Commercial Sales Development Program - 2024

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Commercial Sales Development Program – 2024

Company Information:

Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tire companies. It employs about 63,000 people and manufactures its products in 46 facilities in 21 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. At Goodyear, we embrace the diversity of our workforce and value the contribution of our associates.  We strive to provide associates with a safe work environment, the resources they need to do their jobs, and ample opportunities for growth.  These objectives, coupled with competitive compensation and benefits, allow us to foster an environment where associates can work to achieve their full potential and contribute to the company's success.  For more information, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate.

Commercial Sales Development Program Description:

The Commercial Sales Development Program is a one-year structured training program that is designed to prepare participants for a successful sales career within our Commercial business. Participants will rotate through 4 hands-on sales and operations assignments that are designed to help them build a strong foundational knowledge of the dynamic commercial business-to-business technical sales environment. You will work with customers ranging from end users to some of the largest commercial trucking fleets in the nation. You will learn how to sell our industry leading portfolio of products and business solutions to these customers. This training program can lead to future career opportunities at Goodyear in more advanced sales roles, in sales leadership, and in other career paths including operations leadership and general management.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of sales and service to your dedicated accounts including safe and efficient delivery of quality services that exceed customer expectations.
• Develop and maintain a thorough knowledge of products and services to provide accurate information to customers.
• Attend sales training and continually work to improve sales skills.
• Implement marketing programs to solicit new clients through cold calls, organizations, referrals, etc.
• Conduct fleet need evaluations and provide customers with cost analysis and benefits.
• Assist with a variety of duties within the assigned location, such as attending to customers, maintaining inventory, and other duties as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or a related field required for this program
• Minimum 3.0 overall GPA required
• Must be willing to relocate and travel
• Prior sales internship experience or the ability to walk through a consultative selling approach
• Experience successfully working as part of a team as well as individually to drive results
• Must possess ability to analyze data and identify problems and propose solutions or alternatives.

To Apply: 

It is required that you go to campus.goodyear.com to create your candidate profile in order to be eligible for this position.  Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.  Goodyear is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tire companies. It employs about 63,000 people and manufactures its products in 46 facilities in 21 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate.