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Manager, Tire Wire Sales

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 10–15 years of steel mill operations experience, preferably in Electric Arc Furnace operations
  • Thorough understanding of ferrous scrap markets and steel grades
  • Demonstrated experience in sales and negotiation
  • Established steel industry relationships preferred

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute sales and market development strategies
  • Identify new customers and growth opportunities within the steel industry
  • Build and maintain relationships with steel mills and key industry contacts
  • Analyze market conditions and sales performance to guide business decisions

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Negotiation
  • Strategic Planning
  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Presentations
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Collaboration

About the company

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Lakin Tire

  • 201–500
Keeping neighborhoods clean and green since 1918With almost 100 years of leadership and in-depth experience in the tire industry, we provide safer, smarter removal and recycling of your scrap tires nationwide.The Lakin family began recycling tires in 1918 and is now one of the largest, most efficient, technologically-advanced tire removal and recycling organizations in the country. We serve customers and communities worldwide with comprehensive tire removal and recycling solutions, with environmentally-friendly processing operations. We are proud to be the exclusive tire removal and recycling partner for more than 6,500 individual tire retailers across the country. Lakin Tire processes over 30 million tires each year, and approximately 1 out of every 5 passenger tires in the United States is managed by Lakin Tire. We are often approached as a valuable resource by both government and industry leaders to help shape the industry to benefit all.Lakin Tire's goal is to provide world class service at the best competitive price while using the most sustainable and environmentally friendly disposal methods. Through constant innovation, unparalleled technology, and customer care delivered at every touch point. Lakin Tire provides safer, smarter scrap tire collection and recycling solutions for customers and communities worldwide.The Lakin Tire CommitmentAt Lakin Tire we are relentlessly focused on our customers. Customer service is in our DNA and our customers are at the heart of everything we do. From large, national retail chains to small, local tire shops, we create tire collection and recycling programs that simply work better.

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Job description

About Us:

Liberty Tire Recycling is a high-growth company and the premier provider of tire recycling services in North America with operations throughout the United States and Canada. Liberty Tire annually transforms more than 210 million tires into raw materials for smart, sustainable products that improve our environment and people’s lives. The Company is private equity owned, has approximately 60 sites in the US and Canada, and nearly 4,000 employees. With innovative tools, technologies and processes, Liberty Tire is a revolutionary American conservation enterprise – from coast to coast, and from whole tire to end products. The company’s commitment to finding new and better ways to RECLAIM, RECYCLE and REUSE bridges the sustainability goals of scrap tire generators nationwide with those of local scrap rubber consumers.

Overview:

The Manager, Tire Wire Sales leads Liberty Tire Recycling’s tire wire sales strategy, customer and industry relationships, market development, and profitable growth. This role combines extensive steel industry knowledge with commercial leadership, negotiation, strategic planning, and data-driven decision-making.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develop and execute sales, marketing, and market development strategies for the tire wire business
  • Identify new customers, markets, and growth opportunities within the steel industry
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with steel mills, customers, and key industry contacts
  • Lead commercial negotiations and customer agreements
  • Analyze market conditions, pricing, customer needs, sales performance, and competitive activity to guide business decisions
  • Develop forecasts, market analyses, presentations, and strategic recommendations
  • Partner with Operations and other internal teams to align customer needs with business capabilities
  • Represent Liberty Tire Recycling at industry conferences, technical meetings, and networking events
  • Other duties as assigned

Skills and Abilities:

  • Strong leadership, business acumen, and strategic thinking
  • Exceptional relationship-building, negotiation, communication, and presentation skills
  • Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making capabilities
  • Ability to develop sales strategies, assess markets, and identify profitable growth opportunities
  • Ability to translate steel industry and operational knowledge into effective commercial strategies
  • Ability to collaborate and influence effectively across all levels of the organization

Experience:

  • 10–15 years of steel mill operations experience, with an emphasis on Electric Arc Furnace operations preferred; Basic Oxygen Furnace operations also desirable
  • Thorough understanding of ferrous scrap markets, steel grades and finished steel end products, ladle metallurgy refinement processes, and chemistry requirements
  • Demonstrated experience in sales, commercial strategy, business development, negotiation, and customer relationship management
  • Experience developing sales, marketing, and market segmentation strategies
  • Established steel industry relationships, including relationships with producers such as Nucor, Steel Dynamics, SSAB, Commercial Metals Company, and Gerdau, preferred
  • Membership or active involvement in the Association for Iron & Steel Technology and industry networking preferred

Work Location & Travel:

  • Hybrid/remote position with flexibility regarding geographic location
  • Regular travel required to support customers, business development, industry events, and other business needs, including travel to Liberty Tire Recycling’s Sanford location

EEO Statement:

Liberty Tire Recycling is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, relationship or association with a protected veteran (spouses or other family members), genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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