Regional Sales Manager
About The Position
Who We Are: We are Newark, an Avnet Company, part of Farnell Global, the fast and reliable distributor of products and technology for electronic and industrial system design, maintenance, and repair. From research and design through prototype to production, we are here to help you access the products and services you need 24/7. With more than 80 years of experience, 47 localized websites, and a dedicated team of over 3,500 employees, we provide every component you need to build the technology of tomorrow. Farnell Global trades as Farnell in Europe, Newark in North America, and element14 throughout Asia Pacific. We also sell direct to consumers through a network of resellers, and our CPC business in the UK. We have been part of the established global technology distributor, Avnet, since 2016. Today, this relationship allows us to support our customers at every stage of the product life cycle, offering a truly unique distribution model, as well as expertise in end-to-end delivery and product design. Job Summary: Manages individual contributor sales account managers or may manage the organization's relationship with independent representatives (non-employees), distributors, or agents; may also may carry a sales quota.
Requirements
- Typically 6+ years including 2+ years of supervisory experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience from which comparable knowledge and job skills can be obtained.
- Ability to travel approximately 75% of the time to customer sites or attend training including some overnight travel.
Responsibilities
- Strategizes, develops, implements, and monitors business goals, operating plans and budgets for top line sales, gross profit growth, and long term growth.
- Implements processes and procedures which facilitate organizational growth and profit objectives.
- Monitors sales levels for assigned region and targets areas for improvement.
- Prepares and monitors annual sales forecast to facilitate achievement of sales goals including Profit and Loss (P&L) reviews.
- Reviews business plans and Year to Date (YTD) performance with management.
- Provides coaching to team members and may make sales calls jointly to ensure optimum customer relationships.
- Provides leadership and management direction to assigned territory and sales support staff to include hiring, managing employee performance, training, and salary administration.
- Creates demand for products and services by applying technical market/product expertise to technology recommendations that position the company as the distributor of choice to customers and suppliers.
- Communicate value-added capabilities and services to customers.
- Establishes and coordinates weekly meetings for opportunity, registration and design reviews including quarterly business reviews with sales management.
- Maintains current knowledge of products, competitors, technology and customers in assigned product family.
- Other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401K and Pension Plan
- Paid Holidays
- Family Support (Paid Leave, Surrogacy, Adoption)
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
- Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance
- Health Savings Account / Flexible Spending Account
- Education Assistance
- Employee Development Resources
- Employee Wellness, Leadership Development and Mentorship Programs
- Benefits listed above may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Avnet.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
