
Senior Salesforce Administrator
Apogee Enterprises, Inc.
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Minneapolis • Illinois • Minnesota • United States
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Salary
💰 $102,000 - $127,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Operate as a platform owner and trusted advisor to the business.
- Influence org design, governance, and roadmap decisions.
- Balance hands-on configuration with strategic guidance.
- Work independently with minimal day-to-day oversight.
- Help evolve Salesforce from early adoption toward a scalable, enterprise-ready platform.
- Own day-to-day administration of Salesforce across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing integrations, and partner-related workflows.
- Design, build, and maintain scalable solutions using flows, validation rules, custom objects, reports, dashboards, and security models.
- Manage users, roles, profiles, permission sets, and org-wide data access strategies.
- Ensure data integrity, usability, and performance as adoption and complexity grow.
- Partner with Sales leadership to design and refine lead, opportunity, and forecasting processes aligned to manufacturing sales cycles.
- Build and maintain pipeline visibility, forecasting dashboards, and executive reporting.
- Support growth initiatives by ensuring Salesforce accurately reflects revenue motion, segmentation, and deal progression.
- Work directly with Sales, Service, Marketing, and Partner teams to understand requirements and translate them into Salesforce solutions.
- Provide guidance on org structure and segmentation strategy, enabling autonomous operation where needed while defining shared enterprise capabilities.
- Act as the primary Salesforce point of contact for business stakeholders.
- Help define Salesforce governance, standards, and best practices as the platform matures.
- Contribute to the Salesforce roadmap, identifying enhancements, technical debt, and integration opportunities.
- Ensure solutions balance speed-to-delivery with long-term scalability and maintainability.
- Operate with a high degree of autonomy, managing priorities and execution across multiple stakeholders.
- Proactively identify gaps, risks, and opportunities and recommend improvements.
- Mentor junior admins or power users as the Salesforce team grows.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on Salesforce experience; 3+ years of experience in a Salesforce Admin role.
- Experience supporting Salesforce in a manufacturing, industrial, or complex B2B environment.
- Strong understanding of sales pipeline management, forecasting, and revenue operations.
- Proven experience working directly with business leaders and cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated ability to design scalable Salesforce solutions in evolving environments.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and guide without formal authority.
- Salesforce Administrator Certification (ADM-201) required; Advanced Administrator preferred.
- Experience supporting multi-segment or multi-business-unit Salesforce orgs.
- Exposure to partner onboarding, channel sales, or distributor models.
- Familiarity with Marketing Cloud, Account Engagement (Pardot), or marketing automation tools.
- Manufacturing Cloud experience is a plus.
- Experience supporting integrations with ERP or downstream systems.
Benefits
- Competitive Benefits Package for employees and their dependents (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability)
- Incentive Plans
- 401(k) with employer contribution and match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with employer match
- Paid Time Off (Vacation and Sick Time)
- Paid Holidays
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Wellness Program
- Training and Career Progression
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
SalesforceSales CloudService CloudMarketing integrationsflowsvalidation rulescustom objectsreportsdashboardssecurity models
Soft Skills
communicationinfluenceguidanceautonomymentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingorganizational skillsadaptability
Certifications
Salesforce Administrator Certification (ADM-201)Advanced Administrator Certification