State head (VP sales)

An electrical harware manufacturing company is seeking a Head of Sales for its Sales and Marketing Department. The ideal candidate will be a strategic leader with a strong background in high-voltage electrical infrastructure and a proven track record of driving revenue growth.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Sales Leadership & Growth : Drive significant revenue growth, including developing new markets and launching new products.

The role involves strategic sales planning, sales forecasting, and overall business growth and profitability improvement.

Technical & Execution Support : Possess deep technical expertise in power generation, transmission, and distribution, with direct experience in high-voltage systems (up to 800kV+). Technical fluency in associated fittings like OPGW, spacer dampers, insulators, and substation clamps is highly implied and a key requirement.

Client & Relationships Management : Manage relationships with key stakeholders and customers, including Fortune 500 companies and major industry players like Power Grid Corp. The role requires managing long-term service agreements and handling the full deal cycle from inquiry to order, including techno-commercial offer preparation and pre-bid cash flow analysis.

Team Leadership : Lead and mentor a sales team, fostering cross-functional collaboration with internal departments and external customers. The candidate should be a motivator and collaborator, with strong team-building skills.

Tendering and Commercial Management : Manage sales and tendering operations, including preparing techno-commercial offers and pre-bid cash flow analyses. Experience in winning large industrial / government utility tenders is essential.

International & Domestic Sales Experience : The role requires extensive experience in both Indian and international markets.

Qualifications and Experience

Experience : A minimum of 10-15 years of experience in sales, with at least 10 years in the high-voltage transmission and distribution sector, preferably with an EPC or manufacturing company.

Technical Acumen : Strong technical background in high-voltage electrical equipment and systems (up to 800kV+).

Core Competencies : Strong negotiation skills, pricing strategy, customer relationship management (CRM), and forecasting. The candidate should have a strategic, results-oriented, and data-driven mindset.

Travel : Willingness to travel is required.