Cumulus Media
VP/Market ManagerPosted
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Job Description
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CUMULUS MEDIA | Shreveport/Bossier City, LA is searching for an exceptional individual to join us as our VP/Market Manager due to an internal promotion. Our market leaders have the support of great products and assets, tremendous training tools, and a team that supports business development and rewards performance.
Cumulus Media of Shreveport/Bossier City currently features 5 stations in the metro area and surrounding counties. With a diverse group of stations we hyper-sever the marketplace with top rated mainstream urban, KMJJ-FM and urban AC, KVMA-FM. In addition to those great brands our cluster is also home to legendary country station, KRMD-FM. We also serve the local community with our hot AC KQHN-FM and Lite-Rock KRMD-AM. In addition we have a robust digital sales portfolio and strong events calendar. At Cumulus Shreveport/Bossier City we strive to hire passionate, driven, resourceful, problem solvers who have the ability to drive the evolving, diverse culture of the Power of Radio to success.
Competency:
* Approaches role as a coach would
* Continually raises standard of performance
* Invests resources in actions to reach long-term goals
* Empowers team and allows them to own their work
* Sees more opportunities and fewer obstacles
* Type of person talented professionals naturally follow
* Makes sound business decisions in alignment with leadership objectives
Focus:
* Identify, recruit and develop high-performance sales talent and build a successful team to ensure continued top-line growth
* Lead the local and regional sales effort and focus on diversifying the broadcast sales portfolio and penetrate growth business categories
* Drive sales, deliver growth, exceed goals and live in the details of the business
* Work across departments to optimize execution
* Contribute your talents and time to meeting challenges, solving problems and rising to the opportunities before us
* Ensure every decision has a thoughtful game plan to tactfully execute
* Takes responsibility for our teams' efforts and outcomes, celebrating successes
Job Requirements:
* Qualifications:
* Steady career progression as a top performer
* Ideal background a successful track record and reputation as one of the "best" in the advertising sales solutions including integrated, idea-based programs utilizing on-air, on-site, and digital
* Strong business acumen and understanding of lead generation, CRM, account/business development
* Strong goal orientation and ability to coach and lead the sales team
* 7-8 years of steady progression as a sales leader
* 2-3 years' experience as a sales manager or higher
* Responsible for budgeting, strategic account planning and basic understanding of financial statements
* 5 years' experience managing an outside b2b sales force
* Strong understanding of lead generation, CRM/SFA and account mgmt.
* Must be a recognized top-performer, high-energy/hard charging personality with strong goal-orientation and ability to coach and mentor
* Bachelor's degree preferred
* What We Offer:
* Competitive pay with performance incentives
* Focused, responsible and collaborative work environment with the ability, to ask "what if" and try innovative solutions
* Supportive Leadership
* Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance coverage
* 401K with company match to plan for the long-term
* Paid Vacation & Holidays
For immediate consideration, please visit
https://cumulusmedia.jobs.net/
For more information about CUMULUS MEDIA, visit our website at:
https://www.cumulusmedia.com/
CUMULUS MEDIA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
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