Area Manager

At BMW Group, everything starts with passion. It turns a profession into a vocation. It drives us to keep reinventing mobility and bring innovative ideas onto the roads. Enthusiasm for joint projects turns a team into a strong unit where every opinion is valued. It is only when expertise, highly professional processes and enjoyment of work unite that we can shape the future together.

We are looking for an Area Manager to drive the Sales in Norway!

In this role you will leverage your sales expertise, commercial acumen, and collaborative mindset to lead and inspire our Retail Partners towards shared success.

What awaits you?

• Be responsible for the overall sales performance of assigned dealers in the Norwegian market.
• Act as the primary contact for assigned Retail Partners, hosting regular sales meetings and fostering strong and strategic relationships.
• Identify sales opportunities across private and corporate channels, lead the planning and execution of targeted sales initiatives.
• Drive business growth through strategic dealer visits and effective collaboration with internal departments such as marketing, product and controlling.
• Utilize data and KPIs to monitor sales performance, analyze trends, and implement improvement actions to maximize results.

What should you bring along?

• Proven sales experience in the automotive or retail sector, including hands-on field experience with dealer networks.
• Experience in coaching, change management, and driving performance improvements.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret KPIs and sales data to make informed decisions.
• Proactive, forward-leaning attitude combined with excellent teamwork and collaboration skills.
• Strong organizational and time management abilities to maintain structure and effectively prioritize initiatives.
• Proficiency with CRM systems, excel and data analysis tools is a requirement.
• Fluent in both Norwegian language and English.

To succeed in this role, we believe you are:

• Analytical and result-oriented, with a structured and business-minded approach to driving sales and performance.
• Skilled at building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders, both externally and internally, fostering trust and collaboration.
• Adaptable and resilient, able to manage change and complexity while maintaining focus on strategic goals.
• An effective communicator and negotiator, able to influence and align diverse interests.
• Highly motivated and self-driven, with a strong commitment to achieving and exceeding sales results.

What can you look forward to?

Whatever your heart’s desire – in the BMW Group, you will find a wide range of departments and disciplines across the world where you can share your professional passion with us. As a BMW employee, everyone gets the opportunity to drive their own BMW or MINI on favorable terms.

This is a permanent position located in Fornebu. The premises are modern and include a lunch restaurant as well as access to a gym. If you find this interesting and you’re bringing the right mind-set in combination with a good skill set, please don’t hesitate to apply!

Our Recruitment Process

At the BMW Group, we place great importance on equal treatment and equal opportunities. Our recruiting decisions are based on the personality, experience, and skills of the applicants. To ensure transparency, we would like to outline the different stages of our recruitment process. After an initial selection based on telephone interviews, candidates will undergo personality and capacity tests as part of our screening procedure. Successful candidates will then be invited to an on-site interview, which includes a case study and structured interview questions. If you progress further, we will conduct reference checks and background checks.

At the BMW Group, we place great importance on equal treatment and equal opportunities. Our recruiting decisions are based on the personality, experience, and skills of the applicants.