District Business Manager

Kennametal, Inc.•Minneapolis, MN

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About The Position

The District Business Manager is responsible and accountable for leading and directing regional sales (direct or indirect) and operations to achieve ongoing sales revenue growth, productivity, quality, and customer service levels. This role will provide strategic leadership, in collaboration with Sales Operations, Channel Management, Strategic Marketing and Finance, in identifying and leveraging sales opportunities to gain/build market share in Metal Cutting segments (Aerospace, Transportation, and General Engineering).

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business, Communications or similar field or equivalent work experience required; MBA preferred
5+ years sales experience; strategic selling experience a plus
In depth professional knowledge and expertise of a specialized field or multiple disciplines
Experience with a structured sales process, professional selling skills and strategic selling methodologies
Experience managing a Profit & Loss statement/cost control
Experience dealing directly with customers
Demonstrated high level competency in written and verbal communications
Ability to plan, schedule and organize work priorities and objectives
Demonstrated success working with little to no direct daily supervision in a home office setting
Ability to effectively communicate and interact with all levels, both internal/external
Proficient with Power BI, Microsoft Dynamics CRM software (or equivalent CRM system), Excel, and PowerPoint
Excellent interpersonal skills; self-motivated

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred
strategic selling experience a plus

Responsibilities

Relay go- to-market and other sales strategy from upper management and cascade to teams.
Promote new product campaigns with team from top down.
Participate in MBR review. Sales vs. financial plan review weekly, monthly.
Collaborate with CPM's on channel strategy for region and key accounts and GKAMs on key accounts.
Manage P&L, budgetary and Op-Ex allocation for region.
Approve monthly team expenses.
Forecast future industry and business in region and create monthly sales projections with high accuracy.
Create and quarterly sales quota with accuracy and monitor plan vs. actual.
Approve hip pockets, concessions, T&D requests, and other special pricing agreements.
Manage customer credit and consignment.
Build an efficient sales team by recruiting and choosing the right people.
Coach team members regarding personal development.
Brainstorm new and creative ways to improve the selling process.
Manage team members account coding, compensation, and sales territory.
Communicate continually with direct reports on team and individual level.
Manage PPM goal setting, PPM mid- and year-end reviews.
Perform talent reviews and react accordingly.
Manage internal training and development execution.
Manage OneTeam tasks and BECC compliance.
Communicate channel strategy to team.
Lead by example, following TrueNorth and exemplifying KMT cultural beliefs.
Review of CRM opportunities, pipelines and sales activities as well as distribution of leads.
Review activity at focus accounts.
Approve engineering projects.
Review and communicate new product and promotion progress.
Manage conflict resolution.
Participate in monthly, quarterly, and yearly reviews of national and local channel partners.
Visit key end customers or channel served customers when needed.
Develop senior level relationships with key customers and channel partners.
Responsible and accountable for all business transactions through all channels.
Manage and drive general health and functions of team and report team output to upper management.
Create and revise regional strategy and plan based on sales output.
Revise resource allocation within sales territory based on changes in team and channel partner performance.
Coordinate ToolBoss audits.