VP - Sales US Construction & Energy Solutions (Northeast)

Wesco • Pittsburgh, PA

5d • Remote

About The Position

As a VP- Sales I, 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

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive