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Fortive

Director, Field Sales – Industrial Group

Fortive

. Lead all field sales activity across the United States and manage five District Sales Managers .

Posted 10/13/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive sales leadership capabilities with a focus on driving bookings, revenue growth, and market-share expansion through effective team management and cross-functional collaboration. Proficient in forecasting, funnel management, and leveraging customer insights to influence commercial strategies.

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Sales LeadershipForecast AccuracyCross-Functional CollaborationCustomer EngagementChange Management

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Hard Skills
Sales Strategy DevelopmentFunnel ManagementData AnalysisRevenue GrowthMarket-Share ExpansionPerformance ManagementSales Productivity ImprovementCRM DisciplineTerritory DesignJoint Go-To-Market Motions
Soft Skills
CoachingMentoringTeam BuildingAnalytical SkillsExecutive Presence
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor's DegreeMBA or Advanced Degree Preferred
Industry Keywords
Electrical EquipmentIndustrial EquipmentTest and MeasurementData CentersUtilitiesPower GenerationEV ChargingContinuous ImprovementTechnical EducationWorkforce Development

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead all field sales activity across the United States and manage five District Sales Managers
  • Lead frontline territory sales teams with accountability for bookings, point-of-sale growth, funnel creation and conversion, market-share expansion, and customer retention
  • Establish field operating rhythms covering forecasting, funnel discipline, territory design, and performance management
  • Coach, develop, mentor, evaluate, and appraise District Sales Managers and district performance
  • Diagnose performance gaps, implement root-cause countermeasures, and drive accountability
  • Maintain close engagement with customers, frontline sellers, and channel partners through in-market leadership
  • Develop and execute Americas industrial commercial field strategy through district plans, coverage models, and quotas
  • Shape territory design, coverage, resource allocation, and responses to market shifts
  • Identify underpenetrated segments, geographies, and product categories and direct growth efforts
  • Analyze competitive activity, pricing dynamics, and displacement risk
  • Own forecast accuracy, pipeline integrity, funnel reviews, conversion velocity, and sales operating mechanisms
  • Drive demand-generation lead follow-through and use data to manage win rates, funnel additions, closed-won trends, coverage ratios, backlog conversion, and delivery risk
  • Build relationships with key customers and executive stakeholders and lead Key Account Reviews
  • Strengthen joint execution with electrical and industrial distribution partners through planning, joint selling, workshops, and lunch-and-learn programs
  • Champion end-to-end customer experience and resolve service, calibration, fulfillment, order support, and commercial barriers
  • Influence specifications, standards, and approved-vendor decisions at large end users, contractors, and utilities
  • Partner with Marketing, Product Management, Sales Enablement, Service, Operations, Customer Support, Channel, and National Account teams
  • Translate customer insights into messaging, positioning, campaigns, product improvements, training, and innovation priorities
  • Recruit, retain, and cultivate sales talent and build succession benches for leadership roles
  • Build engagement and cohesion across a geographically distributed, largely remote sales team
  • Reinforce accountability, continuous improvement, safety, and integrity-first customer engagement

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 10+ years of progressive sales and sales leadership experience in a dynamic, matrixed organization
  • Experience leading second-line managers
  • Ability to lead through growth, change, and ambiguity while maintaining engagement, accountability, and performance
  • Success creating highly engaged teams through empowerment, coaching, and talent development
  • Ability to build collaborative cross-functional relationships and incorporate diverse perspectives
  • Track record driving bookings and revenue growth, customer expansion, and market-share gain through a distributed field sales organization
  • Change management and cross-functional collaboration experience in a commercially complex environment
  • Experience owning organizational-level forecast accuracy, funnel management, and CRM discipline
  • Experience using customer insights and market trends to influence commercial strategy, solution development, or go-to-market innovation
  • Experience selling through and with distribution channel partners and building joint go-to-market motions with distributors and contractor networks
  • Strong executive presence and potential for succession into Vice President or General Manager roles
  • Record of building engagement across a virtual sales team while recruiting, retaining, and developing sales talent
  • Excellent analytical skills and business judgment
  • Strong leadership and sales competence with a hands-on mentality
  • Ability to operate in structured processes and ambiguous build-it-from-scratch situations
  • Willingness to travel up to 50% across North America
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Preferred: direct experience in test and measurement, electrical or industrial equipment, industrial maintenance and reliability, or adjacent technical industries
  • Preferred: familiarity with electrical troubleshooting, preventive and predictive maintenance, power quality analysis, thermal imaging, and condition monitoring
  • Preferred: experience selling into data centers, distributed energy and EV charging, utilities and power generation, or advanced manufacturing
  • Preferred: experience with national and regional electrical or industrial distribution partners and national account structures
  • Preferred: experience influencing standards, specifications, or approved vendor lists
  • Preferred: experience improving sales productivity through process design, tooling, analytics, or commercial operating systems
  • Preferred: experience building or scaling business development, specialist, or vertical-focused selling resources
  • Preferred: exposure to workforce development, technical education, or early-in-career channel programs
  • Preferred: experience in continuous-improvement or business-system-driven environments
  • MBA or advanced degree preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Opportunity to shape commercial strategy and influence growth across Fluke's industrial customer segment
  • Career upside and succession pathway toward Vice President or General Manager roles within Fluke and Fortive
  • Meaningful growth opportunities and leadership development
  • Continuous learning and development culture
  • Equal opportunity employment
  • Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities