Regional Sales Manager

CIMON is a global industrial automation manufacturer that designs and develops its own hardware and software products, including PLCs, HMIs, SCADA software, industrial monitors, and industrial computing platforms. Founded in 1999 and headquartered near Seoul, South Korea, CIMON serves customers across manufacturing, process industries, and infrastructure markets worldwide.

CIMON competes in the industrial automation market by offering reliable, technically solid products with flexible architectures, strong support, and competitive total system cost. Our solutions are used by OEMs, system integrators, distributors, and end users across industries such as manufacturing, packaging, water and wastewater, food and beverage, energy, and general industrial automation.

The U.S. organization is focused on expanding regional coverage, increasing direct customer engagement, and building long-term market presence across North America.

The Regional Sales Manager is a senior-level, revenue-accountable sales leadership role responsible for driving new business development while also managing and expanding strategic customer relationships across an assigned U.S. territory. This role is designed for an experienced industrial automation sales professional who can independently build, execute, and own a regional growth strategy, open new accounts, rapidly deepen technical product expertise, and grow revenue within the territory over time.

This is a hunter-first role
, with clear expectations around prospecting, new customer acquisition, and meeting or exceeding defined regional revenue targets. At the same time, the Regional Sales Manager is expected to manage and develop customers within the territory, including ownership of both mid-market and high-potential accounts, building repeat business and expanding product adoption over time.

The role works closely with Inside Sales, Technical Support, Key Account Manager and senior sales leadership, and is expected to lead territory-level execution and provide strategic input on regional market opportunities.

This role requires strong technical aptitude and the ability to learn quickly
. The Regional Sales Manager is expected to already possess a foundational understanding of industrial automation concepts and rapidly develop deep expertise in CIMON’s products, including PLCs, HMIs, SCADA software, and related industrial hardware. The individual must be comfortable discussing technical details, system architectures, competitive positioning, and application use cases with customers early in the role.

Success in this position depends on mastering the technical fundamentals of CIMON’s products and selling consultatively based on real application knowledge, ROI value, and competitive differentiation rather than scripted messaging.

This role is based in the greater Chicago metropolitan area and supports customers across the Midwest region, including Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. The position is primarily remote with significant regional travel for customer visits, partner meetings, plant tours, and industry events. Periodic travel to company HQ offices in Texas and Nevada is required for planning and alignment.

• Actively prospect and develop new OEM, system integrator, distributor, and end-user accounts across the assigned Midwest territory.
• Drive new customer acquisition through outbound outreach, referrals, field activity, and industry events
• Own full revenue responsibility for the assigned territory, including forecasting accuracy and pipeline management
• Develop and execute territory penetration strategies targeting key Midwest manufacturing verticals
• Expand product adoption and grow repeat business within existing accounts
• Work closely with other teams to support demos, evaluations, trials, and project conversions
• Translate customer technical requirements into CIMON-based system solutions
• Balance new business development with ongoing account management responsibilities
• Ensure efficient quote handling, follow-up, and opportunity progression
• Travel regularly…