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Why You'll Love This Role:

Innovation happens when the right people, ideas, and technology come together. At Arrow, our Sales teams connect customers with the expertise, solutions, and global capabilities they need to move faster, solve complex challenges, and stay ahead of what's next.

Working across functions and technologies, you'll build lasting partnerships, deliver value beyond products, and help customers transform ideas into real-world solutions while growing your own career in a global technology organization.

The General Manager position is responsible for all planning, directing, and executing of sales strategy for one of Arrow’s largest markets.   This leader is responsible for meeting/exceeding sales and business operations goals and will perform these functions within the context of Arrow’s objectives, policies and procedures.  The General Manager must be based in Ohio to effectively lead and support the market.

What You'll Do:

• Responsible for driving strategy and delivering results: Makes recommendations to Regional VP on strategy and customer plans. Through data analysis and past experience make solid decisions on strategy and direction. Direct value-added sales opportunities by implementing supply chain, engineering, supplier, or service excellence strategies. Identifies and helps achieve sales branch goals, not just team goals.
• Manage Team: Recruits, hires and mentors sales staff. Manage employee performance. Ensure team is trained and has resources to deliver sales plans. Coach and provide feedback to employees. Deliver high potential sales representatives for future management roles. Use managerial courage to make difficult decisions when necessary. Prepare development plans for employees.
• Develop customer, supplier, and vendor relationships: Enhance manager relationships with key contacts by providing superior service and operation excellence. Implement effective and practiced techniques for solving problems. Effectively communicate with all levels (supplier, customer, vendor). Attend reviews and meetings. Increase management presence at customer accounts in order to achieve access to decision makers.
• Leadership: Act as leader in the branch. Instill vision and create enthusiasm to achieve goals. Use data and analysis to make recommendations to team and to management. Responsible for budgeting and planning. Key leader in facilitating implementation of process improvement based on data.
• Serves as a main liaison from branch to corporate stakeholders including finance, marketing, asset management and supply chain.

Who We're Looking For:

• Minimum of 10 years of proven sales and sales leadership experience or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience working for an electrical component distributor, manufacturers rep for components or component manufacturer
• 5+ years of experience working with manufacturers reps for electronic components or IP&E products
• Knowledge of Semiconductor and IP&E suppliers
• Prior success leading, mentoring, and motivating a field sales team is preferred
• Experience within electronics distribution is strongly preferred
• Strong business acumen and budgetary management experience
• The ability to build and leverage relationships and identify key decision makers
• Excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation skills in English.
• Demonstrated success working cross-functionally in a fast-paced team environment, with excellent relationship and team building skills
• Experience using Salesforce CRM and solid competencies in Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint and Excel), ideally experience with Oracle
• Ability to travel regionally up to 30-40%

Work Arrangement:

Remote: The General Manager must be based in Ohio to effectively lead and support the market.

Must be able to travel to an Arrow office location as requested by Arrow leadership. Ability to travel regionally up to 30-40%.

What’s In It For You:

At Arrow, we are driving innovation and choice by offering employees a variety of benefits designed to keep you and your family physically and financially healthy. Not only do we offer a competitive salary and work-life balance, we offer benefits to match your needs:

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• 401k, With Matching Contributions
• Paid Time Off
• Health Savings Account (HSA)/Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) Options
• Growth Opportunities
• Short-Term/Long-Term Disability Insurance
• And More!

About Arrow

We believe new technologies have the power to make life not only different, but better.

At Arrow, we're helping make that future possible. We enable customers and suppliers to design and distribute technology around the world, connecting people, ideas, and innovation to solve real-world challenges.

Guided by our purpose of making the benefits of technology accessible to all, we provide expertise, solutions, and connections that help shape what's next. As a global technology solutions provider, Arrow offers opportunities to learn, collaborate, and build a meaningful career while making an impact around the world.

Life at Arrow

At Arrow, we believe innovation starts with people. We create an environment where collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning help our employees grow and make a meaningful impact every day.

From your first day, you'll have opportunities to build new skills, work alongside talented teams around the world, and contribute to technology that helps shape a better future. Because when our people grow, innovation moves forward

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Actual compensation offer to candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level. The pay ratio between base pay and target incentive (if applicable) will be finalized at offer. 

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EEO Statement:

Arrow is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. (Arrow EEO/AAP policy)

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