What is the career path after a successful sales position?
It really depends on what your interests are. Stellar sales performance usually results in positive attention and recognition from many in the organization. When you are killing the numbers, everyone knows your name and will take any opportunity they have to chat with you and size you up. The most successful managers recognize that the key to their success and the growth of the organization is to hire players and develop them in to their future leaders. Most organizations are always looking for people for their Marketing team in the home office. A top performer in sales will usually have options to go in house in a junior Marketing position (Product Manager, Assistant Product Manager, etc.) or will be groomed for sales management by being promoted in to a management role with limited responsibility (maybe 2 direct reports instead of the usual 7-10). Sometimes this role is called a District Manager, Supervisor, Team Lead etc..
