Regional Service Sales Manager - Utility and Industrial (Central US Region)

About the role

You will manage and grow service sales for electrical power equipment and substation services across a defined region supporting electric utility and industrial customers. Your work focuses on helping customers maintain, modernize, and extend the life of critical power assets through service projects, upgrades, retrofits, and long-term service agreements. You will work across the installed base to identify opportunities where service solutions improve reliability, safety, and operational performance.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow regional service sales orders for electrical substation equipment and service projects
• Develop and execute service sales account plans to expand installed base coverage and long-term service agreements
• Build customer relationships by understanding operational requirements, maintenance strategies, and applicable regulations
• Identify service opportunities through customer meetings, facility walk-throughs, and installed base reviews
• Cook up service proposals, tenders, and follow-up activities with internal teams and business units
• Translate customer needs and feedback into appropriate service offerings and sales strategies
• Guide and develop a regional service sales team with a focus on engagement, performance, and safety
• Use CRM and reporting tools to manage sales activity, opportunity tracking, and data accuracy
• Ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines

Requirements

Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States.

Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 8+ years of experience in sales, sales support, and/or service of power systems or solutions; or Master’s degree with a minimum of 6+ years of experience in sales, sales support, and/or service of power systems or solutions; or Associate degree with a minimum of 10+ years of experience in sales, sales support, and/or service of power systems or solutions

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or technical discipline preferred

Experience managing or guiding a service sales team

Experience working with electric substation equipment such as transformers, switchgear, and circuit breakers, including customer-facing technical sales or solution presentations

Familiarity with operations and maintenance practices for electric substation equipment and substation construction

Experience with substation construction and negotiating long-term substation service contracts

Willingness to travel up to 50%

Qualifications

Central US locations: TX, OK, MO, KS, CO, NE, IA, IL, WI, MN are preferred, however other locations within a reasonable vicinity to our key customer base will be considered.

Skills

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or technical discipline preferred

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement benefits, and paid leave.

Pay

Illinois Pay Transparency Statement: The salary range for this position is $150,900.00 – $188,600.00. This range represents the minimum and maximum compensation that Hitachi Energy reasonably expects to offer for this role at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, internal equity, and market conditions.

Mining Pay Transparency Statement: The salary range for this position is $150,900.00 – $188,600.00. This range reflects a good-faith estimate of the minimum and maximum compensation for this role at the time of posting and is not open-ended. Compensation decisions are based on factors including experience, qualifications, skills, internal equity, and business considerations.