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As the Senior Director Sales, you will be responsible for leadership, management and profitability of an assigned sales region, market, or channel with a primary focus on strategy. You will be responsible for achieving sales and profitability goals through direction, organization, coordination, communication and development of field sales, inside sales, and other sales professionals. Responsibilities:Develops go to market strategy for the specific end market within the business unit.Prioritizes opportunities identified by business unit and ensures opportunity is being resourced by the center of excellence.Develops and administers sales plan to ensure customer satisfaction, assigned quota attainment, and highly skilled and motivated staff.Achieves annual sales and gross profit plan by implementing sales strategies and analyzing trends and results in conjunction with regional and business unit management team.Establishes sales objectives.Forecasts expected sales volume and profit for existing and new product lines and customers.Ensures establishment and expansion of national, regional, and local supplier relationships.Maintains sales volume, product mix, and selling price by keeping current with market supply and demand, changing trends, economic indicators, and competitors.Coordinates order service by directing account representatives on quotations, proposals, project order management techniques, and customer complaint resolution.Maintains sales staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.Maintains sales staff results by counseling and disciplining employees, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, and participating in professional societies.Forecasts and communicates intricate details to senior management.Qualifications:High School Degree or Equivalent required; Bachelors Degree - Sales, Business Administration, Engineering, or relevant field preferred10+ years Related industry professional sales experience7+ years experience leading and managing staff and programs at national, district or regional levelExperience managing direct reports/level managers within the job family (ex. Sales Manager)Business and management principles, including strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership techniques, and coordination of people and resourcesIn-depth knowledge of distribution industry, related solutions, and productsDemonstrated ability to analyze, initiate and implement sales strategies to achieve forecasted goalsAbility to present professional sales approach to help people achieve personal and positional goalsProven success in providing customer and personal services, including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfactionStrong verbal, written, analytical, persuasion and interpersonal skillsAbility to exercise teamwork, leadership and flexibilityExcellent time management and computer skillsAbility to travel 25% - 50% #J-18808-Ljbffr