Area Manager

CornerStone Professional Placement; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CornerStone Professional Placement is seeking an Area Manager for an electrical solutions provider serving the Gulf Coast market. The role is hands-on, responsible for leading local sales and branch operations while developing new business relationships with OEMs, integrators, and end users.

The candidate will manage P&L, supplier relationships, and team performance, with a focus on profitable growth in mission-critical markets.

Qualifications

• Experience selling electrical products or solutions into OEM and mission-critical markets.
• Strong new business development and hunting experience.
• Experience selling to OEMs, integrators, and end users.
• Familiarity with project-driven electrical requirements and bills of material.
• Ability to lead a local team while remaining active in front of customers.
• Strong understanding of revenue, gross profit, margin, and overall business performance.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop new sales opportunities throughout the Gulf Coast market.
• Build and grow relationships with OEMs, integrators, and mission-critical end users.
• Lead the local outside sales, inside sales, and branch operations team.
• Spend the majority of prime selling hours meeting with customers and developing new business.
• Manage local P&L performance and drive profitable growth.
• Develop and maintain supplier relationships.
• Hold the team accountable for execution and performance.
• Support the continued growth of the local operation.
• Manage performance around gross profit, margin, accounts receivable, and inventory.

Skills

New business development

Sales leadership

Relationship building

Communication

Job description

Compensation: $110,000–$130,000 base + $260,000 OTE

CornerStone Professional Placement is seeking an Area Manager for an electrical solutions provider serving the Gulf Coast market.

This is a hands-on growth role for someone who knows the mission-critical electrical space, can develop new business, and wants the opportunity to lead and grow a local operation. The Area Manager will work closely with OEMs, integrators, and end users while leading the local sales and branch team.

Responsibilities

• Develop new sales opportunities throughout the Gulf Coast market
• Build and grow relationships with OEMs, integrators, and mission-critical end users
• Lead the local outside sales, inside sales, and branch operations team
• Spend the majority of prime selling hours meeting with customers and developing new business
• Manage local P&L performance and drive profitable growth
• Develop and maintain supplier relationships
• Hold the team accountable for execution and performance
• Support the continued growth of the local operation
• Manage performance around gross profit, margin, accounts receivable, and inventory

Qualifications

• Experience selling electrical products or solutions into OEM and mission-critical markets
• Strong new business development and hunting experience
• Experience selling to OEMs, integrators, and end users
• Familiarity with project-driven electrical requirements and bills of material
• Ability to lead a local team while remaining active in front of customers
• Strong understanding of revenue, gross profit, margin, and overall business performance
• Strong communication, relationship-building, and leadership skills

Experience within data centers, telecom, power generation, oil & gas, water infrastructure, or other mission-critical markets is strongly preferred.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Build and grow a Gulf Coast Texas market
• Combine sales leadership with hands-on business development
• Take ownership of local business performance
• Uncapped incentive opportunity tied to growth and profitability
• Sell value-added electrical solutions in specialized mission-critical markets
• Join a growing operation where your results will have a direct impact