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- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience level
- Senior · 5+ years
- Minimum education
- Professional degree
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
Job summary
The National Sales Manager is responsible for managing sales programs across multiple divisions and developing sales forecasts and budgets in collaboration with regional managers. This role involves implementing strategies to drive sales growth and ensuring high-quality service in estimating, engineering, and manufacturing.
Job details
As Canada’s largest manufacturer of steel building systems, BEHLEN values our people and our community as much as our clients value our work. Behlen Industries LP manufactures steel building systems used in recreational, commercial, and industrial markets. Behlen is a proud member of WGI Westman Group Inc. – A dynamic, entrepreneurial group dedicated to the growth of their employees, customers and the communities in which they operate. Progress creates a career opportunity in Brandon, Manitoba. NATIONAL SALES MANAGER Reporting to the Senior Vice President, the National Sales Manager is responsible for managing the sales programs for the Rigid Frame, Frameless and Custom Fabrication divisions of the company. It is the role of the National Sales Manager to develop the sales forecasts/budgets through working with all the Regional Sales Managers, the Customer Service and Estimating Departments along with Senior Management. This role is to develop and implement strategies to achieve sales growth and support continued market share growth. The National Sales Manager will also ensure that our customer base is provided with the top of the line customer service, estimating, engineering and manufacturing quality and service. Requirements: * Completion of Technical Trade; Business Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree. * Combination of experience and relevant courses will be required * Marketing or Engineering Major an asset. * Five plus years of senior level management experience, preferably in a manufacturing or construction environment. * Understanding of steel building system standards and details. * Proficiency in Microsoft Office, with experience in MBS software considered an asset. * Sound judgement and decision-making skills for team and sales decision-making purposes. * Solid organizational and time and priority management skills are needed to organize and plan workload priorities on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis. * Excellent interpersonal skills, which involves the ability to effectively interact with persons at all levels of the organization and for team-building purposes is required. * Advanced communication and listening skills; both oral and written, to communicate clearly and persuasively. * Attention to detail, time and priority management are necessary for success. * Ability to successfully foster teamwork amongst the sales group. * Frequent overnight travel is required Behlen Industries provides a competitive total rewards package including professional growth, career development and continuous learning. Applicants with high standards for performance are encouraged to apply via email to hr@behlen.ca [hr@behlen.ca] or by visiting Careers at www.westmangroup.com by Friday, October 23, 2026. Please provide résumé and cover letter, stating salary expectations. We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those selected for an interview, will be contacted. Behlen Industries LP welcomes applications from qualified candidates and employees with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and section process.
What you’ll do
The National Sales Manager is responsible for managing sales programs across multiple divisions and developing sales forecasts and budgets in collaboration with regional managers. This role involves implementing strategies to drive sales growth and ensuring high-quality service in estimating, engineering, and manufacturing.
Requirements
Candidates must possess at least five years of senior management experience, preferably within the manufacturing or construction sectors. A technical trade diploma or bachelor's degree is required, along with strong communication, organizational, and decision-making skills.
Benefits
- Professional growth
- Career development
- Continuous learning
Listed skills
- Time management · Preferred
- Customer service · Preferred
- Budgeting · Preferred
- interpersonal skills · Preferred
- Decision Making · Preferred
- Communication · Preferred
- Microsoft Office · Preferred
- Team Leadership · Preferred
- Team building · Preferred
- Forecasting · Preferred
Other relevant skills
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- Sales management
- Strategic planning
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Team leadership
- Steel building systems
- Customer service
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Microsoft Office
- MBS software
- Decision-making
- Time management
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication
- Team building
- Sales Forecasting
- Continuous Development
- Management
- Decision Making
- Customer Service
- Disabilities
- Sales
- Sales Tax
- Marketing
- Interpersonal Communications
- Listening Skills
- Market Share
- Regional Sales
- Team Building
- Prioritization
- Teamwork
- Detail Oriented
Job areas
- Sales
- Management & Leadership
- Manufacturing
- Construction
- Engineering
- National Sales Manager
- Sales Manager (General)
- Sales and Marketing Managers
- Sales Managers