Area Distributor Manager - West - Flowserve Corporation

Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Join a company whose people are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With 16,000+ employees in 50+ countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. Our team challenges themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. We support 10,000+ customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve. Company Overview: If a culture of excellence, innovation and ownership is what you’re searching for, consider putting your experience in motion at Flowserve. As an individual contributor, or as a leader of people, your enterprise mindset will ensure Flowserve’s position as the global standard in comprehensive flow control solutions. Here, your opportunity for professional development and industry leading rewards will be supported by our foundational commitments to the values of people first, integrity and safety. Thinking beyond opportunity and reward, at Flowserve, we are inspired by working together to create extraordinary flow control solutions to make the world better for everyone! **Summary:** As the Area Distributor Manager, you will oversee and drive sales activities of our Channel Partners in the sub-region including California, Arizona, New Mexico and Clark County, Nevada. Your role involves providing comprehensive sales support for our designated product and service offerings. You'll be accountable for devising and executing effective sales strategies, conducting thorough account planning, accurately forecasting, and ensuring the continuous growth of bookings associated with Flowserve's product and service portfolio in the sub-region. **Responsibilities:** + Translate Flowserve vision into actionable strategies with clear objectives and deliverables for your organization. + Develop working relationships throughout the partner organization based on trust. + Liaison between distributors & Flowserve sales management to coordinate coverage, channel decisions and FLS strategies. + Ensure partners are putting forth the best effort and executing in the assigned Territory for products, programs and relationships through ongoing evaluation and performance assessment utilizing the Distributor Sales Plan process and ensuring specific strategies are developed to meet growth goals. + Collaborate with Business Development Managers regarding strategies, opportunities and product development and/or acquisition ideas. + Ensure teams interact constructively with one another, & collaboratively drive maximum revenue opportunity, while aspiring to deliver improved value propositions to our distributors & end-users. + Ensure all quotation management systems are continually updated & proactively provide timely forecast estimates. + Identify key opportunities & risks related to your forecasts. + Develop leadership talent; provide an atmosphere where continual training & education are the norm; & high performing associates are retained. + Execute team mission fully & effectively by holding all associates accountable for their responsibilities. + Use key metrics as a primary mechanism for monitoring performance & driving effective execution. + Develop sales plans & goals supported by accurate forecasting of market and demands and available opportunities. + Focus organization on both internal and external customers to ensure the team is viewed as responsive, reliable, consistent, & helpful in offering solution. + Lead by example to ensure employees work as a cohesive team with a positive, can-do attitude. + Convey information broadly and effectively to advance team and business goals, to strengthen relationships and transfer business knowledge across varying units and cultures. + Analyze, interpret, and communicate market trends, conditions & activities via weekly activity report. + Act as the distributors advocate within the organization. + Manage expenses in a professional & financially responsible manner. + Drive support of the key financial objectives, including working to achieve yearly AR targets, inventory targets, OTP targets, expense controls & overall operational excellence. + Understand and drive compliance with all policies, procedures & legal requirements (i.e., SOX, Export compliance, safety, Terms and Conditions, Sales Approval Processes, Sales Order Drafts, etc.). + Other duties as assigned. **Requirements:** + BS or BA Degree in a relevant field or 8–10 years of relevant experience. + Previous experience in Distribution Sales and/or Sales Management. + Excellent communication and organizational skills. + Proficiency in pump and seal fundamentals, hydraulics, and rotating equipment. + Proven experience in relationship and customer management in a sales environment. + Strong presentation skills for diverse group sizes and backgrounds. + Ability to travel 70% of the time, mostly to Southern California and Phoenix, Arizona regions. **Preferred Experience/Skills:** + Experience in distributor channel development. **Benefits:** Flowserve offers competitive pay, annual bonuses, medical benefits on day 1, generous paid vacation time, paid holidays, pension plan, 401(k) and many other excellent benefits! Base pay range for California: 128,431.53 – 192,587.88 USD Annual. **Req ID** : R-10345 **Job Family Group** : Sales **Job Family** : SA Sales EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans. Flowserve will also not discriminate against an applicant or employee for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing their pay or, in certain circumstances, the pay of their co-workers. Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access flowservecareers.com as result of your disability. You can request a reasonable accommodation by sending an email to employment@flowserve.com. In order to quickly respond to your request, please use the words "Accommodation Request" as your subject line of your email. For more information, read the Accessibility Process.