Manager Sales - Milwaukee

Essential Duties

• Recruit, train, mentor, and motivate a high-performing sales team capable of achieving sales objectives.
• Set clear performance expectations, sales targets, and KPIs for team members.
• Develop and implement local sales initiatives in line with national sales strategy.
• Drive account growth and increased market penetration within assigned geographic territory.
• Conduct market research to identify emerging trends, customer needs, and competitive offerings.
• Monitor sales productivity within assigned geographic territory.
• Elevate and report market trends, developments and competitor information to sales management as necessary.
• Ensure adherence to all applicable cost control measures.
• Create and manage profitable relationships between distributors, customers, and other SMC representatives.
• Train junior level sales staff in SMC products, industries and customers, as well as sales skills and SMC sales tool use and resource identification.
• Conduct distributor training as necessary to ensure proper understanding of SMC products and industries to drive market penetration growth through SMC business partners.
• Monitor and leverage your team in CRM activity for sales calls, projects, opportunities, contacts, leads, success reports and tasks assigned.
• Develop junior level sales professionals for future management roles – coach, guide, lead.
• Represent SMC at industry trade shows and local job fairs.
• Define and implement standardized sales processes, methods, and best practices to streamline operations and improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketing, product development, and customer support, to align sales efforts with company objectives.
• Leverage CRM systems and sales analytics tools to track sales performance, forecast revenue.
• Consistent OJT through ride-a-longs with your local team.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

• Fast paced environment (including both office and field work).
• Travel with some extended stay away from home.
• Physically capable of lifting SMC products and displays up to 50 lbs.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of three (3) years of supervisory experience.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience with SMC or equivalent industrial sales experience.
• Successfully complete the Sales Management training.
• Thorough knowledge of SMC products and procedures.
• Thorough knowledge of SMC Sales strategies.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
• Proficient in the CRM and the use of computers and ability to learn new programs and tools as required.
• Clean driving record.