Area Manager

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

Job summary

CornerStone Professional Placement seeks an Area Manager for an electrical solutions provider serving Central Texas. This hands-on growth role focuses on developing new business and leading the local sales and branch team.

Ideal candidates will have experience in mission-critical electrical markets, strong leadership, and the ability to work closely with OEMs, integrators, and end users while improving profitability and market share.

Qualifications

• Experience selling electrical products or solutions to OEMs and mission-critical markets.
• Strong hunter/business development background.
• Ability to lead a local team while actively engaging with customers.
• Understanding of revenue, gross profit, margin, and business performance.

Responsibilities

• Develop new sales opportunities throughout Central Texas.
• Build relationships with OEMs, integrators, and end users.
• Lead local outside sales and branch operations.
• Spend majority of time meeting customers and developing new business.
• Manage local P&L and drive profitable growth.
• Develop supplier relationships and ensure execution.
• Monitor gross profit, margin, AR, and inventory.
• Support growth of the local operation.

Skills

New business development

Relationship building

Leadership

Communication

Sales

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 Central Texas 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 Central Texas 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 Central 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