Senior Sales Manager – Plastic Capital Equipment

Nordson Corporation

Sr. Sales Manager driving revenue growth for capital equipment segments in the United States.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and deliver regional revenue, order intake, margin, and growth targets across all assigned territories.
Translate company strategy into actionable regional sales plans with clear priorities, targets, and success metrics.
Hold Regional Sales Managers accountable for territory execution, performance results, and forecast accuracy.
Act as the primary escalation point for key commercial, pricing, and customer issues.
Lead, coach, and develop Regional Sales Managers to strengthen selling capability, customer focus, and leadership effectiveness.
Ensure RSMs consistently execute Top Customer, Potential Top Customer, and Strategic Focus Account action plans.
Drive a strong performance culture focused on accountability, ownership mindset, and continuous improvement.
Support talent development, succession planning, onboarding, and performance management for the sales organization.
Oversee strategy and engagement plans for Top Customers and Strategic Focus Accounts, ensuring share-of-wallet growth.
Drive configured product standardization to improve customer value, simplify offerings, and support scalable growth.
Ensure disciplined use of CRM (C4C) across all regions for opportunity management, pipeline visibility, and forecasting.
Review and challenge sales funnels, ensuring opportunity quality, deal velocity, and risk transparency.
Collaborate with Marketing, Application Engineering, and Operations to ensure strong value propositions and execution.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or related technical discipline; MBA preferred.
Minimum 10+ years of progressive sales experience, including multi-region sales leadership.
Proven track record leading teams selling capital equipment, preferably in the plastics or industrial manufacturing sector.
Experience managing complex, long-cycle sales and strategic account portfolios.
Demonstrated success in value-based selling, introducing new technologies, and portfolio standardization.
Strong understanding of international and regional business practices.
Coach and people developer with high emotional intelligence
Data-driven decision-maker with strong business acumen
Excellent communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills.
Structured, organized, and able to focus on the critical efforts that drive outsized results (80/20 mindset).
Comfortable operating in a matrixed, cross-functional environment.
High integrity with a strong owner mindset.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

sales leadershipvalue-based sellingportfolio standardizationcapital equipment saleslong-cycle sales managementdata-driven decision-makingforecastingopportunity managementpipeline visibilityperformance management

Soft Skills

coachingemotional intelligencecommunicationinfluencestakeholder managementorganizational skillsaccountabilityownership mindsetcontinuous improvementcritical thinking

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeMBA