Regional Sales Manager - Industrial OEM (MN, IL, IA, WI)

Our Sales team plays a pivotal role in our business growth initiatives and is essential to delivering outstanding customer outcomes. As a Regional Sales Manager, you will get to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, leveraging your entrepreneurial spirit, results-oriented strategic mindset, and customer-focused approach. This is an exciting opportunity to drive growth in a wide variety of markets with a high level of autonomy! ITW BUSINESS MODEL & CULTURE:We have an environment shaped by our decentralized, entrepreneurial culture that brings our exciting ideas to life.  Our people thrive in our “flexibility within the framework” approach. We are committed to providing you with growth and development opportunities that maximize your unique potential. Our culture empowers you to think and act like a business owner – we want your entrepreneurial spirit to thrive! Be a part of One ITW/One Team, where everyone’s contribution matters in our quest to achieve our full potential. We live by our Core Values: We focus on the essential core of each business opportunity, fostering simplicity in how we think and execute.  We gain strength through trial and error and work as a team through jointly sharing risk. We treat our customers and suppliers with integrity and transparency, and constantly strive to do the right thing. We deeply respect diversity at every level of the company and consequently promote an open environment where innovations can emerge from our various backgrounds and experiences. We trust our team members and are confident that they each work to the highest professional standards and in the company’s best interests. YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS JOB IF YOU:Are an entrepreneur – you enjoy taking ownership of your surroundings and constantly seek to find ways to improve. Are a self-starter with an interest in engaging customers on a face-to-face basis. Possess a ‘hunter’ mentality with regard to finding and developing new sales opportunities. Are excited about working with a differentiated product and customer mix and are passionate about the customer experience. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:Identify market needs, trends, and opportunities within your territory.   Develop and implement a robust plan to achieve significant growth within the territory. Tactical and operational planning with Segment Manager to determine primary objectives within region.  Align with distributor network to promote significant growth in region through identifying opportunities at major accounts. Identify and resolve customer pain points and offer solutions. Provide technical support to our end users via detailed plant auditing and training that reinforces our value proposition for the customer base. Demonstrate strong Sales Excellence including a disciplined competency in the understanding and utilization of SalesForce.com CRM. Participate in market/channel projects as required to support the overall business strategy. Effectively communicate with others inside and outside of the company in a tactful, courteous manner to promote excellent customer service.   Develop a high competency in the understanding and utilization of the ITW Toolbox concepts, most notably the 80/20 Front to Back strategy. Promote, support, and adhere to all safety and quality related policies and procedures.