EATON

Sales Director, Mountain District

EATON$167K — $245K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution
  • 8+ years of Sales and Marketing experience in commercial electrical products
  • 5+ years of team leadership experience (direct/indirect)
  • Proven leadership in business development and sales growth
  • Knowledge of electrical markets and distribution channels

Responsibilities

  • Develop financial and strategic sales plans to exceed annual goals
  • Establish and nurture relationships with key customers and distributors
  • Build and enhance district sales team capabilities to drive organic growth
  • Direct sales resources to ensure effective account coverage
  • Analyze competitive positioning and recommend necessary sales changes
  • Create and execute strategic plans for channels and product initiatives
  • Recruit, train, and boost sales personnel capabilities

Benefits

  • Variety of health and welfare benefits
  • Retirement benefits programs
  • Paid and unpaid time away from work
  • Access to competitive compensation programs
  • Opportunity for variable incentive compensation
Full Job Description
Eaton's Electrical North American Sales division is currently seeking a District Sales Director for the Mountain District which includes Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Eastern Nevada (Las Vegas, Elko), southeast portion of Idaho and northwest portion of Nebraska.
This position can be based at the following Eaton locations: Las Vegas NV, Littleton CO or Chandler AZ.
Reporting to the Vice President, Sales, West Region, the District Sales Director is responsible for directing all sales activities to achieve performance goals in accordance with marketing and sales plans. This position requires coaching, directing and training sales professionals in their respective assignments to succeed at managing and developing their customer base, leveraging internal and external sales resources, driving products and the channel to market to achieve market share gains, supporting price attainment goals and executing strategic initiatives throughout the district.

Job Responsibilities:
• Develop financial and strategic commercial sales plans that align to product divisions that result in a coordinated selling effort to exceed annual sales goals and objectives
• Establish new and build on existing relationships with key customers and distributors to enhance sales volume and customer service
• Build organizational capabilities across a district sales team along with enterprise-wide resources to deliver organic growth. Analyze areas of responsibility, recommending changes in sales force structure and design, assignments and selling activities to produce maximum, profitable volume, while achieving the best cost to sales ratio
• Plan, direct, and drive the sales resources to ensure that adequate coverage is applied to accounts
• Understand not only ours but our competitor's products, tactics, strategy, pricing, and competitive position in the district
• Create and execute strategic plans including the implementation of strategic channel and product line initiatives
• Build close relationships with key contractors, distributors and end users to enhance sales volume and deliver growth
• Identify, analyze, select, and continuously improve the districts various channels to market
• Recruit, hire, train, develop, and continuously improve organizational capabilities of sales personnel

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum eight (8) years of experience in Sales and Marketing within commercial electrical product market
• Minimum five (5) years of experience leading a team, directly or indirectly
• Proven Leadership experience managing sales teams, customers and channel
• Proven track record of leading large-scale business development initiatives, driving sales growth, expanding market share, and achieving pricing objectives across diverse markets.
• Must have and maintain an unrestricted driver's license
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
• No relocation is offered for this position. Candidates must reside within 50 miles of one of the locations listed in the job posting to be considered.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Product line marketing and/or operational experience
• MBA preferred

Position Success Criteria:
• Proven leadership skills and ability to successfully manage and resolve conflict
• Experience in and ability to assess, select, develop, motivate, and energize a diverse team in critical areas of sales planning, negotiation, and customer pursuit. Swiftly addresses performance issues
• Knowledge of electrical markets, products, and distribution channels
• Strategic planning and profit planning / VOP planning experience
• Strong commercial acumen with experience in customer development, and the deployment of various sales techniques
• Experience of setting aggressive sales plans and achieving ambitious targets and stretch goals
• Ability and demonstrated experience to identify existing and future growth market opportunities and tailor strategic sales plan and resources to maximize Eaton's top-line and market share position
• Strong customer orientation and focus. Ability to work with all levels of the customer organizations to sell and support products as well as to understand the customer's current and future business needs
• Ability to travel 25%

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates' privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

At Eaton, we strive to provide compensation and benefits that attract, engage, and retain the best talent. This includes competitive pay and a variety of benefit programs for eligible employees. The expected annual salary range for this role is $167000 - $245000 a year. This role is also eligible for a variable incentive program. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on September 21st, 2026.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

About EATON

Eaton Corporation plc is a multinational power management company with 2020 sales of $17.9 billion, founded in the US. Eaton provides energy-efficient solutions that help customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical power more efficiently, safely, and sustainably. Eaton operates through three main business segments: Electrical Products, Electrical Systems and Services, and Hydraulics. The Electrical Products segment designs, manufactures, markets, and sells electrical components, such as circuit breakers, switches, and electrical protection and control devices. The Electrical Systems and Services segment offers electrical power distribution and assemblies, as well as engineering services and automation and control solutions. The Hydraulics segment provides products such as pumps, motors, valves, cylinders, and filtration products. Eaton has a global presence with operations in North America, Europe, Asia, and other regions.
Learn more about EATON
Size
85,947 employees
Market Cap
$62.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.4 billion
Founded
2009
5 Year Trend
-0.1%
Revenue
$17.8 billion
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