Senior Director of Sales
Western Funding, Member of the Nowlake Group of Companies
Western Funding, Inc. (WFI) is a fast-growing, specialized consumer finance company and a subsidiary of Westlake Financial Services. WFI provides automobile financing to consumers across the credit spectrum through a nationwide network of automotive dealers.
WFI partners with dealers to originate, acquire, and service installment loan contracts, providing flexible financing solutions designed to help dealers sell more vehicles while expanding access to credit for consumers.
As WFI continues to scale, we are looking for an experienced sales executive who can build on that momentum and lead the next phase of our national growth.
Lead the Sales Organization. Accelerate Growth. Shape the Future of WFI.
As WFI’s Sales leader, the Senior Director of Sales will have overall leadership responsibility for the Sales organization and will play a critical role in driving the company's growth strategy throughout the nation.
This is an opportunity for a proven sales leader to build, scale, and optimize a high-performing national sales organization that drives dealer growth, funded loan volume, and overall company performance.
You will establish the vision and operating strategy for Sales, determine the optimal organizational structure, develop and coach sales leaders, strengthen performance management, and create a culture of accountability, execution, and continuous improvement.
The successful candidate will work closely with Risk, Funding, Dealer Relations, Sales Training, Technology, and other Westlake Financial Services businesses to continually improve WFI's dealer value proposition and make it easier for dealers to do business with WFI—and easier for the Sales organization to sell.
This is a highly visible leadership role for an executive who is energized by growth, transformation, team development, dealer relationships, and measurable results.
The Location
Establish clear expectations, performance standards, accountability, and career development opportunities throughout the Sales organization.
We are looking for a strategic, hands-on sales executive who combines strong business judgment with the ability to execute.
The ideal candidate is a builder and change agent who knows how to take a sales organization to the next level—creating structure, developing talent, improving processes, and delivering measurable growth.
We offer a competitive executive compensation package consisting of:
What do we offer?
Acknowledgment
We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not unlawfully discriminate in employment. No question on this application is used for the purpose of limiting or excluding any applicant from consideration for employment on a basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. Equal access to employment, services, and programs is available to all persons. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and/or interview process should notify a representative of the organization.
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. Western Funding enables the origination, accepts assignment of and services installment loan contracts originated by its national network of automobile dealers. Dealers own their portfolios and share in the collections on the associated installment loan contracts.
Our present and future success as a company is deeply rooted in our employees and culture. Western Funding believes that an important enabler to achieving our business objectives is a culture that supports and enhances our activities in pursuit of making our program more valuable to our dealers. To that end, we have established a set of six core values that we ask all team members to live by. We will increase our likelihood of success if we are:
♦ Fun
♦ Accountable
♦ Strategic
♦ Team-Oriented
♦ Efficient
♦ Respectful
Our team members are vested in our success and in living our core values. If you are interested in being a part of what we are building here, come join us! Visit our website to find career opportunities with Western Funding.
