Vice President of Sales, APAC

About the Role

We seek a results-driven leader to join our team as Vice President of Sales for the Asia-Pacific region. This role focuses on developing and executing sales strategies aligned with global goals to accelerate business expansion and meet revenue objectives. You will play a key role in managing key accounts and driving growth across diverse markets within APAC.

Key Responsibilities

• Formulate and implement APAC sales strategies that harmonize with worldwide initiatives, concentrating on emerging and fast-growing sectors.
• Achieve sales targets by managing relationships with key clients through direct and channel sales, including high-level engagement with major OEMs and end users.
• Design and fine-tune go-to-market approaches, balancing agency representation, direct sales organization, channel tactics, and key account management.
• Facilitate collaboration across multiple functions including global product categories, marketing, customer service, pricing, and operations to meet strategic objectives.
• Work closely with leaders in sales, product development, marketing, operations, and customer success to ensure smooth solution delivery and coordination.
• Champion sales process excellence by establishing regular reviews to guarantee accurate forecasts and predictable business outcomes with robust pipeline and revenue oversight.
• Provide senior leadership with consistent business insights through performance dashboards, forecasts, and progress reports.
• Lead, mentor, and empower the sales team towards unified regional success under the nVent brand.

Qualifications and Experience

• Preferably a technical background in electrical engineering or industrial automation.
• Extensive industrial sales experience predominantly in the low-voltage market, both domestically and internationally, with a proven record of managing sales exceeding $100 million.
• Proficiency in Salesforce.com or MS Dynamics CRM platforms.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities, expertise in change management, and strong communication skills, able to effectively present ideas persuasively.
• Experience working in international environments and managing multicultural teams.
• Exceptional negotiation skills used to collaborate and reach consensus through influence, tact, and reasoning with internal and external stakeholders.
• At least 10 years’ experience in automation, electrical components, or power systems industries.
• Capable of working fully remotely and willing to travel about 50% of the time.
• Self-motivated with a growth-focused and business-driven mindset.

Company and Culture

nVent is a global leader in electrical connection and protection solutions, delivering innovative products that contribute to safer systems worldwide. Our heritage spans over 100 years with respected brands like nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF, and TRACHTE. Headquartered in London with a management office in Minneapolis, we pride ourselves on quality, reliability, and innovation.

We are devoted to community enrichment and actively support our employees’ philanthropic efforts through volunteering and donations, complemented by our matching program for nonprofit and educational initiatives.

Our core values—innovation, integrity, customer focus, respect, teamwork, optimism, and accountability—define our culture and commitment to our people and clients alike.

Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to fostering authenticity and spark growth at nVent.