District Sales Manager

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Eaton’s GEIS division is currently seeking a District Sales Manager. This position is primarily supporting the Southern California and Chandler AZ areas. Candidates residing within these areas are strongly preferred.

What You’ll Do

Reporting directly to the Regional Vice-President, West, North America - Global Energy Infrastructure Solutions business, this role will develop and implement the territory’s growth strategy, with a focus on product specification, conversion and by gathering voice of the customer for new product development opportunities. The District Sales Manager will be accountable to lead, direct and develop a team of sales representatives, that will have the responsibility of achieving the established sales and margin goals, while managing agents, channel partners and end users.

Essential Functions

• Develops the district sales growth strategy, in alignment with the overall region and business strategy.
• Executes and communicates a compelling strategic value proposition through sales agents, distributors, specifiers, and end-users.
• Plans and directs the efforts of the territory sales teams in securing sales volume through conversion, channel management, capital projects and specifying activities.
• Gathers and leverages the voice of customer to recommend new or modified programs to ensure a competitive position is maintained within the market.
• Utilizes negotiation skills to influence and resolve complex problems and influence all stakeholders to drive results.
• Establishes and monitors staff performance and development goals, sets objectives, establishes priorities, and holds accountable by providing timely coaching and feedback.
• Promotes and emulates a culture that reflects our Eaton Leadership Attributes & Values which includes high performance, inclusion and diversity, continuous improvement, and excellence in quality of work.

Qualifications

Minimum

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in electrical industry sales
• Minimum of 3 years of manager of people experience
• Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver’s license
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1, H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, 1-485 job profitability, etc.

Desired Experience And Characteristics

• MBA or advanced degree preferred, from an accredited institution
• Entrepreneurial leader with proven track record of leading and developing teams through various aspects of the business cycle (growth, downturn)
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills; ability to establish and maintain relationships
• Superior organizational agility skills; ability to influence and engage direct and indirect reports, peers, and customers internal/external to the organization.
• Strong mentoring, coaching experience to a team with diverse levels of expertise
• Ability to operate as an effective tactical as well as strategic thinker

The compensation range for this full-time position includes base pay and target sales performance incentive. This position has a target total compensation range of $,640.

Base salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on 8/15/25.

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