Eaton’s ES AMER Sector Integration division is currently seeking a Sales Enablement Specialist.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $113000 - $165000 a year.
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.
The Sales Enablement Specialist is a global business development role responsible for building and scaling Eaton’s Brightlayer software growth strategy through channel and go-to-market partners. Ability to travel up to 25% as required.
The role’s primary function is to increase partner-generated Brightlayer revenue by attaching software to Eaton hardware and solution transactions. This includes enabling partner sellers, defining repeatable sales motions, developing partner-specific go-to-market plans, coordinating technical and commercial training, and aligning cross-functional teams and executive sponsors.
Job Responsibilities
-Grow Brightlayer software revenue through partners: Increase software attachment to Eaton hardware and solution sales.
-Build partner software sales programs: Enable partners to identify, position, and sell Brightlayer software.
-Create partner-specific growth strategies: Develop tailored plans for priority partners based on their customers, markets, and business models.
-Design repeatable sales motions: Create scalable plays, tools, and processes that make software selling easier for partners.
-Lead commercial and technical readiness: Develop and deliver partner-facing training, presentations, demonstrations, sales tools, and enablement content, while coordinating pricing guidance and other commercial and technical readiness activities.
-Build executive relationships: Engage leaders at Eaton and partner organizations to make Brightlayer a strategic priority.
-Drive cross-functional execution: Align sales, marketing, product management, engineering, finance, legal, and customer success teams around partner growth goals.
-Manage partner performance: Track software attachment rates, pipeline creation, win rates, revenue growth, and partner adoption.
-A partner-focused business development and sales enablement role supporting Brightlayer growth, primarily in the U.S., with global engagement as required.
Basic Qualifications:
-Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
-Minimum 5 years of experience with software sales, licensing, subscriptions, or recurring revenue models.
-Minimum 3 years of experience developing or executing partner-led sales strategies, channel programs, or go-to-market initiatives.
-No relocation is offered for this position. All candidates must currently reside within 50 miles of Beachwood, OH; Moon Township, PA; or Raleigh, NC to be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
-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:
-Minimum 3 years of experience with digital software solutions and their integration with hardware and service offerings.
-Experience selling, supporting, or enabling digital software solutions, including solutions that integrate with hardware and service offerings.
-Experience with solution selling methodologies and driving software attachment to broader customer solutions.
-Experience delivering customer-facing presentations, software demonstrations, training programs, or sales enablement activities.
-Experience working with channel partners, distributors, system integrators, OEMs, or strategic alliance partners.
-Experience enabling software sales within a partner ecosystem or indirect sales model.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
- At least 5 years of experience with software sales, licensing, subscriptions, or recurring revenue models
- At least 3 years of experience developing or executing partner-led sales strategies, channel programs, or go-to-market initiatives
- Currently reside within 50 miles of Beachwood, Ohio; Moon Township, Pennsylvania; or Raleigh, North Carolina, unless exempt as an active-duty military service member
- Experience with digital software solutions and integration with hardware and service offerings
- Experience selling, supporting, or enabling digital software solutions integrated with hardware and services
- Experience with solution-selling methodologies and driving software attachment to broader customer solutions
- Experience delivering customer-facing presentations, software demonstrations, training programs, or sales enablement activities
- Experience working with channel partners, distributors, system integrators, OEMs, or strategic alliance partners
- Experience enabling software sales within a partner ecosystem or indirect sales model
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