Melbourne or Brisbane location. Lead a national team of workshop tools & equipment technical and product experts._
Based from either Melbourne or Brisbane, reporting to the General Manager of Trade, this role is to manage, lead and motivate a National Team of State based Equipment Managers and Specialist to drive a culture of sales growth and profitability.
**Role Requirements**:
- Proactively lead to a national team of State Equipment Managers
- Provide strong leadership, guidance, support and training.
- Manage relationships with national key accounts.
- Accountable for creating and achieving sales & profit budgets.
- Work in conjunction with the relevant Category Managers
- Complete reporting requirements as required.
- Manage key events, including tradeshow & conferences.
- Provide coaching and training in team's technical development.
**About You**:
- Technical expertise is essential in the automotive workshop equipment space
- Well established leadership skills
- Excellent negotiation and relationship building abilities.
- Strong drive for results and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Self - motivated and highly organised
- Entrepreneurial and commercially savvy
**Looking after you**:
- We are committed to ensuring our people are well looked after. In addition to a rewarding and challenging career, we will provide:
- Staff discounts across the GPC Asia Pacific group of Companies
- Private health insurance discounts
- Employee assistance program
- A highly safety conscious work environment
- We proactively support our working parents in a variety of meaningful ways, and our parental leave top-up allowance is one of the ways we do this
- Paid volunteer leave allowing you to give back to your chosen charity/community organisation
- Access to GPC's exciting employee platform MOVE, unlocking amazing discounts at top retailers, business announcements, e-cards and our employee recognition program, plus so much more!
**GPC Asia Pacific**
Movement is in our DNA. We are GPC Asia Pacific: one of the largest industrial and automotive aftermarket parts and service suppliers in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. Our iconic brands include Repco, NAPA, McLeod Accessories and Motion Industries.
Yet we are more than just a parts and service company. We propel people forward.
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**Thank you for your interest in becoming part of GPC Asia Pacific.**
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