VP Sales Middle East, Türkiye

Eaton Corporation is seeking a Sales Vice President to lead commercial growth across the newly created Middle East, Türkiye and Africa (META) region.

• Develop and execute one cohesive META sales strategy, translating regional potential into priorities across the Middle East, Türkiye and Africa.
• Define the regional organisation, governance and operating rhythm needed to scale, with clear accountability across country and cluster leaders.
• Turn market insight into go-to-market and investment priorities, balancing growth with disciplined returns, capability and commercial efficiency.

• Accelerate profitable growth across META, scaling the Middle East, strengthening African markets and leveraging Türkiye and regional key accounts.
• Build executive relationships with customers, governments, consultants, contractors, panel builders, distributors, installers and strategic partners across complex ecosystems.
• Lead major negotiations across hyperscale data centre, industrial, utility and infrastructure opportunities, expanding direct, channel and ecosystem routes to market.

• Bring Eaton’s businesses together around a total-portfolio mindset, particularly where regional key accounts and locally led opportunities intersect.
• Mobilise sales, segment, marketing and functional partners to maximise cross-regional opportunities and deliver a consistent customer experience.
• Create clearer ownership and faster, market-led decisions while maintaining alignment with central segment and EMEA teams.

• Own regional investment governance, directing resources and capability towards markets and opportunities with the greatest strategic value and return.
• Advance commercial excellence across sales effectiveness, pipeline management, forecasting, pricing and strategic account management.
• Establish clear metrics, growth targets and operating reviews that reinforce accountability, connect strategy with execution and improve performance.

• Lead and develop country and cluster leaders across a geographically dispersed sales organisation, strengthening capability, succession and leadership depth.
• Create an inclusive culture of trust, accountability, collaboration, ownership and performance excellence across countries and organisational boundaries.
• Represent META in executive leadership discussions, align with EMEA priorities and contribute to Eaton’s long-term regional growth and positioning.

Success will be reflected in profitable regional growth, stronger market penetration, disciplined execution, deeper strategic customer relationships and a leadership organisation equipped to scale.

• Extensive experience leading sales across multiple countries or clusters in a complex, growth-oriented industrial or technology business of significant scale.
• A record of delivering double-digit, profitable growth, supported by strong P&L management, investment prioritisation and major-deal leadership.
• Experience living or working in the Middle East, with an understanding of the region’s varied market, cultural and channel dynamics.
• Demonstrated success as a leader of leaders, shaping organisations with multiple management layers and developing high-performing, diverse teams.
• Experience in the electrical industry or a comparable project-led environment, selling directly and through distributors, panel builders, contractors and installers.
• The strategic range to design an organisation and growth roadmap, combined with the commercial judgement and pace to execute through a complex matrix.

• 20+ years of relevant professional…