Area Manager

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

Benefits offered by this job

Uncapped incentive

Job summary

CornerStone Professional Placement seeks an Area Manager for an electrical solutions provider serving the Gulf Coast market. This hands-on growth role requires deep knowledge of mission-critical electrical space, the ability to develop new business, and to lead a local operation.

You will work closely with OEMs, integrators, and end users while steering the local sales and branch team, spending most hours with customers and driving growth and profitability.

Qualifications

• Experience selling electrical products or solutions to OEMs and mission-critical markets.
• Strong new business development and hunting capabilities.
• Ability to lead a local team while maintaining customer-facing activity.

Responsibilities

• Develop new sales opportunities throughout the Gulf Coast market.
• Build and grow relationships with OEMs, integrators, and 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.

Skills

New business development

Leadership

Sales management

Electrical solutions

Job description

Compensation: $110,000–$130,000 base + uncapped incentive opportunity; target compensation is approximately a 50/50 split between base and incentive

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 operationManage 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