Area Sales Manager, Channel

ABB Ventures; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 116,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB Ventures is seeking an Area Sales Manager for the Great Lakes territory to lead channel-focused sales efforts. The ideal candidate will have extensive sales experience in the electrical market and a strong background in managing direct sales personnel. This remote position requires a Bachelor's degree and a proven track record in sales strategy and customer relations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years related sales experience, including specific experience selling through channel.
• Experience selling in the electrical market strongly preferred.
• Ability to travel throughout the territory (IN, MI, OH, PA, WV) as needed.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Great Lakes territory leading channel focused salespeople.
• Create development plans for all channel employees including training.
• Be the liaison between local channel sales and ABB national account managers.

Skills

Customer relations

Sales strategy

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Marketing or business administration

Job description

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This position reports to

District Sales Manager

Your role and responsibilities

The Area Sales Manager, Channel, will manage the Great Lakes territory leading our channel focused salespeople. You will meet volume growth (balanced selling), price/quality/margin, cost and customer satisfaction objectives, through excellent external and internal customer relations and an increasing market share across territory. Market focus will be stock business, small project and residential growth. Provide consistent positive leadership for the Channel team. Continual leadership with strategy and programs meeting local coverage targets across ABB’s business units and working to exceed Channel Partners and customer needs. Extra focus will be on our residential growth strategy across the District. Focus to grow ongoing new product launches and help lead the team to implement product growth strategies and customer adoption. While this is a remote position, successful candidates will be located in the territory, ideally near the following metro areas: Columbus, OH, Cincinnati, OH, Cleveland, OH. This role is contributing to the Electrification Smart Buildings division in the United States. You will be mainly accountable for:

• Be the liaison between local channel sales, regional channel partner leadership, and ABB national account managers to align priorities and coordinate additional support as needed. This includes being the escalation point for channel commercial decisions.
• Creates development plan for all channel employees including technical and professional training
• Planning and executing customer surveys and acts on the survey results to ensure high level of customer satisfaction.
• Being responsible for top local accounts, relationship and results including participating in the negotiation of key contracts.
  
  

Qualifications For The Role

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Marketing or business administration or technical field strongly preferred.
• Minimum 8+ years related sales experience, including specific experience selling through channel is required.
• Experience selling in the electrical market strongly preferred.
• Sales experience of a $25M + business
• Prior success managing direct sales personnel, both internal and external.
• Ability to travel throughout the territory (IN, MI, OH, PA, WV) as needed
• Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.
  
  

More about us

ABB Smart Buildings enables optimization of energy efficiency, safety, security and comfort for any building type, through new installations or retrofit solutions. The Division offers integrated digital technologies to control HVAC, lighting, shutters, and security, in addition to energy distribution solutions including DIN rail products, enclosures and emergency lighting through to industrial plugs and sockets and conventional wiring accessories, accommodating for single family homes, multiple dwellings, commercial buildings, infrastructure and industrial applications. The Division’s highly innovative technologies and digital solutions serve rising global demand among real estate developers, owners, and investors for smart building technologies that optimize energy distribution and building automation. The scalable solutions aim to deliver significant sustainable and financial benefits, meeting social and environmental demands, while being able to address even the most complex of customers’ carbon reduction strategies. We value people from different backgrounds. Apply today for your next career step within ABB and visit www.abb.com to learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe. #MyABBStory We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their- sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer for Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, applicants may request to review the plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762. Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to [e-mail]. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner. While base salary is determined by things such as the successful applicant’s qualifications and experience, this position is expected to pay between $116,200 and $215,800 annually and is bonus eligible. myBenefitsABB.com

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Sales and Business Development

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

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