Join Eaton, a global leader where equality and inclusivity are at the heart of our mission. Here, everyone is valued and belongs. Be part of a team that delivers cutting-edge, energy-efficient solutions, making a tangible impact on the world. We empower our customers to manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical energy more effectively, safely, and sustainably. At Eaton, we’re dedicated to enhancing quality of life and protecting the environment with our innovative energy management technologies and services.
In this role you will own and lead the EMEA sales incentive strategy, execution, and governance in Eaton's Electrical Sector. You will also drive alignment of incentive plans with business performance and behavioral objectives while acting as central authority for policy, process, analytics, and change management related to sales incentives.
Plan Design & Optimization
- Analyze effectiveness of current incentive structures
- Recommend and implement changes to align incentives with strategic goals and sales behaviors
- Stay atuned with external benchmarks and competitive analysis in key segments
Governance & Ownership
- Maintain central ownership of incentive policy, templates, and deployment processes
- Lead annual planning cycle and mid-year adjustments
- Ensure compliance with internal controls and audit requirements
Analytics & Reporting
- Develop and maintain dashboards tracking incentive performance vs. targets
- Provide actionable insights to sales leadership and finance
- Monitor behavioral impact and unintended consequences
Change Management & Enablement
- Act as change agent to improve understanding and adoption of incentive plans
- Deliver training and communication across sales, HR, and finance
- Develop proposals and roadmap for digital solutions and tools
Stakeholder Management
- Interface with Sales Leaders, HR, Finance, and Legal across EMEA
- Coordinate with global counterparts to ensure regional alignment
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- Proven experience in sales incentive management, sales operations, or commercial excellence is a must
- Strong analytical skills; proficiency in Excel, Power BI, or equivalent tools
- Experience in electrical industry or complex B2B sales environments preferred
- Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and drive change
- Fluent in English; other EMEA languages a plus
- Great learning and listening ability
- Leading changes
- Ability to work in a highly international environment / in virtual teams / in a matrix organization
- Ability to think and act strategically
- Must be strongly customer-oriented
- Good written & oral communications skills
- Good presentation and influencing skills
- Being part of a company that has been in business for more than 100 years, is well known in the industry, and has a major impact on the energy industry.
- Work in a company with commitment to Inclusion & Diversity and Sustainability (Foster an inclusive culture with a strategic goal to increase a female representation including in Leadership)
- Annual mentoring program, Eaton University, a reward, and recognition system
- Ongoing Learning and Career Development Opportunities in a global company. Build your career and apply internally for our open positions worldwide.
- Strong, agile, and diverse team locally and globally
- Strong processes and state-of-the-art systems and tools
- Structured employee development processes, open feedback culture with development plans
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Proven experience in sales incentive management, sales operations, or commercial excellence
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel, Power BI, or equivalent tools
- Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and drive change
- Fluent English
- Ability to work in an international, virtual-team, matrix organization
- Strategic thinking and strong customer orientation
- Good written, oral, presentation, and influencing skills
- Experience in the electrical industry or complex B2B sales environments
- Additional EMEA languages
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What We Do
Planes. Hospitals. Factories. Data centers. Vehicles. The electrical grid. These are things people depend on every day. And the companies behind them depend on Eaton to solve some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet. Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently, and more reliably. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 92,000 employees.
Why Work With Us
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