Senior Sales Manager

Join Our Team as a Senior Sales Manager at Johnson Electric!

Location:

Vandalia, OH (onsite) Vacancy Type:
Existing Position

Schedule:

Full-Time Travel:
Regular travel to customer locations, industry events, and Johnson Electric sites As our next Senior Sales Manager, you’ll be at the forefront of expanding Johnson Electric’s presence in the data center liquid cooling market. Your expertise in commercial strategy, thermal management, pump technologies, engineered solutions, and strategic account development will be critical in opening priority accounts, securing design wins, and translating market needs into a scalable product portfolio and roadmap.

• Work-Life Balance:
  Flexible working hours and policies that support a healthy work-life balance.
• Recognition Programs:
  Programs that recognize and reward employee achievements and contributions.
• Community Engagement:
  Opportunities to participate in community service and corporate social responsibility initiatives.
• Strong Leadership:
  Work under experienced and visionary leaders who guide the company towards success.
• Innovation Hubs:
  Access to state-of-the-art facilities and innovation hubs that foster creativity and development.

• Develop and execute the go-to-market strategy for data center cooling pumps and related motion solutions across the Americas
• Identify, prioritize, and penetrate strategic accounts throughout the liquid cooling value chain
• Build relationships with commercial, engineering, product, and executive decision-makers
• Use your industry network and market credibility to create access to new customers, early-stage programs, and strategic partnerships
• Develop account strategies that define customer requirements, competitive positioning, decision processes, and the path to design-in and production awards
• Own the commercial process from opportunity identification and technical alignment through quotation, negotiation, design win, launch, and revenue ramp-up
• Translate customer and market requirements into portfolio priorities, including performance, reliability, controls, communication protocols, materials, packaging, cost, and certification requirements
• Partner with Product Management and Engineering to define the data center cooling pump portfolio and identify product or capability gaps
• Influence the product roadmap by connecting development priorities with customer demand, revenue potential, margins, investment requirements, and time to market
• Recommend where standardized solutions can be applied and where customer-specific adaptations are required
• Develop market-sizing, customer-segmentation, and competitive-intelligence analyses
• Monitor technology trends, cooling architectures, competitor offerings, and expected market adoption timelines
• Create business cases for new products, platform extensions, and strategic investments
• Establish revenue, pipeline, and design-win targets and maintain a disciplined opportunity funnel
• Provide accurate forecasts, risk assessments, and recovery plans
• Lead cross-functional pursuit teams to develop competitive solutions and secure strategic programs
• Develop customer value propositions and commercial strategies that balance competitiveness, investment recovery, and long-term profitability
• Represent Johnson Electric at customer meetings, conferences, and relevant industry forums
• Coach sales resources supporting the segment and help build organizational capability within data center cooling

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field
• At least eight years of progressive experience in commercial leadership, business development, product management, or sales
• Relevant experience in data center cooling, liquid cooling, thermal management,…