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About this role
Area Sales Manager Oklahoma City, OK | Remote
About Western Funding Inc. Western Funding, a dynamic and fast-growing auto finance company, believes in PEOPLE with the PURPOSE and PASSION to assist our dealer partners throughout North America.
Western Funding is a fast growing, specialized consumer finance company and subsidiary of Westlake Financial Services, providing automobile financing to borrowers with limited access to traditional credit.
Our Area Sales Managers are individuals with the vision and dedication needed to assist our current and future dealer partners to sell more cars and trucks by financing more customers.Job Description What’s the role? Our Area Sales Manager is the face of the company to our number one customer – our dealers.
The focus of this role is to increase the number of funded deals by partnering with dealers who will be a good fit. The Area Sales Manager role enables growth by identifying, onboarding, and managing growth with dealers in their respective local Region. Western Funding’s program requires a consultative sales and management approach.
Establishing strong relationships with dealers who understand how the program can help their business grow is the key to the success of this role.This is a full-time position reporting to our Regional Sales Managers. We are looking for candidates based in the US who are comfortable working remotely and on the road.What is it like being part of our External Sales Team?
New Hire training is provided to ensure your success in taking the role. This training will prepare and provide you with proper knowledge and skills to perform the role in the field. You will be part of a positive and supportive team who will encourage you to overcome sales barriers.
What you’ll do as our Area Sales Manager? Present and communicate company products and services to all levels of management within Independent and Franchise Dealerships live-in person; Identify sales prospects and contact these and other accounts ass
Commission Structure
Base Salary
Not disclosed — ask in interview
Commission
Structure not specified
OTE
$125k (range: $60k–$125k)
Ramp Period
Not mentioned — clarify timeline
Selling Motion
Prospecting
Channel / Partner
Sell through partners, resellers, or alliances
Buyer Persona
Manager-Level
Departmental buyers and team leads
Territory
Geographic
Region-based territory assignment
Requirements at a Glance
Typical Day — Sales Manager
Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.
Role Signals
Green Flags
Location flexibility
Financial Services — Interview Intel
Typical Sales Cycle
3–6 months (Retail) · 6–18 months (Institutional)
Common Buyer Objections
- "Regulatory concerns — need compliance approval"
- "We already have a vendor for this"
- "Need to see 3-year track record"
- "Committee-based decision — multiple approvers"
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Licensing requirements (Series 7, 63, etc.) may be needed or beneficial.
This remote-friendly role provides geographic flexibility while maintaining access to a financial services market.
The compensation range of $60k–$125k OTE suggests a competitive package for this market segment.
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