Senior Manager, Commercial Excellence

Eaton’s Mobility team is seeking Senior Commercial Excellence & CRM Strategy Manager. This position can sit globally from Mobility Group Headquarters sites including Southfield, MI. US Candidates must be local and commutable to Southfield, MI, as relocation assistance is not available. Travel is expected to be around 10% of the time.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $165000 - $242000 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What You’ll Do

In this role, you will support our enterprise’s ambition to achieve $6B in sales by 2030 with a 20% Return on Sales (ROS). You will be responsible for designing, optimizing, and governing our ideal conversion process from lead generation to sale. Leveraging your deep sales expertise alongside advanced process design and technology strategy, you will lead the implementation of Salesforce as our primary CRM platform, identify complementary tools or modules, and establish a clear roadmap for transformation. A critical aspect of your responsibilities will be to bring together senior regional sales leads and other key stakeholders to ensure alignment and adoption across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Process Design & Governance: Architect the end-to-end lead-to-sale conversion process, establish governance and best practices, and facilitate cross-functional collaboration by engaging senior regional sales leaders, marketing, operations, and other stakeholders.
• Technology Leadership: Lead Salesforce implementation and roadmap planning; evaluate and recommend add-on modules or integrations to address specialized needs.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Change Management: Build and lead a cross-functional steering committee representing all stakeholders in the conversion process; drive change management and training initiatives for new workflows and tools.
• Roadmap Development: Establish a 24-month roadmap outlining major milestones for process optimization, technology deployment, and adoption phases; ensure roadmap aligns with organizational growth objectives and resource planning.
• Performance & Analytics: Define KPIs for conversion stages and monitor performance at an executive level; deliver insights and recommendations to senior leadership for ongoing optimization.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience including in sales management.
• Experience with leading a large scale business/CRM transformation.
• For candidates in the US: Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or Executive Business Education preferred, from an accredited institution.
• Proven leadership in sales operations, process design, or CRM strategy.
• Direct people management experience preferred but not required.
• Salesforce experience preferred.
• Automotive or commercial vehicle industry experience preferred.
• Experience in a global environment.
  
  
  

Skills

• Deep understanding of sales methodologies and customer lifecycle management.
• Strong ability to identify and integrate add-on modules or third-party solutions.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience leading cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in forecasting and funnel management.
• Exceptional influencing and collaboration skills; ability to lead through others without direct authority.
• Familiarity with CRM systems (notably Salesforce), sales analytics tools, and business intelligence platforms.
• Background in business process reengineering or operational excellence.
• Familiarity with marketing automation and lead scoring strategies.
  
  
  

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