Sales Manager Bench

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Recognized by Newsweek in 2024 and 2025 as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity. Make Lives Better Including Your Own. If you want to work in an environment where you can become your best possible self, join us! You’ll earn more than a paycheck; you can find opportunities to grow your career through professional development, as well as ongoing programs catered to your overall health and wellness.

A full suite of health insurance, life insurance and retirement plans are available and vary by employment status.

• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Company provided life insurance
• Adoption benefit
• Disability (short and long term)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account
• Optional life and dependent life insurance
• Optional voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity Insurance, and legal plan
• Tuition reimbursement

Base pay in range will be determined by applicant’s skills and experience. Full‑time associates in the role are also eligible for an annual bonus incentive. Temporary associates are not benefit‑eligible but may participate in the company’s 401(k) program.

Veterans, transitioning active‑duty military personnel, and military spouses are encouraged to apply. To support our associates in their journey to become a U.S. citizen, Brookdale offers to advance fees for naturalization (Form N‑400) application costs, up to $725, less applicable taxes and withholding, for qualified associates who have been with us for at least a year.

The application window is anticipated to close within 30 days of the date of the posting.

• Participate in on‑the‑job training experiences for the Sales Manager role, learn new skills about senior living, and be able to demonstrate increasing proficiency and expertise with sales and marketing responsibilities within the Brookdale organization. The Brookdale Bench Program will prepare you to assume the Sales Manager role at one of our communities.
• Maintain and/or improve upon the occupancy level of the community in accordance with the marketing and business plans. Utilize established sales processes, systems, and forms to perform job duties, track information, compile data and reports, and meet community occupancy goals.
• Manage the sales process by assisting prospective residents, their families, and/or advisors in the decision‑making process by understanding their needs and educating them about the community’s services and programs. Respond promptly to every telephone call, e‑mail, and Internet or in‑person inquiry. Complete weekly follow‑up calls, letters, and tours as defined by the community marketing plan.
• Coordinate and complete all activities needed for a sale and convert deposits to move‑ins, including but not limited to visiting the prospect’s home, health‑care providers, or other locations for initial assessments or sales presentations and ensuring that the required forms are completed by the prospect, his/her physician and family prior to move‑in.
• Keep management and other key associates up to date on the status of all prospective move‑ins. Track and record pre‑residency steps to facilitate communication.
• Coordinate with the business development coordinator/director on a weekly basis regarding business development efforts to meet or exceed the established goals for professional leads as outlined in the community marketing plan. Contact local sources including legal and financial professionals, senior organizations, special‑interest groups, hospital discharge planners, skilled nursing facilities, retirement communities, clergy, medical insurance providers, and other local community contacts not part of the business development team’s referral network.
  
  Manage the business development activities noted above in the absence of business development associates.
• Develop and maintain relationships with and generate leads through residents, families, and professional referral sources on a weekly basis. Provide information and conduct presentations about community services and programs, market advantages, availability, and other relevant…