Regional Director of Sales and Marketing Job Listing at Discovery Senior Living in Indianapolis, IN (Job ID 732008)

Description

About LakeHouse Senior Living

LakeHouse Senior Living proudly operates 39, care- and lifestyle-focused Active Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, and available, short-term Respite Care communities located throughout the Midwest. Our company, which was built on our “Pillars of Excellence”, employs over 1,100 team members at communities located throughout Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. LakeHouse is a company committed to providing a positive reinforcing work environment and culture that recognizes the value of all staff.

LakeHouse Senior Living is hiring a Regional Director of Sales to support our communities in Indiana and surrounding states.  

Preferred candidate locations include: Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Cincinnati, and Louisville. 

LakeHouse Senior Living is looking for a Regional Director of Sales & Marketing.

The Regional Director of Marketing and Sales (RDMS) leads sales and marketing efforts for the region including community sales teams' productivity and census building for LakeHouse Senior Living. The RDMS is responsible for planning, reporting, goal setting, sales process optimization, sales training, marketing efforts, CRM training, sales program implementation, sales compensation administration, and partners with operational team and community leadership in the recruiting, selection and onboarding of sales talent.  The RDMS is responsible for increasing the effectiveness and performance of the sales team.  The RDMS works closely with community Executive Directors, Regional Director of Operations, and corporate team members to focus on the appropriate priorities to ensure the appropriate objectives and goals are achieved within the community sales team (Senior Lifestyle Counselors and Coordinators). The RDMS role does not manage the SLCs directly but uses influential leadership in partnering with the Executive Director at each community to maximize the productivity of their SLCs.

Responsibilities:

Leadership

• Reports on all activities and results to regional operations leaders and Division President weekly as well as reviewing these reports with EDs and SLCs on a regular basis and on every community visit.
• Coaches, trains, and assists with the management of the Senior Lifestyle Counselors (SLC), Coordinators and associated sales Coaches for improved performance as necessary to achieve goals.
• Motivates the sales staff (SLCs) through effective leadership and positive reinforcement to enhance our culture and improve employee retention.
• Interviews and screens SLC candidates to ensure those hired meet success criteria and standards for the role.
• Manages the mystery shopping and competitive shopping program.
• Provides Manager on Duty sales training for each community.
• Maintains accurate competition reports for each community and has a complete knowledge of market conditions and competition, as to advise DSL leadership on changing conditions; displays understanding of the organizations “value pricing” program and collaborates with DSL leadership to track and adjust pricing as is necessary.
• Supports the design and development of educational modules to enhance professional selling skills for each SLC to improve the overall effectiveness of their sales.
• Establishes and maintain compensation plans and yearly renewals for appropriate sales staff. 

Sales

• Overall responsibility of achieving sales move-in and occupancy budgeted plan for each community.
• Maintains knowledge of daily census reporting for all communities; weekly and accurate tracks reporting of sales activities, conversion ratios for SLCs as well as the reporting of Critical Success Factors.
• Develops sales strategies to meet or exceed predetermined sales
• Demonstrates proficiency in all aspects of the CRM system and be able to train SLCs and marketing coordinators.
• Listens to recorded inbound sales calls to coach sales staff at each community.
• Performs community site visit audits and assessment of all sales processes; keep the SLCs and coordinator sales process manuals up to date and accurate.
• Visits communities in their region on a regular basis to observe individual and group dynamics within the sales teams and with operations.
• Assists sales team with implementation at community level with sales and marketing programs/strategies.
• Ensures that all quarterly competitive analysis plans from SLCs are kept up to date and accurate.

 Marketing

• Develops marketing strategies to meet or exceed predetermined lead
• Assures full accuracy and complete integrity in daily, weekly and monthly sales Reviews and approves commission reports for payment.
• Educates all new and existing SLCs and Coordinators to the standards of the SLC Ensures ongoing compliance.
• Ensures that each Sales Coordinator is supporting the SLCs efficiently, fairly and following all procedures.
• Ensures compliance with marketing standards (lead generation, calls, tours, events, presentations, establishing and maintaining relationships with potential marketing source representatives, presentations, press releases) necessary to achieve census goals.
• Assists in development of annual community marketing budgets
• Reviews monthly marketing financials and budget variances
• Oversees and reviews the sales and marketing quarterly planning process.
• Routinely analyzes and reports on trends and challenges in facilities or markets and provides feedback to both regional and facility level sales performance.
• Develops and implements comprehensive marketing strategy according to company and budget guidelines.
• Maintains adequate supplies of collateral materials within budget and company guidelines to include labor hours' effective management.
• Ensures wise use of marketing dollars by effectively analyzing lead and move-in costs per source for region.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Supervisor

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Public Relations/Communications, Marketing or related field
• Five years selling in a dynamic environment; senior living experience a plus.
• At least three years' experience in multi-community/regional sales manager role with supervisory experience

Benefits:

In addition to a rewarding career and competitive salary, LakeHouse offers a comprehensive benefits package.  

Eligible team members are offered a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurances, paid time off, and paid holidays.   Team members are eligible to participate in our outstanding 401(k) plan with company match our Employee Assistance Program and accident insurance policies.

Thank you for your interest in LakeHouse Senior Living careers.  If you have any questions about the position you are applying for, please contact the community directly. 

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