What You’ll Do:
- Provide leadership, guidance, and supervision to Account Managers and Regional Managers within the Aerospace Division.
- Develop and oversee maintenance and reliability job functions that directly impact customer operations.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers at both the plant and corporate levels.
- Establish and implement best practices for customers across multiple sites.
- Ensure KPI performance targets are met at both divisional and plant levels, with regular reporting to key stakeholders.
- Develop spare parts and maintenance strategies to drive cost-effective repair solutions over new purchases.
- Identify and capitalize on new sales and service opportunities.
- Develop and execute annual budgets and sales targets for direct reports.
- Maintain accurate customer records in accordance with K+S corporate policies.
- Analyze market trends and competitor strategies and provide insights to K+S senior leadership.
- Drive cost savings and continuous improvement initiatives across assigned plants.
Why You’ll Love Working with Us:
- Competitive salary and bonus package aligned with industry standards.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus 401(k) with company match.
- A collaborative and growth-focused work environment with opportunities for career advancement.
- A healthy work-life balance in a dynamic and engaging industry.
What We’re Looking For:
- Proven leadership experience in industrial sales, maintenance, and continuous improvement. Aerospace experience a plus.
- Location: Central Connecticut (Hartford area).
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage with diverse personalities.
- Strong customer relationship management skills with experience in contract and master agreement implementation and the ability to work with senior customer leadership.
- Willingness and ability to travel within the U.S. and Canada as needed.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and the ability to learn ERP and internal systems.
- Ability to identify repairable assets and understand their role in manufacturing operations.
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing maintenance philosophies and reliability-based equipment maintenance.
- A strategic mindset with the ability to align customer needs with K+S solutions.
- Exceptional multitasking, leadership, and team management skills.
Top Skills
What We Do
SunSource, a leader in industrial and mobile fluid power distribution for over 85 years, provides customers with innovative solutions that help reduce maintenance costs, lower operating costs and increase productivity. The solutions are part of the SunSource Advantage: a comprehensive program offering design and engineering support; supply chain optimization; productivity solutions; value-added services; and repair capabilities.
As a national distributor with local presence, SunSource has a unique and dominant position as a full-service resource for the industrial, OEM, MRO and mobile industrial equipment industries. We distribute a broad range of components, but SunSource is much more than a distributor just supplying fluid power components or systems. Along with high-quality products, we provide a commitment to high-quality customer service and technically sound, cost-effective solutions.
SunSource’s history of accomplishment and continued growth means that we give the best condition to energetic, driven people to be effective in their role. We pride ourselves on a culture that provides opportunities for development and advancement of our associates. In addition, we build meaningful relations with our customers, suppliers and internal associates. We are all bound by a pledge to a common mission toward providing the highest quality products and services within our industry and achieving the company’s growth objectives
