Sales Manager- Data Center

Molex; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Molex is hiring a Sales Manager for Data Centers in the United States to manage large hyperscale customers and drive revenue growth. You will lead high-touch engagement, develop account plans, and coordinate with engineering, marketing and product teams to deliver optical connectivity solutions.

You will work with cross-functional teams to respond to RFQs, build a strong pipeline, and provide accurate forecasts while ensuring customer satisfaction and strategic alignment with company goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, or related field.
• Proven experience in Account Management, Sales, Marketing, Business Development or Product Management.
• Experience serving customers in telecommunications or data communications industry.
• Experience working within fiber optic components, modules, optical systems, and silicon products.

Responsibilities

• Grow assigned customer revenue to support the global sales target.
• Manage customer satisfaction and cultivate relationships across all levels.
• Create new opportunity pipelines for existing and new products.
• Execute and close on current pipeline opportunities and turn them into revenue.
• Coordinate responses to RFQs and price negotiations with stakeholders.
• Gather business intelligence and report findings on the competitive landscape.
• Define opportunities and prioritize customer engagement, projects or targets.
• Provide reliable forecasts and reporting to support operations.

Skills

Account management

Sales

Marketing

Business development

Negotiation

Relationship development

Project management

Education

MBA or advanced degree in Electrical/Optical Engineering/Physics/Photonic

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related field

Job description

Austin, Texas | Fremont, California | Seattle, Washington

Are you looking to make a connection to your career? Come to Molex where we create connections for life. We use innovation, engineering excellence, commitment to quality and reliability, and superior customer experience to improve communication, elevate experiences, and engage and inspire people everywhere.

Molex is growing in the Optical Solutions Business Unit and is looking for a growth-minded person to join our team as a Sales Manager. If you are looking for a way to accelerate your career and be part of a great company, this may be the opportunity for you.

Our Optical Solutions business and Global Sales and Marketing team is looking for a Sales Manager of Data Centers to join our team. This person will report directly to our Sr. Director of Sales and have responsibility of managing large, key customers in the telecommunications and hyperscale data center industry. This person will be the main point of contact for the Account Management that includes: high touch customer engagement and customer satisfaction, revenue growth, pipeline creation and execution, and sales and operating support to sell optical connectivity products to hyperscale data center customers.

What You Will Do

• Grow the assigned customer revenue to support the overall corporate global sales target.
• Manage the overall customer satisfaction and cultivate relationships across all levels of assigned accounts.
• Create new opportunity pipelines for existing and new products for future growth.
• Execute and close on current pipeline opportunities and turn them into revenue.
• Gather internal consensus from the necessary stakeholders to professionally respond to customer requests, RFQ’s and price negotiations.
• Understand the competitive landscape; gather business intelligence and report findings.
• Define key opportunities and prioritize customer engagement, projects or targets.
• Provide and maintain reliable forecasts to support operational success.
• Provide and maintain accurate reporting.
• Be the one point of contact for the customer to resolve to completion their requests or issues directly, or indirectly through the coordination with internal teams, to improve the overall customer experience.
• Partner closely with internal optical teams including engineering, business development, product management and marketing.
• Develop and maintain a customer account plan that aligns with customer and internal goals taking into considering the competitive landscape.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, or related field
• Proven experience in Account Management, Sales, Marketing, Business Development or Product Management
• Experience serving customers in telecommunications or data communications industry
• Experience working within fiber optic components, modules, optical systems, and silicon products

Key Skills:

• Skilled communicator in all mediums
• Negotiating
• Teamwork
• Project management
• Relationship development and management

What Will Put You Ahead

• MBA or Advanced degree in Electrical Engineer, Physics, Optical Engineering, Photonics or related technical discipline

For this role, we anticipate paying $150,000- $200,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how ourbusiness philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.