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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).
Job Responsibility:
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
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