Job Description
Industrial Sales Manager – North America
Location: Remote, USA | Approximately 50% Travel
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Industrial Sales Manager to build and lead a growing industrial sales function across North America.
This is a unique opportunity for a commercially driven sales leader who enjoys building new markets, developing strategic customer relationships and creating high-performing sales teams.
Key Responsibilities
Sales Leadership & Strategy
- Develop and execute the North American industrial sales strategy.
- Identify target markets, customers and territories to maximise growth.
- Establish measurable revenue, pipeline and activity targets.
- Build a repeatable sales process and scalable commercial model.
- Monitor market trends, competitors and customer requirements to identify new opportunities.
- Work closely with senior leadership and marketing to develop targeted campaigns and market strategies.
Key Account Management
- Personally manage a portfolio of strategic industrial accounts.
- Build relationships with C-suite executives, plant managers, engineering leaders and other key stakeholders.
- Lead complex sales opportunities from initial prospecting through proposal, negotiation and close.
- Identify opportunities for customer retention, expansion, upselling and cross-selling.
- Develop long-term customer partnerships and act as the senior commercial point of contact.
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years' experience in B2B technical, industrial or electrical sales.
- At least 3 years' experience in sales leadership, management or team leadership.
- Proven success selling technically complex products or solutions into industrial customers.
- Experience developing new markets, territories or business segments.
- Strong understanding of one or more of the following:
- Electrical power monitoring
- Power quality
- Electrical metering
- Low-voltage power distribution
- Energy management
- Industrial automation
- PLC / HMI / SCADA
- OT / industrial networking
- Established relationships across industrial or manufacturing markets.
- Strong commercial and strategic sales capability combined with a hands-on approach.
- Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles.
- Strong negotiation and contract management experience.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills at both technical and executive level.
- Experience using CRM systems to manage pipeline, forecasting and sales performance.
- Willingness to travel approximately 50% across the US, with occasional international travel.
- Based within approximately one hour of a major international airport.
Preferred Experience
Experience selling into one or more of the following sectors would be advantageous:
- Food & Beverage
- Automotive Manufacturing
- Technology & Electronics
- Pharmaceutical
- Data Centers
- Heavy Industrial Manufacturing
- Energy & Utilities
A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business or a related discipline is preferred, although equivalent industry experience will be considered.