Sales Director – Industrial Controls & Process Systems Richmond, VA / Mid-Atlantic Retained Search – People SolutionsPeopleSolutions has been retained by a well-established industrial controls and process equipment company to identify an experienced Sales Director to lead and develop its Mid-Atlantic sales organization. This is a newly created leadership role focused on improving sales execution, developing the team, strengthening pipeline visibility, and converting more opportunities into engineered projects.
Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead, coach, and develop outside sales professionals
  • Run pipeline reviews and participate in customer ride-alongs
  • Improve opportunity qualification, proposals, and close rates
  • Help develop scopes of work and coordinate subcontractors
  • Grow existing industrial, OEM, and contractor accounts
  • Build a more consistent sales process and reporting structure
  • Support manufacturer programs, leads, and business-plan goals
  • Drive new account growth across the Mid-Atlantic
Ideal Background:
  • Manufacturer's rep, industrial distributor, or manufacturer selling through reps/distributors
  • Technical B2B sales experience in controls, automation, instrumentation, valves, drives, combustion, thermal systems, or related industrial products
  • Experience leading outside sales teams
  • Proven success closing engineered project work
  • Ability to travel throughout Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic
Combustion, burner management, boiler controls, thermal processing, or NFPA 86 experience is highly desirable. Compensation Base: $150,000–$175,000 Target total compensation: $200,000–$225,000 Health insurance, 401(k), and vehicle/mileage support Candidates should live within approximately 90 minutes of Richmond, Virginia.
People: Solutions is conducting this search on a retained and confidential basis.

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