What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, District Sales, Strategic Channel Partners position at Brother USA?
Company Overview
Brother is a leading provider of home and office equipment, sewing and crafting products, and industrial solutions. With a legacy spanning over 115 years, our brand is renowned for producing award-winning printers, sewing machines, P-touch labelers, and more. Brother International Corporation (BIC) was established in 1954, marking over 70 years of operations in the United States. Our Americas headquarters is located in Bridgewater, New Jersey. BIC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brother Industries Limited (BIL), which was founded in 1908 in Nagoya, Japan, and operates in more than 30 countries worldwide. Brother’s Americas presence includes subsidiaries in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Peru.
Why Work at Brother?
Brother has consistently been recognized as a best place to work, reflecting our commitment to fostering a workplace culture aligned with our core values of being inclusive, collaborative, customer-centric, and socially responsible. We value work-life balance and flexibility, and as a result have introduced policies such as our hybrid office schedule, casual dress code, and flexible Fridays, which allow us to wrap up meetings for dedicated focus time or to start our weekends sooner, year-round. Our commitment to employee growth and development is demonstrated through our offering of facilitated courses and certificate programs and our investment in resources that enable self-paced learning.
Role Overview
The Manager, District Sales, Strategic Channel Partners maintains, prospects, and closes accounts within the assigned territory, per divisional guidelines, with a specific focus on the Strategic Channel Partners market. This position creates a sales strategy and executes on the associated plan of action, with support from the management team and the consensus of the department. This position develops and maintains strong, positive relationships with their accounts, driving for increased sales, and meeting designated sales quotas. The Manager, District Sales, Strategic Channel Partners manages all assigned territory activities, including but not limited to the following tasks: making account calls, organizing travel, forecasting, managing assigned resources, prioritizing accounts as per potential, and closing sales.
Duties & Responsibilities
Account Management & Account Mapping:
Education
This role is a remote field-based role. A fixed office schedule is not an expectation of the position.
This posting includes two open positions: one East District Sales Manager and one West District Sales Manager.
Travel is expected throughout the territory up to 70% of the time, or an average of 10-15 trips per quarter, dependent on business need
Base Salary
We offer a comprehensive benefits package with diverse plan options to meet your family’s needs, including health, vision, and dental insurance—all effective from day one of employment. Under our 401(k) retirement savings plan, we match up to 100% of the first 4% of employee contributions, with employer matches vesting immediately. Additionally, we offer an educational assistance program that reimburses up to 100% of tuition, lab fees, textbooks, and other related expenses for qualifying programs. Details are available at https://mybenefits.nfp.com/Brother/2026/guidebook/
Our Mission, Vision & Culture
Our mission is to live our “at your side” promise to simplify and enrich the lives of our customers, employees, and communities. We aim to be where people and technology meet, providing products and solutions that enhance how people live, work, and create. We look to our strategic culture drivers - accountability, authenticity, boldness, and excellence - to enable us to consistently deliver on our vision, mission, and shared values. These drivers help us shape a culture that empowers the business to succeed.
About Where We Work
Brother’s corporate headquarters for the Americas is in Bridgewater, NJ, across from the Bridgewater Commons Mall. This location houses key corporate functions, including HR, legal, finance, IT, and supply chain, and a significant presence of our business unit leadership and marketing teams. Our manufacturing and distribution facility in Bartlett, TN spans an impressive 1.5 million square feet - equivalent to 26 football fields - and is located on Brother Boulevard. In addition to the distribution center operations team, this facility hosts several other departments, including our customer service group. Brother also has employees based in other locations, such as Westminster, CO, where many of our marketing and product engineering team members from the mobile solutions division operate, as well as our distribution centers in Richmond, VA and Perris, CA. Additionally, our outside sales teams work remotely within their territories, staying geographically close to the accounts they support to ensure they are always “at your side” for our customers.
Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) Statement
Brother International Corporation ("Brother") is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal laws. Brother is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the application or interview process. If you need an accommodation, please contact us at eoe_applicant_accommodations@brother.com .
Brother is a leading provider of home and office equipment, sewing and crafting products, and industrial solutions. With a legacy spanning over 115 years, our brand is renowned for producing award-winning printers, sewing machines, P-touch labelers, and more. Brother International Corporation (BIC) was established in 1954, marking over 70 years of operations in the United States. Our Americas headquarters is located in Bridgewater, New Jersey. BIC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brother Industries Limited (BIL), which was founded in 1908 in Nagoya, Japan, and operates in more than 30 countries worldwide. Brother’s Americas presence includes subsidiaries in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Peru.
Why Work at Brother?
Brother has consistently been recognized as a best place to work, reflecting our commitment to fostering a workplace culture aligned with our core values of being inclusive, collaborative, customer-centric, and socially responsible. We value work-life balance and flexibility, and as a result have introduced policies such as our hybrid office schedule, casual dress code, and flexible Fridays, which allow us to wrap up meetings for dedicated focus time or to start our weekends sooner, year-round. Our commitment to employee growth and development is demonstrated through our offering of facilitated courses and certificate programs and our investment in resources that enable self-paced learning.
Role Overview
The Manager, District Sales, Strategic Channel Partners maintains, prospects, and closes accounts within the assigned territory, per divisional guidelines, with a specific focus on the Strategic Channel Partners market. This position creates a sales strategy and executes on the associated plan of action, with support from the management team and the consensus of the department. This position develops and maintains strong, positive relationships with their accounts, driving for increased sales, and meeting designated sales quotas. The Manager, District Sales, Strategic Channel Partners manages all assigned territory activities, including but not limited to the following tasks: making account calls, organizing travel, forecasting, managing assigned resources, prioritizing accounts as per potential, and closing sales.
Duties & Responsibilities
Account Management & Account Mapping:
- Maintain a very high level of customer service and account management while maintaining sales and profitability in the assigned region
- Increase sales and develop future opportunities for Brother sales through proactive prospecting activities
- Contact accounts, qualify them, secure presentations, and close account leads that are generated by prospecting
- Actively participate in related vertical market events, including but not limited to: trade shows, technology seminars, and association meetings
- Develop sales strategy for the assigned territory and provide a blueprint of specific sales actions needed to achieve and/or exceed regional sales goals
- Analyze current and targeted customers, providing actual and projected sales results in units/dollars, by product
- Vigorously monitor sales activities in territory and make adjustments, when needed, to refocus selling strategy
- Provide feedback to sales and marketing management for strategic decisions
- Provide monthly calendar and weekly sales reports detailing specific sales opportunities in territory (closed, in progress, dead)
- Maintain an updated and proactive calendar with all current and future sales appointments
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, or related field Preferred
- 7 years experience in Sales experience in a client-facing role; Experience managing accounts in a defined region; Experience driving business and increasing sales over assigned accounts
- 1 year Experience with the printer/scanner/labeling market and associated products or similar industry; Knowledge of industry trends and best practices
- Extensive understanding of "computer peripheral" area (e.g. Printer/Fax/MFC products & solutions)
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
- Knowledge of SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system Preferred
- Ability to maintain positive client relationships
- Ability to increase sales and close on accounts
- Excellent communication & presentation skills (verbal & written)
- Ability to diagnose customer issues & problem-solve for solutions
This role is a remote field-based role. A fixed office schedule is not an expectation of the position.
This posting includes two open positions: one East District Sales Manager and one West District Sales Manager.
Travel is expected throughout the territory up to 70% of the time, or an average of 10-15 trips per quarter, dependent on business need
Base Salary
- The targeted base salary range for this position is 80K - 90K per year.
- Base salary is determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the successful candidate, as well as factors such as internal equity, cost of labor in the hiring location, and alignment with market data.
- This position is eligible for a 26 K sales bonus in annual total at 100% of target, with the opportunity to achieve above 100% dependent on individual performance and in alignment with company sales and bonus plans.
- This position is also eligible for a 6.86% bonus at 100% of target, with the opportunity to achieve above 100% dependent on company performance and in alignment with company bonus plans.
- Bonus awards are discretionary and contingent upon individual performance as well as Brother achieving its corporate objectives, in accordance with the applicable bonus plan in effect.
- This position is also eligible for an auto allowance paid monthly in the first pay period of each month. This auto allowance may be used in the employee’s sole discretion but is intended toward maintenance of the employee’s own vehicle they’ll be using for business commuting. This is independent and in addition to the company’s Travel & Entertainment policy, which covers mileage reimbursement and additional business travel expenses.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package with diverse plan options to meet your family’s needs, including health, vision, and dental insurance—all effective from day one of employment. Under our 401(k) retirement savings plan, we match up to 100% of the first 4% of employee contributions, with employer matches vesting immediately. Additionally, we offer an educational assistance program that reimburses up to 100% of tuition, lab fees, textbooks, and other related expenses for qualifying programs. Details are available at https://mybenefits.nfp.com/Brother/2026/guidebook/
Our Mission, Vision & Culture
Our mission is to live our “at your side” promise to simplify and enrich the lives of our customers, employees, and communities. We aim to be where people and technology meet, providing products and solutions that enhance how people live, work, and create. We look to our strategic culture drivers - accountability, authenticity, boldness, and excellence - to enable us to consistently deliver on our vision, mission, and shared values. These drivers help us shape a culture that empowers the business to succeed.
About Where We Work
Brother’s corporate headquarters for the Americas is in Bridgewater, NJ, across from the Bridgewater Commons Mall. This location houses key corporate functions, including HR, legal, finance, IT, and supply chain, and a significant presence of our business unit leadership and marketing teams. Our manufacturing and distribution facility in Bartlett, TN spans an impressive 1.5 million square feet - equivalent to 26 football fields - and is located on Brother Boulevard. In addition to the distribution center operations team, this facility hosts several other departments, including our customer service group. Brother also has employees based in other locations, such as Westminster, CO, where many of our marketing and product engineering team members from the mobile solutions division operate, as well as our distribution centers in Richmond, VA and Perris, CA. Additionally, our outside sales teams work remotely within their territories, staying geographically close to the accounts they support to ensure they are always “at your side” for our customers.
Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) Statement
Brother International Corporation ("Brother") is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal laws. Brother is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the application or interview process. If you need an accommodation, please contact us at eoe_applicant_accommodations@brother.com .
Salary : $80,000 - $90,000