Venor is proud to partner with Centura Atlantic in their search for an Assistant Sales Manager in Dartmouth, NS. This is a pivotal role in driving regional sales performance, operational excellence, and strategic growth initiatives.
Centura Atlantic has built its reputation over more than 40 years on long-term customer relationships, quality products, and exceptional service within the flooring industry. The company continues to grow by strengthening its sales infrastructure and investing in the development of its people. This role plays a key part in supporting regional sales operations and enabling the sales team to perform at a high level.This position offers high visibility across the organization and the opportunity to influence revenue performance, process improvement, and long-term growth planning.
What You’ll Be Doing
In this role, you will act as the operational and informational backbone of the regional sales team, ensuring that strategy, systems, and performance are tightly aligned to support sustainable growth. You will strengthen the sales infrastructure by equipping the team with the right tools, product knowledge, data insights, and structured processes needed to consistently perform at a high level and achieve regional objectives.
Key responsibilities include:
- Partnering with the Regional Sales Manager to execute regional sales strategies and achieve revenue targets.
- Acting as a key commercial operations leader supporting the broader sales team.
- Building and maintaining sales infrastructure including sample programs, merchandising systems, and product catalog management.
- Leveraging CRM platforms and advanced Excel analysis to interpret performance data and deliver actionable insights.
- Preparing strategic reports that identify growth opportunities, gaps, and market trends.
- Supporting forecasting, budgeting, and sales planning processes.
- Driving sales enablement initiatives, including training support and process improvements.
- Collaborating cross-functionally with Marketing, Operations, Customer Service, and Supply Chain to ensure seamless execution.
- Managing supplier communication related to product programs and launches.
- Opportunities to support the Regional Sales Manager in broader leadership responsibilities as experience grows.
What We Are Looking For
This role offers strong strategic visibility within a revenue-driving function and the opportunity to directly influence regional sales performance and long-term growth direction. You will gain meaningful leadership exposure through opportunities to support the Regional Sales Manager in broader leadership responsibilities as experience grows, while leveraging insight across our dealer, building supply, and commercial accounts. It is a unique opportunity to combine operational excellence, strategic execution, and market insight in a position that plays a critical role in strengthening team capability and driving sustainable results.
We are looking for someone who is motivated to help grow the business while thinking independently about how sales operations can evolve. This person should be comfortable identifying opportunities for improvement, analyzing existing processes, and recommending or implementing smarter, more efficient ways of working. Established processes are respected, but they are not immune to change. Team members who bring forward thoughtful ideas and practical improvements have helped strengthen the organization and drive progress. The goal is to contribute to the continued evolution of the department in a collaborative, team-oriented way, helping the sales team perform better and move forward.
At Venor and Centura Atlantic, we embrace a culture of belonging in the workplace. No matter who you are, where you’re from, how you think, what you believe in, or who you love, we welcome your application. We all come from different backgrounds and different walks of life, bringing in unique perspectives and experiences. We encourage applications from 2SLGBTQ+, Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC), women, newcomers to Canada, and people with disabilities.To learn more about this opportunity, contact Erika Hildebrand at erika@venor.ca or Ereka Turner at eturner@venor.ca.