Sales manager
Plans how products or services get to customers, sets sales goals and territories, and trains sales representatives.
Will AI replace sales manager jobs?
AI changes jobs more often than it replaces them. How much AI can help with this work: Medium. More AI overlap than 57 in 100 jobs. AI helps with some tasks, like paperwork or first drafts. People still do the core of the job. 4% of this job’s working time is already spent on tasks people bring to AI at work (Anthropic Economic Index). Based on Microsoft research on real AI use at work, matched to the tasks of each job in O*NET.
What AI already helps with
- Solve customer complaints about sales and service
- Talk with customers about equipment needs and advise what to buy
- Advise dealers and distributors on how to run their business well
What stays human
- Visit dealers to get them interested in starting or growing leasing programs
- Represent the company at industry meetings to promote its products
- Oversee regional and local sales managers and their teams
10-year outlook · USA
Expected change in the number of these jobs by 2035: +4.5%. Typical pay: $148,270 a year. US Bureau of Labor Statistics. German figures differ, but the direction is usually similar.
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