VP - Sales I (US Construction - Central Region)

Wesco•Carol Stream, IL

About The Position

As a VP- Sales (US Construction - Central Region), you will be creating a culture of empowered performance focus while leading and developing a high performing team, setting strategy to drive profitable growth, creating strong partnerships with customers, running day-to-day operations, and delivering innovation to improve the customer experience. All while working in conjunction with Wesco’s Strategic Business Units and their respective sales organizations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred
12–15 years General Management experience running a P&L
12–15 years experience of growing market share, managing price/volume mix, exploiting new revenue streams, and working with customers/intermediaries to drive sales
Business and management principles, including strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership techniques, and management of people and resources
Understands competitive landscape, market insights and effectively communicates across key internal and external stakeholders
12-15 years experience in managing vendor relationships
Experience building and developing teams, fostering collaboration and cross-functional problem solving and providing clarity around roles and responsibilities
Strong verbal, written, analytical, persuasion and interpersonal skills
Ability to exercise teamwork, leadership, and flexibility
Highly collaborative; able to effectively interact at all levels across the organization
In-depth knowledge of distribution industry, related solutions, and products
Ability to travel 50-75% of the time

Responsibilities

Defines the short and long-term roadmap for WESCO’s strategic sales and transformation strategy.
Brings to market new products and brands, while expanding reach within the global accounts.
Manages to a top line growth, including planning and forecasting, while driving growth and profitability expansion for the owned solution categories.
Establishes goals and strategic direction for the business, ensuring alignment with this executive’s Strategic Business Unit peers.
Develops and leads a team of Sales Leaders.
Calls on both existing and new customers to drive profitable growth.
Fosters and grows critical supplier and vendor relationships as they relate to Wesco growth goals and technology expansion, with a plan to help our supplier partners take market share and expand brand recognition.
Collaborates to drive marketing initiatives for product categories.
Oversees pricing and marketing strategy development and execution.

Benefits

For eligible positions, compensation may include participation in a bonus or sales incentive plan, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plan documents. For certain sales roles, Wesco also offers a commission structure that provides additional compensation based on sales results, as defined by the applicable commission plan.
In addition, Wesco offers a benefits program for eligible employees, which may include paid time off, medical, dental, and vision coverage, and retirement savings plans. Additional details about benefits are available here [https://www.wesco.com/us/en/our-company/careers/work-at-wesco.html#benefits].
Through comprehensive benefits [https://www.wesco.com/us/en/our-company/careers/work-at-wesco.html#benefits] and active community engagement, we create an environment where every team member has the opportunity to thrive.

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