Channel National Account Manager - Digital, MRO, OEM & Industrial

Eaton’s ES AMER NAS division is currently seeking a Channel National Account Manager - Digital, MRO, OEM & Industrial. This is a hybrid-based position where candidates must reside within 50 miles of one of our following locations to be considered for the position: Beachwood, OH; Chicago, IL; Moon Township, PA; Peachtree City, GA; Smyrna, GA; Grapevine, TX or City of Industry, CA.

## What you’ll do:

Position Overview:

The primary function of the National Account Manager – Digital, MRO, OEM and Industrial is to drive profitable growth across a portfolio of strategic national accounts by building customer-specific growth strategies, leading joint business planning and executing initiatives that expand revenue, margin and market share. This role is responsible for strengthening executive-level customer relationships, accelerating digital commerce performance, identifying new business opportunities and coordinating cross-functional resources to deliver outstanding customer experience and sustained commercial results. This position can be in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Cleveland, Ohio; Peachtree City or Smyrna, Georgia or Chicago, Illinois.

In this function you will:

• Develop and grow strategic relationships with key national accounts across Digital, MRO, OEM, and Industrial channels to increase revenue, profitability and customer loyalty
• Create and execute joint business plans with assigned accounts, establish growth priorities, financial targets, promotional strategies and measurable milestones
• Lead digital commerce initiatives by improving online assortment, product content, search visibility, conversion, pricing execution and promotional effectiveness across customer platforms
• Analyze sales, profitability, inventory and market trends to identify whitespace opportunities, improve account performance and drive fact-based business decisions
• Lead product launches, promotional programs, and strategic growth initiatives in partnership with marketing, product management, supply chain, finance and field sales teams
• Build strong relationships with customer leaders in merchandising, category management, procurement, operations, eCommerce and sales to strengthen alignment and execution
• Maintain strong knowledge of assigned markets, customer business models, competitive activity, and Eaton solutions to position differentiated value with national accounts
• Identify, prioritize and capture new opportunities across key product categories, customer programs, and channel motions that support profitable growth
• Influence and align internal stakeholders across functions and regions to ensure strong execution of customer commitments, national agreements and growth plans
• Own account forecasting, performance reviews and strategic business updates, ensuring disciplined execution against revenue, margin and market share objectives

## Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in national account management, channel sales, strategic account management, or business development in electrical, industrial, OEM, MRO, or related markets
• Possess a valid driver’s license
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of Beachwood, OH; Chicago, IL; Moon Township, PA; Peachtree City, GA; Smyrna, GA; Grapevine, TX or City of Industry, CA will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering
• MBA
• Sales experience in North American digital, MRO, OEM, industrial, electrical or datacom channels
• Experience leading strategic account plans, joint business planning and customer-facing commercial negotiations
• Experience with digital commerce, product content optimization, channel marketing or go-to-market execution

## Skills:

Position Criteria:

• Possess excellent communication skills
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future
• Market knowledge
• Knowledge of electrical products and distribution channels
• Strategic planning and profit planning experience
• Knowledge of sales techniques, customers, customer relations and personnel development
• Strong professional presence and communication style
• Experience of setting aggressive sales plans and achieving ambitious targets and stretch goals
• Ability and demonstrated experience to identify existing and future growth market opportunities and tailor strategic sales plan and resources to maximize Eaton’s topline and market share position
• Ability to establish rigor, consistency and a business cadence that drives the team forward and achieves results, even in times of challenging market conditions with the capability to synthesize information and leverage data-driven arguments to make and guide informed decisions
• Strong customer orientation and focus. Ability to work with all levels of the customer organizations to sell and support products as well as to understand the customer’s current and future business needs
• Negotiation skills and expertise; ability to cope with ambiguity, successfully resolve problems, manage conflict and navigate resistance and develop buy-in
• Technical aptitude to understand and position solutions within the Utility segment
• Ability to influence without authority in a matrix environment
• Experience and ability to assess, select, develop, motivate and energize a diverse team in critical areas of sales planning, negotiation and customer pursuit with the ability to swiftly address performance issues
• Ability to travel up to 50%

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

The compensation range for this full-time position includes base pay and target sales performance incentive. This position has a target total compensation range of $143,250 - $210,100.

Base salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

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