Regional Business Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Iowa.

📋 Description

• Execute programs, tools, new products, and sales processes for PDSN to foster sustainable growth through Pella’s go-to-market segment strategies.

• Collaborate with the PDSN account management team to create educational course materials and manage logistics, scheduling, and training initiatives.

• Suggest training methodologies, timing, and content to enhance training effectiveness.

• Collect regional intelligence, including insights on competitors and market challenges, from a segment-agnostic perspective.

• Effectively communicate with management throughout PDSN, other channel partners, and Corporate.

• Review HLPs and monitor KPIs, identify trends in metrics, and inform the PDSN Regional Business Manager about performance variations.

• Address branch inquiries and escalate issues to the Regional Business Manager when necessary.

• Collaborate with Segment Selling Process Managers to influence regional Sales Managers and ensure adherence to the PDSN playbook.

• Willingness to travel 25% or more of the time.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university; or three to five years of related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Direct Sales experience is preferred but not mandatory.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Proficient in reading, analyzing, and interpreting business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.

• Capable of writing reports, business correspondence, and procedural manuals.

• Able to present information and respond to inquiries from employees, managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

• Strong ability to work with probabilities, statistical inference, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions.

• Skilled in defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions.

• Competent in interpreting technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form.

• Proficient in solving practical problems involving both concrete and abstract variables.

• Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

• Experience with CRM and proprietary sales systems; Salesforce experience is preferred.

• Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

• Capable of meeting the specified physical demands of the role.

🏝️ Benefits

• Customized talent development plans.

• Opportunities for cross-functional experiences.

• Pathways for career advancement.

• Personal and professional development opportunities.