Eaton's Industrial Controls Division is currently seeking a Regional Sales Manager. This position will be based remotely from a home office in California, Oregon, Washington or Colorado and will require approximately 75% travel within the Western United States.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $120075.03 - $176110.04 a year.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
What you'll do:
Are you passionate about building strong customer relationships and driving growth? As a Regional Sales Manager, you'll play a crucial role in leading growth opportunities through the stages of the selling cycle, utilizing value selling and PROLaunch tools to develop winning capture strategies. You'll focus on OEM, industrial, and commercial opportunities, supporting the Industrial Control Division's growth strategies in the Western region of the U.S. If you're ready to make a significant impact and thrive in a dynamic environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you!
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- Product leadership - Lead, coordinate and define action oriented regional growth & profit by identifying target growth customers and strategic product focused initiatives based on market, share, key customers, competitors and new technologies including input from members of the global operations, sales, service and support team.
- Sales leadership - build organizational capabilities across regional sales and product line teams that work together to deliver organic growth. Assure internal and external sales tools are in the hands of those calling on target industry customers and lead scheduled conference calls with sales resources, serving as a hub of industry information and best practices. Provide mentoring and leadership to local Sales Engineers to ensure consistent strategy and customer messaging.
- External Relationships - develop executive and senior level relationships with identified target & growth accounts, drive synergy between locations to help with holistic strategic direction. Travel up to 50%
- Growth - Work with North American Sales selling team to identify, maintain and grow profitable business through customer relationships and channel development.
- Technical leadership - actively establish Eaton as a top of mind technical leader via participation in appropriate organizations aligned with the industrial controls market.
- Functional organizational coordination - key focal point for all strategic issues for the assigned regions and leverages the diverse view, skills and capabilities of supporting functions (supply chain, plant operations, operational excellence, finance, human resources, engineering, information technology).
- Work in collaboration with Product Managers to build the business case to develop new products, services and solutions that address industry needs. The focus should be oriented to game changing solutions that are truly differentiated in the industry that allow Eaton to capture attractive profit margins with acceptable levels of risk.
- Project funnel - Lead and align sales efforts around opportunity identification, pursuit and closure - involving applicable Products, Systems, Solutions and Services. Provide necessary, company-wide visibility to the regional account(s) opportunity pipeline and include this critical information in all required status and results reporting.
- Negotiation - demonstrate leadership and support around standing agreements or transactional, including Terms & Conditions, Master Supply Agreements, Pricing, Service Level Agreements, and win / loss reporting
- Customer feedback - provide specific Voice of Customer feedback to appropriate product, system, solution and service business leaders - for future product development, quality, modification, customer satisfaction and other purposes.
Qualifications:
Required (Basic) Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
- Minimum of (3) years of experience in sales, sales management, marketing and/or product management
- Minimum of (5) years of experience in the electrical industry
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
- Product management experience
- Background and knowledge of distribution channels within the industry
- Experience with industrial controls and/or automation within the electrical industry
Skills:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to interface at all levels and influence others' decision making
- Strong analytical skills and business acumen
- Technical and product knowledge, including fundamental marketing concepts, strategies, and experience negotiating proposal and pricing with aftermarket customers
- Navigating complex customer issues while developing and maintaining relationships
- Ability to thrive in a global, matrixed organization working with virtual teams across different locations and cross-cultural environments
- Must possess and maintains a valid and unrestricted driver's license
The application window for this position is anticipated to close on 11/15/2024.
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