Sales Manager Jobs in Alabama
Sales Manager jobs in Alabama are concentrated in Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile, where industries including automotive manufacturing, aerospace and defense, and healthcare drive steady demand for sales professionals at every level from territory representative to regional director. Major employers with a lasting presence in the state include Regions Bank, Protective Life, and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, each running sizable commercial and business development operations. The most in-demand specialties are industrial and manufacturing sales, financial services, and healthcare equipment and solutions. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Automotive Sales Manager
Jack Ingram Nissan | Montgomery, Alabama
Jack Ingram Nissan is looking for an experienced, results-driven Automotive Sales Manager to join our leadership team.
We are seeking a hands-on leader who knows how to develop salespeople, drive activity, manage opportunities, and turn a strong sales process into consistent results. This position is ideal for a manager who enjoys being involved on the floor, coaching the team, working deals, and creating an environment where both employees and customers want to be.
As part of Jack Ingram Motors, a family-owned and operated dealership group serving Central Alabama for generations, you'll join an established organization with a strong reputation, experienced leadership, and the resources to succeed.
What You'll Do
- Lead, coach, and develop the sales team to achieve monthly volume, gross profit, and customer satisfaction goals
- Hold salespeople accountable for daily activity, lead follow-up, appointments, showroom opportunities, and overall performance
- Actively work the sales floor, assist with deal structure, TOs, negotiations, and closing opportunities
- Monitor internet, phone, and showroom leads to ensure timely and effective follow-up
- Coach the team on phone calls, CRM usage, texting, email, video, and appointment-setting techniques
- Conduct daily sales meetings and one-on-one performance coaching
- Track key sales KPIs and use performance data to identify opportunities for improvement
- Work closely with the BDC, F&I, inventory, and management teams to maximize every opportunity
- Maintain proper CRM processes and ensure accurate customer and sales activity
- Help recruit, train, develop, and retain high-performing sales professionals
- Ensure a professional, customer-focused sales experience from initial contact through delivery
- Maintain a positive culture built around accountability, teamwork, professionalism, and continuous improvement
- Support dealership goals for market share, profitability, inventory turn, and customer retention
What We're Looking For
- Automotive retail sales management experience required
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a successful sales team
- Strong understanding of dealership sales processes, CRM management, lead handling, and desking
- Comfortable managing by both activity and results
- Strong closing and deal-structuring skills
- Excellent communication, leadership, and coaching abilities
- Ability to hold employees accountable while maintaining a positive team environment
- Organized, competitive, and performance-driven
- Strong understanding of digital leads, phone opportunities, appointments, and today's automotive buying process
- High level of professionalism and integrity
- Valid driver's license and ability to meet dealership employment requirements
The Manager We're Looking For
We're not looking for someone who simply sits at the desk and waits for deals.
We want a coach and leader who is engaged with the sales floor, understands what's happening in the CRM, knows where opportunities are being missed, and helps salespeople improve every day.
The right manager will understand that today's dealership success comes from combining traditional sales skills with disciplined lead management, strong appointment processes, effective communication, and consistent follow-up.
Why Jack Ingram Nissan?
Jack Ingram Motors has built its reputation by taking care of customers and developing long-term employees. We provide our managers with the tools, inventory, marketing support, technology, and leadership needed to build a successful operation.
We offer:
- Competitive management compensation plan
- Performance-based bonus opportunities
- Medical and other available benefits
- Paid time off
- Established dealership and recognized automotive brand
- Strong marketing and lead-generation support
- Experienced management team
- Opportunities for professional growth within Jack Ingram Motors
If you're an experienced automotive professional who believes in coaching people, managing the process, and producing results, we'd like to talk with you.
Apply today to join the team at Jack Ingram Nissan in Montgomery, Alabama.
Jack Ingram Motors is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $150,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- Sales management: 5 years (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Automotive Sales Manager
Jack Ingram Nissan | Montgomery, Alabama
Jack Ingram Nissan is looking for an experienced, results-driven Automotive Sales Manager to join our leadership team.
We are seeking a hands-on leader who knows how to develop salespeople, drive activity, manage opportunities, and turn a strong sales process into consistent results. This position is ideal for a manager who enjoys being involved on the floor, coaching the team, working deals, and creating an environment where both employees and customers want to be.
As part of Jack Ingram Motors, a family-owned and operated dealership group serving Central Alabama for generations, you'll join an established organization with a strong reputation, experienced leadership, and the resources to succeed.
What You'll Do
- Lead, coach, and develop the sales team to achieve monthly volume, gross profit, and customer satisfaction goals
- Hold salespeople accountable for daily activity, lead follow-up, appointments, showroom opportunities, and overall performance
- Actively work the sales floor, assist with deal structure, TOs, negotiations, and closing opportunities
- Monitor internet, phone, and showroom leads to ensure timely and effective follow-up
- Coach the team on phone calls, CRM usage, texting, email, video, and appointment-setting techniques
- Conduct daily sales meetings and one-on-one performance coaching
- Track key sales KPIs and use performance data to identify opportunities for improvement
- Work closely with the BDC, F&I, inventory, and management teams to maximize every opportunity
- Maintain proper CRM processes and ensure accurate customer and sales activity
- Help recruit, train, develop, and retain high-performing sales professionals
- Ensure a professional, customer-focused sales experience from initial contact through delivery
- Maintain a positive culture built around accountability, teamwork, professionalism, and continuous improvement
- Support dealership goals for market share, profitability, inventory turn, and customer retention
What We're Looking For
- Automotive retail sales management experience required
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a successful sales team
- Strong understanding of dealership sales processes, CRM management, lead handling, and desking
- Comfortable managing by both activity and results
- Strong closing and deal-structuring skills
- Excellent communication, leadership, and coaching abilities
- Ability to hold employees accountable while maintaining a positive team environment
- Organized, competitive, and performance-driven
- Strong understanding of digital leads, phone opportunities, appointments, and today's automotive buying process
- High level of professionalism and integrity
- Valid driver's license and ability to meet dealership employment requirements
The Manager We're Looking For
We're not looking for someone who simply sits at the desk and waits for deals.
We want a coach and leader who is engaged with the sales floor, understands what's happening in the CRM, knows where opportunities are being missed, and helps salespeople improve every day.
The right manager will understand that today's dealership success comes from combining traditional sales skills with disciplined lead management, strong appointment processes, effective communication, and consistent follow-up.
Why Jack Ingram Nissan?
Jack Ingram Motors has built its reputation by taking care of customers and developing long-term employees. We provide our managers with the tools, inventory, marketing support, technology, and leadership needed to build a successful operation.
We offer:
- Competitive management compensation plan
- Performance-based bonus opportunities
- Medical and other available benefits
- Paid time off
- Established dealership and recognized automotive brand
- Strong marketing and lead-generation support
- Experienced management team
- Opportunities for professional growth within Jack Ingram Motors
If you're an experienced automotive professional who believes in coaching people, managing the process, and producing results, we'd like to talk with you.
Apply today to join the team at Jack Ingram Nissan in Montgomery, Alabama.
Jack Ingram Motors is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $150,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- Sales management: 5 years (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
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Where Alabama roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Sales Manager Job Market in Alabama
A snapshot from current Alabama openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- AutoZone18
- Hi-Line3
- Ryder System3
- Michaels2
- Republic Finance2
Top Industries Hiring
- Automotive
- Telecommunications
What Alabama Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in sales manager jobs across Alabama.
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field required
- Proven experience managing a sales team or territory to quota
- Proficiency with CRM platforms such as Salesforce or HubSpot
- Strong knowledge of Alabama regional markets and key industry verticals
- Ability to recruit, coach, and performance-manage a direct sales team
- Valid driver's license and willingness to travel within assigned Alabama territory
Sales Manager Jobs in Alabama: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a sales manager in Alabama?
Most sales manager roles in Alabama require a bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a closely related field, combined with several years of direct sales experience in the relevant industry. Alabama does not issue a state license specifically for sales managers, so advancement typically follows a performance path: exceed quota as an individual contributor, take on team lead or senior account executive responsibilities, and build a record of developing other sellers. Industries like insurance and real estate do require their own Alabama state licenses, so candidates moving into sales management within those sectors must hold the appropriate credential issued by the Alabama Department of Insurance or the Alabama Real Estate Commission.
How much do sales managers make in Alabama?
Sales managers in Alabama earn a median of about $124,040 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $66,050 for the lowest 10% to over $218,270 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire sales managers in Alabama?
Companies currently hiring sales managers in Alabama include AutoZone, Hi-Line, and Ryder System, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Alabama's concentration of automotive suppliers, regional banks, and healthcare systems means ongoing demand for sales managers who understand complex B2B and institutional selling cycles.
Which Alabama cities have the most sales manager jobs?
Birmingham, Mobile, and Montgomery account for the largest share of sales manager openings in Alabama. Birmingham leads as the state's commercial hub, anchored by banking, insurance, and healthcare headquarters, while Huntsville's aerospace and defense contractors drive demand for technical and government sales roles, and Mobile's port economy and manufacturing base support industrial and logistics sales positions.
Are there remote sales manager jobs in Alabama?
Yes, but they're less common than in purely desk-based fields, since sales management in Alabama frequently involves in-person coaching of field reps and direct client meetings. About 21% of sales manager openings tied to Alabama are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, with the remote share concentrated in software, technology, and inside-sales operations rather than territory-based or manufacturing roles.
How can I get hired as a sales manager in Alabama with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is landing a business development representative or account executive role first, then building toward management. Large Alabama employers such as Regions Bank, Protective Life, and regional healthcare distributors run structured associate sales programs and rotational new-hire tracks that train candidates with limited experience. Completing a relevant Alabama community college business program or earning a Certified Professional Sales Person credential strengthens an application. Once inside, volunteering to mentor new reps or run team huddles signals readiness for a team lead step, which is the typical precursor to a first sales manager title in this market.
Where can I find and apply to sales manager jobs in Alabama?
You can find and apply to sales manager jobs in Alabama on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across the state. Search the listings, find roles that match your background and target market, and apply directly to the ones that fit.
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