Selling Branch Manager
Job Description
Location: Troy, MI
Job Type: Full-Time
What you’ll do
- Launch a new market with a primary focus on revenue growth, gross margin, and profitability
- Develop and execute a sales strategy to hit monthly/quarterly targets
- Generate new business through cold calling, networking, referrals, prospecting, and community involvement
- Build and expand relationships with new and existing clients; lead client meetings, facility tours, staffing consultations, and presentations
- Negotiate staffing agreements and pricing while protecting profitability
- Maintain an active sales pipeline and consistently deliver on sales activity and outcomes
- Lead day-to-day branch operations and build a culture of accountability, urgency, and customer service
- Hire, coach, and develop recruiters and branch staff; set goals and run regular performance check-ins
- Monitor and improve branch KPIs (e.g., fill rates, productivity, customer satisfaction, margin) and execute action plans when results are off track
- Partner with recruiters on strategies for high-volume light industrial hiring; jump in hands-on as needed to fill urgent roles
- Ensure timely delivery of qualified talent and a strong candidate experience through onboarding and assignment
- Ensure accurate billing, payroll, and reporting processes
- Maintain compliance with employment regulations; promote a safety-first culture aligned with OSHA/workers’ comp/client safety programs
What you’ll bring
- 3+ years of staffing sales experience with concentration in the automotive industry.
- Demonstrated success winning new business and growing/retaining client relationships
- Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop recruiters and/or branch teams
- Strong organizational skills and sound judgment in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment
- Excellent communication skills across phone, in-person meetings, and presentations
- Confidence negotiating pricing/terms and managing a consistent, trackable pipeline
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and ATS/CRM tools
- Bachelor’s degree (Business, HR, Management, or related)
Compensation & benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Monthly performance bonus opportunities
- Uncapped monthly sales commission plan
- Medical / Dental / Vision
- PTO
- Professional development + leadership training
- Growth opportunities within a growing organization
Additional Information
MeeDerby is an executive search firm uniquely dedicated to serving the staffing industry. For nearly three decades, we've helped thousands of executives, managers, senior sales and senior recruiters who have worked in staffing find their place in this robust industry. You spend your days helping people find the perfect job. Don’t you deserve a partner who can do the same for you? Leverage our hard-won connections to take the next step in your staffing career.
Meet Your Recruiter
Alex Hills
Executive Recruiter
With a decade of experience in the staffing industry, Alex has built a career rooted in connection, strategy, and results—specializing in healthcare staffing nationwide. Before joining MeeDerby, Alex held an executive leadership role, where she led a permanent placement division with a people-first approach and a deep understanding of the ever-evolving healthcare talent landscape.
As a previous mental health therapist, Alex often jokes that in her “former life,” she was preparing for staffing all along. The interpersonal and psychological skills she honed in that field have become her secret weapon—because at the end of the day, it’s all about the people.
Known for her passion for building meaningful relationships and making connections that truly make a difference, Alex is driven by the opportunity to positively impact lives and careers every day.
Based in the Kansas City metro, Alex is a proud wife and mom of two, a lifelong Husker fan, and always planning her next travel adventure.
