James Hardie Industries plc

Regional Account Manager

James Hardie Industries plc$80K — $95K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of sales experience in the building products industry
  • Strong understanding of sales processes and CRM systems
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
  • 3+ years of business consultation experience, ideally in construction
  • Ability to influence and present to internal and external stakeholders
  • Familiarity with construction practices and James Hardie product line
  • Willingness to travel up to 50% within the assigned territory

Responsibilities

  • Identify and develop opportunities for product adoption and customer share growth.
  • Maintain strong relationships with key customer accounts through consistent engagement.
  • Partner with dealers and market stakeholders to ensure satisfaction and loyalty.
  • Develop structured account plans and set growth targets for key accounts.
  • Analyze customer feedback to refine internal product and service offerings.
  • Engage market stakeholders to drive demand for exterior products and support channel managers.
  • Execute detailed territory plans and adjust strategies based on pipeline performance.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and bonus eligibility
  • Day-one health insurance coverage including medical, dental, and vision
  • Paid time off including vacation and company holidays
  • 401(k) plan with a 6% company match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESP) available
  • Wellness programs and parental leave for work-life balance
  • Involvement in sustainability initiatives
Full Job Description
Summary

The Regional Account Manager (RAM), Exterior Products reports to the District Sales Manager and works with a regional team of sellers. The Exteriors RAM has the objective of owning downstream demand for exterior products within an assigned segment. The role is responsible for defending business, gaining customer wallet share, while driving material conversion and growing market share, expanding premium product adoption. The role regularly executes district plans and partners with Channel Manager and field teams to convert demand into sustained territory growth.

Location: Remote from Your Home office in the Charleston Area - covering Charelston, SC to Myrtle Beach, SC

What You'll Do:

Account Management/Business Development
  • Identify opportunities to expand product adoption, increase share of wallet, and introduce new solutions that align with customer needs.
  • Defend business by maintaining strong, long-term relationships with key customer accounts through consistent engagement, responsiveness, and value-added support.
  • Serve as the key partner for both assigned customers (dealers/distributors) as well as market stakeholders (builders, architects, contractors), ensuring partnership, satisfaction and loyalt
  • Develop structured account plans and execute growth targets for each key account.
  • Conduct regular business reviews with key accounts to assess goals, performance, challenges, and future needs.
  • Translate customer feedback into internal recommendations for product, pricing, service, or process improvements.
  • Maintain account profiles, activity logs, and pipeline opportunities in CRM tools.
  • Use data to forecast account performance, identify trends, and prioritize actions.
  • Drive Demand for Exteriors Products
  • Engages market stakeholders to generate downstream demand for Exteriors products across assigned customers; enables cross-selling to support Channel Managers
  • Builds long-term relationships through ongoing account engagement and tailored product solutions, while driving material conversion, and supporting other regional growth priorities.
  • Execute Market Segment Specialization
  • Executes against defined sub-specialization (single family repair/remodel, single family new construction, or multi-family new construction) by partnering to provideproduct value that aligns with regional growth objectives
  • Ability to tailor engagement and messaging to segment-specific needs
  • Territory Planning/Execution
  • Develops and executes district plan that translates regional priorities into weekly/daily activity
  • Manages pipeline, targeting, and follow-up to ensure consistent execution against demand-generation goals and adjusts approach based on performance and market feedback


What You'll Bring:
Sales Expertise: Willingness and ability to cultivate relationships, grow networks, nurture leads, and passion to identify targets. Ability to negotiate and collaborate with business leaders to achieve an ideal outcome. Strong understanding of sales processes, sales funnel management, and sales practices. Knowledgeable of market segmentation and goto-market strategies. Familiar with Customer Relationship Management systems to aid in organization and planning.
Business Consultation: Strong business/financial acumen, preferably regarding theconstruction industry. Understanding business (builder/dealer/installer) financials (margins, turns, labor optimization), market opportunity and dynamics to advise partners for mutual growth. Flexibility to identify and attend key activities within assigned territory while being accountable to a priority-based schedule with prospective customers.
Communication/Influence: Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders and advocate for JHBP, effectively building relationships at all levels of an organization. Able to present in front of large groups and convey messages in a captivating manner. Familiar with key communication tools (DISC, SLII, etc.).
Building Products Knowledge: Familiar with basic construction practices with the ability to understand residential construction process. Learns James Hardie product line, including features, applications, installation considerations, and value drivers across residential and commercial projects.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• 3+ years of progressive sales experience with a high-level of organization, discipline, and self-structure, preferably within the building products industry.
• 1+ years of experience working with a Customer Relationship Management system (Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, etc.)
• Ability to travel outside of local market up to 50% of the time
• Valid driver's license is required, and employment is contingent upon maintaining a satisfactory Motor Vehicle Record that meets the Company's driving eligibility standards

What You'll Receive:

As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this position is $XX to $XX. Placement in the range depends on several factors such as experience, skills, geography and internal equity and may change over time. This position qualifies for benefits and you will be eligible to participate in a bonus plan.

At James Hardie, we recognize that our success depends on our people. We've worked hard to build a generous and competitive benefits program that demonstrates our commitment to our employees.
    • Compensation: competitive salary and bonus eligibility
    • Insurance: day-one health coverage medical, dental, vision, life insurance
    • Paid Time Off: vacation and company holidays
    • Retirement: 401(k) with 6% match
    • Investments: Employee Stock Purchase plan (ESP)
    • Work-Life Balance: parental leave, wellness programs
    • Purpose. Impact. Community: Sustainability Initiatives | James Hardie

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The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required and/or assigned as necessary.

About James Hardie Industries plc

James Hardie Industries plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells fiber cement siding and backer board products. It operates through North America Fiber Cement, International Fiber Cement, Other Businesses, and Research and Development segments. The company offers fiber cement interior linings, exterior siding products, and related accessories; fiber cement building materials for a range of applications, including external siding, internal walls, floors, ceilings, soffits, trim, fencing, decking, and facades; floor underlayments; planks, which are used in external siding; flat panels and squares for internal and external wall linings; gypsum fiber boards; and cement-bonded boards. It also provides various products, such as HardieTrim, a decorative trim; and HardieBacker, a tile backer board. The company markets its products and systems under the HardiePlank, HardiePanel, HardieTrim, HardieBacker, James Hardie, Artisan, Reveal, Cemplank, Scyon, Ritek, and Fermacell brands. James Hardie Industries plc was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
Learn more about James Hardie Industries plc
Size
5,196 employees
Market Cap
$7.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$148.1 million
5 Year Trend
+13.5%
Revenue
$2.6 billion
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