Surge Protection Sales Manager ERICO North America

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We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

• Develops and drives sales strategy and execution while leading Regional Sales Managers and the Inside Sales team
• Understands and conducts market research and planning to identify team sales growth opportunities
• Understands competitive markets to better position sales and marketing opportunities
• Leads high-level relationships with Key Accounts
• Leads market for the US and Canada
• Drives revenue achievement, customer growth, and conversion via job sites, end users, panel shops, contractors, specifiers, installers, and cross‑selling nVent solutions
• Partners with local Reps (Account Managers, Regional Sales Managers and Manufacturing Reps)
• Understands key growth markets and product fit while engaging with partnership with the Vertical Growth team and Product Management
• Negotiates and leads high-level contracts for Key Accounts
• National Regional and local programs (rebate programs for end users and contractors)
• Acts as a voice of the customer conduit between the field and support functions; collaborates with various business functions to assure direction on products, processes, and strategies
• Leads Surge Strategy across multiple sales organizations
• Lead team of inside and outside sales
• Engage across multiple internal and external teams on growing Surge sales
• Educating and mentoring RSMs, agents, and channel sales teams on application and value‑based selling of ERICO Surge Products.
• Helps and leads on‑site survey, drives opportunities through engineering workshops
• Partners with Sales Director, Regional Sales Managers, EFS Channel on local Agent and distribution market training, cost and pricing initiatives, segment/ contractor blanket and multiple end user SPAs, inventory management, and local branch marketing & promotions
• Although we have this role posted in multiple locations, we are only making 1 hire

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering (preferred), or applicable experience in technical electrical sales.
• Ability to remotely work from a home office anywhere in the US and travel on average 50% of the time throughout the US and Canadian Markets, with overnight trips expected.
• Previous experience in or with surge protection or switch gear sales.
• Ideally, 5+ years of experience in technical electrical sales, selling to contractors, panel shops, and OEMs.
• Experience leading outside and inside sales teams.
• Value‑based selling skills and interpersonal skills were developed to a level sufficient to negotiate and guide potential customers toward an nVent provided solution.
• Proficiency in CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce) and sales analytics tools.
• Physically capable of navigating construction project sites; holds a valid driver’s license; ability to travel internationally.

• nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry‑leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.
• Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at
• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work. We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide. Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations…