What are the responsibilities and job description for the Area Sales Manager position at Eaton Corporation?
Job Title: Area Sales Manager
About the Role
Eaton's North American Sales Division is seeking an experienced sales professional to lead a sales organization serving a diverse customer base. This role focuses on electrical distribution products and covers Oregon, Eastern Washington, Idaho, and Montana.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a customer base, sales resources, products, and channels to achieve planned results for the district.
- Provide leadership and development to a sales team consisting of sales professionals, sales reps, and the distributor channel.
- Growth in sales and market share, channel development, and developing talent within the district.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
- Minimum seven (7) years of electrical industry sales/marketing and/or engineering experience.
- Possess a valid driver's license.
- Legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.
Preferred Qualifications
- Manager of people experience.
- 10 years of electrical industry sales experience.
Essential Skills
- Sales techniques, customer interaction, customer relations, and employee development.
- Negotiation skills and expertise; ability to cope with ambiguity, and work through complex problems and manage conflict.
- Technical aptitude to understand and position solutions within the respective product category.
About Eaton
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Compensation Range
The target total compensation range for this full-time position includes base pay and target sales performance incentive, $160,500.00 - $235,399.00.
