Drives new business growth across the Pacific Northwest by prospecting, cold calling, developing sales plans, meeting decision-makers, presenting value propositions, building proposals, closing customers, managing territory activity, and achieving revenue goals. Works independently from a home office while collaborating with sales support, marketing, field service, and account teams. Extensive travel throughout the territory is required.
Work Location Type: Pacific Northwest Remote
Imperial Supplies, a Grainger Company, is a national distributor of quality maintenance products. Serving the fleet maintenance industry since 1958, Imperial has formed lasting relationships with customers by tailoring our services to meet their changing needs.
Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, we're looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry.
Regional Sales Manager
Pacific Northwest Territory (Seattle, Portland, Boise & Spokane) Remote | Extensive Travel (50%+ Required)
Join a Winning Team Focused on New Business Growth
Imperial Supplies is looking for a highly motivated, results-driven Regional Sales Manager (RSM) to drive new business development across the Pacific Northwest territory. This is an exciting opportunity for a true sales hunter who thrives on identifying opportunities, opening doors, building business cases, and winning new customers.
If you enjoy the challenge of prospecting, developing strategic sales plans, conducting customer meetings, and creating long-term growth opportunities, this role offers the autonomy, support, and resources to help you succeed.
Unlike account management roles that focus primarily on maintaining existing business, this position is dedicated to finding and securing new customers. We are seeking a salesperson who is competitive, self-motivated, resilient, and energized by the pursuit of new business opportunities.
What You Will Do
As a Regional Sales Manager, no two days will be exactly alike. You will spend your time:
What We Are Looking For
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
The Ideal Candidate
Successful candidates are:
Benefits
Imperial Supplies offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support you and your family, including:
Training & Development
We set our sales team up for success. New Regional Sales Managers participate in a structured onboarding program that includes:
During your first 6-8 weeks, you will gain a deep understanding of our products, customers, sales process, and business operations to prepare you for long-term success.
About Imperial Supplies
Imperial Supplies, a Grainger company, is a national distributor specializing in quality products and exceptional service for fleet maintenance operations. Our culture combines entrepreneurial spirit, collaboration, customer focus, and a commitment to helping employees grow and succeed.
We believe in empowering our teams, investing in development, and rewarding performance. If you're passionate about finding new business and making an impact, we'd like to talk with you.
Apply today and help drive the next stage of growth in the Pacific Northwest territory.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one's employment, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, including, but not limited to use of our website, any part of the application, interview or hiring process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.
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Imperial Supplies, a Grainger Company, is a national distributor of quality maintenance products. Serving the fleet maintenance industry since 1958, Imperial has formed lasting relationships with customers by tailoring our services to meet their changing needs.
Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, we're looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry.
Regional Sales Manager
Pacific Northwest Territory (Seattle, Portland, Boise & Spokane) Remote | Extensive Travel (50%+ Required)
Join a Winning Team Focused on New Business Growth
Imperial Supplies is looking for a highly motivated, results-driven Regional Sales Manager (RSM) to drive new business development across the Pacific Northwest territory. This is an exciting opportunity for a true sales hunter who thrives on identifying opportunities, opening doors, building business cases, and winning new customers.
If you enjoy the challenge of prospecting, developing strategic sales plans, conducting customer meetings, and creating long-term growth opportunities, this role offers the autonomy, support, and resources to help you succeed.
Unlike account management roles that focus primarily on maintaining existing business, this position is dedicated to finding and securing new customers. We are seeking a salesperson who is competitive, self-motivated, resilient, and energized by the pursuit of new business opportunities.
What You Will Do
As a Regional Sales Manager, no two days will be exactly alike. You will spend your time:
- Identifying, prospecting, and pursuing new business opportunities within your territory.
- Researching potential customers and industries to uncover sales opportunities.
- Conducting cold calls, setting appointments, and generating your own leads.
- Meeting with key decision-makers and economic buyers to understand their business needs.
- Presenting Imperial's value proposition and differentiated programs to prospective customers.
- Developing strategic sales plans to maximize opportunities and successfully close new business.
- Collaborating with internal partners including Sales Support, Marketing, Field Service, and Dedicated Account Advisors (DAAs).
- Building business cases and proposals that demonstrate customer value.
- Maintaining customer and prospect records in company systems.
- Achieving or exceeding annual sales and revenue goals.
- Monitoring sales activity, managing territory expenses, and providing timely reporting.
- Serving as a trusted advisor throughout the sales process and ensuring a positive customer experience.
What We Are Looking For
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 3+ years of consultative or systems selling experience.
- Proven track record of prospecting and generating new business opportunities.
- Strong communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to work independently from a home office.
- Valid driver's license and ability to travel extensively throughout the territory (50%+).
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ years of B2B sales experience in a regional or national territory.
- Formal sales methodology training such as:
- Miller Heiman
- SPIN Selling
- Challenger Sales
- Strategic Selling programs
- Experience selling solutions, systems, products, or services in a competitive market.
- Demonstrated success in cold-calling and new customer acquisition environments.
The Ideal Candidate
Successful candidates are:
- Competitive and achievement-oriented.
- Self-starters who don't wait for opportunities to find them.
- Skilled at opening new doors and creating sales opportunities.
- Persistent and resilient when faced with challenges.
- Comfortable working independently while partnering effectively with internal teams.
- Focused on long-term territory growth and revenue generation.
- Committed to building a career, not simply changing jobs every year.
Benefits
Imperial Supplies offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support you and your family, including:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance - Day One
- 6% Company contribution into your 401(k). Immediate vested.
- 18 Paid Days Off and 7 paid Holidays
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee assistance resources
- Professional development and career growth opportunities
- Comprehensive sales training and onboarding
Training & Development
We set our sales team up for success. New Regional Sales Managers participate in a structured onboarding program that includes:
- Online learning modules
- Sales process training
- Shadowing experienced Regional Sales Managers
- Exposure to key business functions and departments
- Field Service partnership training
- Ongoing coaching and development
During your first 6-8 weeks, you will gain a deep understanding of our products, customers, sales process, and business operations to prepare you for long-term success.
About Imperial Supplies
Imperial Supplies, a Grainger company, is a national distributor specializing in quality products and exceptional service for fleet maintenance operations. Our culture combines entrepreneurial spirit, collaboration, customer focus, and a commitment to helping employees grow and succeed.
We believe in empowering our teams, investing in development, and rewarding performance. If you're passionate about finding new business and making an impact, we'd like to talk with you.
Apply today and help drive the next stage of growth in the Pacific Northwest territory.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one's employment, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, including, but not limited to use of our website, any part of the application, interview or hiring process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.
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In the heart of Chicago's River North neighborhood, Grainger's offices at theMART are walking distance from many transit stations and moments from the expressway. This prime location and open floor offices help team members collaborate and build the best solutions as they bring new ideas to life.
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At Grainger, team members are always experimenting and discovering new ways to use technology to connect maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) customers to the products they need to keep their business up and running and their people safe. “Working on the Grainger Product team means I get to solve mission critical issues that move the entire business forward,” says Dahlia Block, Software Engineer, Product and Platform Engineering. Ryan Chamberlin, Manager of Product Engineering agrees, “Grainger is committed to continuous improvement and innovation, which creates exciting opportunities for employees to learn and grow.”
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We are designing, delivering, and operating the digital experiences, tools, and information assets that solve customers’ problems. Our scale presents complex and interesting engineering challenges that are solved by technologists at the top of their game. Alan Cooney, Senior Manager of Applied Machine Learning shares, “Over the past few years, we have integrated ML into many aspects of our customer interactions- all with a focus of making the experience better for our customer’s." David Brenner, Director of Product Management shared similar sentiments, stating, “Grainger’s purpose: We Keep The World Working® is apparent in the way we design, deliver, and operate digital experiences, tools, and information that solve customers’ needs."
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