Executive Director, Sales CTOH

DRiV; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 230,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

DRiV is seeking an Executive Director of Sales for the U.S. & Canada CTOH to lead a $100M business, driving profitable growth, market share expansion, and strategic customer engagement across the United States and Canada.

You will oversee Sales, Product Management, and Sales Operations, building a high-performing team and partnering cross-functionally to deliver revenue, margin, and portfolio profitability. Significant travel required; MBA or advanced business education preferred.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive commercial leadership in relevant sectors.
• Experience managing teams across sales, product management, and commercial operations.
• Experience with a business or portfolio >$100M in annual revenue.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute growth plan for U.S. & Canada CTOH including revenue, margin, and market share targets.
• Lead and develop a high-performing sales organization and establish account plans.

Skills

Executive leadership

Strategic planning

Cross-functional leadership

Negotiation

Financial acumen

Education

MBA or higher

Tools

CRM (Salesforce)

Portfolio management tools

Job description

Executive Director, Sales - U.S. & Canada Commercial Truck and Off-Highway (CTOH)

Location: United States, with significant travel across the U.S. and Canada.

Reports To: Vice President & General Manager, U.S. & Canada

Position Summary

The Executive Director, Sales - U.S. & Canada Commercial Truck and Off-Highway (CTOH) will lead a business $100 M in annual sales, driving profitable growth, market share expansion, and strategic customer engagement across the U.S. and Canada. This leader will oversee Sales, Product Management, and Sales Operations, ensuring strong execution against revenue, margin, customer, portfolio, and operational objectives.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a high-energy commercial leader with strong executive presence, strategic discipline, and hands-on operating capability. They should be equally comfortable leading customer growth strategies, negotiating major agreements, improving portfolio profitability, developing talent, and partnering cross-functionally to deliver results in a competitive market.

Key Responsibilities

• Commercial Strategy: Develop and execute the U.S. and Canada CTOH growth plan, delivering revenue, margin, market share, and working capital targets.
• Sales Leadership: Lead and develop a high-performing sales organization, establish account plans and sales targets, and build executive-level relationships with strategic customers.
• Product Management: Guide portfolio strategy, lifecycle management, product line profitability, and market expansion in alignment with customer needs and competitive dynamics.
• Sales Operations: Oversee forecasting, CRM effectiveness, pricing administration, KPI dashboards, reporting, and commercial analytics to improve sales productivity and decision making.
• Strategic Customer Management: Lead negotiations with major accounts, resolve complex commercial issues, and represent the company with customers, industry partners, and trade associations.
• Cross-Functional Execution: Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Marketing, Engineering, and Global Product Management to improve service, profitability, availability, and go-to-market execution.

Candidate Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive commercial leadership experience in commercial vehicle, heavy-duty aftermarket, transportation, industrial, automotive aftermarket, off-highway, agricultural, construction equipment, or related sectors.
• Proven success leading teams across sales, product management, and commercial operations.
• Experience managing a business or portfolio exceeding $100M in annual revenue.
• Track record of growing revenue and profitability through strategic customer relationships, disciplined sales execution, and strong commercial negotiation.
• Strong financial acumen, including budget ownership, forecasting, pricing, margin management, and business performance analysis.
• Preferred experience includes heavy-duty or commercial vehicle aftermarket exposure, U.S. and Canadian market experience, matrixed global organization experience, and MBA or advanced business education.

Leadership Competencies

The successful leader will demonstrate strategic thinking, customer focus, commercial acumen, people leadership, change leadership, executive presence, and analytical decision making. They must build accountable teams, develop succession strength, and translate market insight into profitable growth.

Key Success Measures

Performance will be measured by revenue growth, EBITDA and gross margin performance, market share gains, new business wins, customer retention and satisfaction, forecast accuracy, product portfolio profitability, inventory and working capital performance, team engagement, talent development, safety, and compliance.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.