Commercial Director - Energy Storage/Energy & Power

Statut d'emploi : Permanent

Permanent

Type d'heures : À temps plein

À temps plein

Nous avons besoin de vous pour former une équipe de calibre mondial

Les activités du Groupe CSA reposent sur l’atteinte d’un idéal : rendre le monde meilleur, plus sûr et plus durable.Cet ideal est au coeur de notre mission depuis 1919, année où nous avons élaboré notre première norme d’ingénierie sur les ponts ferroviaires.

Aujourd’hui, près de 100 ans plus tard, le Groupe CSA compte plus de 3 500 normes, codes et produits connexes.

Le Groupe CSA, dont le siège social se trouve au Canada, est présent à l’échelle mondiale : il possède plus de 30 laboratoires et bureaux en Europe, en Asie et en Amérique du Nord.

Il propose des services de mise à l’essai, d’inspection et de certification d’une vaste gamme de produits des articles de maison aux technologies de pointe pour veiller à ce qu’ils répondent à des exigences strictes en matière de sécurité, de performance et d’impact sur l’environnement.

Nos employés sont fiers que leur travail ait une incidence positive sur la vie des gens. Nous avons besoin de personnes comme vous pour poursuivre notre mission en ce sens.

Résumé du travail :

As the Commercial Director - Energy Storage / Energy & Power, you will lead and manage a regional sales team. You will provide the necessary guidance and accountability to achieve set commercial targets through account growth.

You will grow and develop your team and be responsible for training, budgeting, annual goal setting, and monitoring set measurements against goals on a proscribed basis.

You will have the opportunity to make recommendations for strategy, as necessary. You will be involved in strategy and provide recommendations for new or strategic business opportunities in core areas through the innovative use of global business analyses, market intelligence, competitive data, customer feedback and regional input.

You will work as part of a global team to help improve service and ensure that global goals are achieved.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

Responsible for developing and implementing the sales strategy, budget and goals each year, prior to submittal of the annual budget.

Provides leadership and direction to the regional sales team on an ongoing basis. Motivates and promotes cross selling and superior customer service.

Regularly acts as an authority figure to effectively disposition customer issues and complaints.

Hires, trains and develops SAMs, TAMs, ISRs and TSs to ensure Commercial objectives / targets are met. Evaluates staff performance and initiates disciplinary action as required.

Determines training and developmental needs of staff. Enabler for strong communication, regular product knowledge and corporate goals and vision.

Monitors and manages regional sales travel and expenditures.

Plans and organizes sales staff attendance at scheduled tradeshows. Tracks success of tradeshow participants by monitoring the number of actual new orders received from leads generated at the shows.

Contributes to strategic direction through the development of an understanding of our customers’ business environment.

Develops and executes promotional campaigns, and assembles strategic insights into presentation materials and call planning.

Demonstrates domain knowledge and expertise in a range of skills, such product portfolio planning, channel and go-to-market models, and customer / market research.

Assists with the preparation of the annual sales & marketing budget to meet and contribute to the company objectives and operating margin.

Monitors, analyses and reports the results to various levels of the organization on a regular basis throughout the year.

Participates on administrative and procedural teams to offer input and to contribute to Corporate and / or Divisional objectives.

Participates in and leads special projects as required. Makes recommendations to improve processes and follows up to ensure the goals are met.

Interacts with customers and prospects to develop and maintain an understanding of the market place. Monitors competitor marketing activities.

Assists in the preparation and issue of marketing literature. Attends conferences, exhibitions and meetings as required.

Participates in the development of CSA Group’s global business strategies, and influence execution of that strategy, with full collaboration of Regional Leaders.

Provides input for regional investment, M&A, marketing and pricing strategies for the region.

Responsible for development and management of key trade association and government agency relationships.

Provides input for business analysis, market intelligence and competitive data. Collaborates with Finance in ensuring appropriate data and metrics are available.

Provides input for the development and implementation of relevant programs that impact staff and customers and proactively communicates as required.

Utilizes business savvy and personal leadership skills to influence staff and change business culture.

Qualifications :

Post-secondary education is mandatory, preferably in technical and / or business fields an Engineering Degree and an MBA are assets.

Six or more years of strategic leadership (global or regional accountability) of a product group or technology.

Ability to influence, build networks and get things done without traditional line-authority.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential. The ability to work in matrix and team environments is critical.

Ability to lead multiple stakeholders and balance competing priorities.

Proven ability to consistently exceed sales goals.

Proven experience dealing with large organizations at senior level.

Create clear, effective and professional written communications and presentations.

Good IT skills (Microsoft Office), good communication and interpersonal skills. Excellent written and spoken English.

Problem solving and decision making skills required. Must be able to meet deadlines and at times work under pressure.

Experience with leading a regional sales team.

Continually review sales processes to ensure they are efficient effective and accurate.