District Sales Manager - Industrial Fluid Power Components and Solutions

SunSource and its family of companies represent 200+ locations and 3,000+ employees making up one of North America’s leading value-add industrial distribution companies. We provide customers with products and solutions within Fluid Power, Fluid Process, Fluid Conveyance, General Industrial Components, and Industrial Service & Repair. www.sun-source.com

The District Sales Manager will direct activities and supervise one or more sales supervisors, with a total team of ~6 account managers covering Oklahoma, Northwest Texas, and Dallas/Ft. Worth markets.
This position will be home based in the Grand Prairie, TX area and about 30%-50% travel is expected.

Essential Functions:
• Lead, motivate, develop, and coach a sales team.
• Execute performance management / improvement activities, as needed, for direct reports.
• Development and execution of action plans for the district, and for each account manager within reporting structure, achieving growth objectives for new accounts, overall revenue, and margin improvement.
• Execute weekly leading indicator cadence calls with account manager team.
• Implement company and Business Unit strategic initiatives
• Manage supplier partner relationships
• Assist with Inventory management and collaborate with internal customer service and credit teams.

Experience, Education and Skills:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Sales, or related is preferred.
• Fluid Power Certification (CFPS / FPS) is a plus
• 5+ years of outside sales experience within technical value-add distribution
• 3+ years of supervisory / management experience of an outside sales team
• Experience with Fluid Power component and solution sales is preferred
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead, motivate, coach, develop, and manage a sales team
• Ability to obtain productivity improvement, and to help account managers achieve higher sales levels.
• P&L familiarity, including the ability to work with and/or produce budgets, forecasts, sales reports, etc.
• Must have clear and concise verbal and written communication skills
• Computer proficiency is required
• Must have a valid driver's license
• Overnight travel may be required

We Offer:
• Industry competitive compensation plan
• Medical / Dental / Vision / 401K
• Paid vacation and Holidays
• Auto allowance
• Tuition reimbursement and ongoing training opportunities
• As a national distributor with local presence, SunSource is a well-known full-service value-add distributer representing quality manufacturers

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