Experience):

• Customer Focus: Knowledge of the customer value proposition and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and the ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
• Industry Knowledge: Knowledge of the organizations industry group, trends, directions, major issues, regulatory considerations, and trendsetters; ability to apply industry knowledge appropriately.
• Business Development: Demonstrated record of strong sales performance; ability to explore and develop potential areas of business growth.

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

• A deep understanding of the Equipment Rental business and experience working for an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer)
• Demonstrated record of strong sales performance
• History of high impact performance in a dynamic business climate
• Experience in the rental or construction equipment industry

Additional Details:

• Territory: This role covers 3 to 4 Caterpillar Dealers across the assigned region.
• Travel: 60%
• Remote locations for this role will be considered on a case-by-case basis; however, you must reside within the assigned territories.
• Relocation assistance is NOT available for this position.

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Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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