Sales Leader - AMS

The role

The Sales Director would be expected to lead and coach the ISV Validation Sales team in Americas ("AMS"). It will be part of the Global Sales Management Team, leading the business growth across the AMS region, working together with dedicated colleagues from AMS and sales leaders from other countries. And will also work closely with cross functions including Marketing, GCC, Finance, HR and Operations.

This position will be based in U.S.A.

• Lead and coach a complex team to achieve business objectives in the assigned industry.
• Execute and deploy the aligned business plan in assigned industry.
• Set and develop business strategy in assigned industry and monitor the conversion.
• Lead and support the team in the pursuit of leads and closure of sales.
• Lead the sales productivity continuous improvement in assigned industry.
• Respond to escalated issues (internally and externally), support team and colleagues.
• Pricing and discount management. Also responsible for the cost budget management.
• Drive sales core competency improvement and build high performing team.
• Drive the transformation of the sales team from product-oriented to solution-oriented.

• Degree in Engineering, Science or related majors.
• Typical graduate / post-graduate qualified with extensive relevant work experience, or equivalent experience in place of degree / post-graduate qualification.
• 10~15 years of relevant experience, technical and industry know-how.
• Ability to integrate/coordinate cross-functionally.
• Consolidated industry and products knowledge.
• Have Automotive / A&D experience.
• Supervisory skills and people-management ability to lead a team.
• Project-management skills and experience to manage projects related to sales.
• Ability to influence, convince, communicate and integrate a wide range of colleagues and customers.
• Proven track record in achieving sales growth and development of key global accounts in a broad base of industries.
• Proven success in managing sales of hardware and software products and solutions for product development.
• Travel 50% of the worktime.

• Be a leader – strong accountability and ownership with growth mindset.
• Have effective and strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Identical in champion change and business acumen, result-driven, organized and self-motivated individual with ability to be multi-tasked.

The pay range for this position is $150K to $165K annually plus 43%. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as physical work location within the state.

Freedom with responsibility is the framework for HBK’s employees. This allows for a good balance between work and family life and for constant development of professional and personal skills in an international and enjoyable working environment.

On 1 January 2019, Brüel & Kjær and HBM merged their activities into a new company called HBK (Hottinger Brüel & Kjær). HBK is a subsidiary of Spectris Limited, and employees 3,500 employees worldwide and production facilities in Denmark, Germany, the UK, the USA, China and Portugal and presence in 80 countries, HBK is a leading player in the test and measurement area.

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