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District Sales Manager

Lawson Products

Syracuse, NYJob$127–133K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$127–133K/yr
Location
Syracuse, NY
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Lawson Products seeks a District Sales Manager to develop outside sales representatives, build high-performing teams, and drive profitable district growth. The role involves recruiting and coaching team members, executing a district business plan, using sales metrics to guide decisions, and conducting field coaching and performance reviews. The company describes its business as providing products, inventory solutions, and service to customers.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Outside Sales Team LeadershipTeam DevelopmentRecruitingCoachingTalent RetentionBusiness AcumenAnalytical SkillsRelationship BuildingCommunicationCRMSales Performance Management

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Leadership Experience

Full job description

District Sales Manager

City: Syracuse

State/Province: NY

Country: United States

Division: Sales

Job ID: 14308

Build Winning Teams. Grow the Business. Lead the Standard.

At Lawson Products, our District Sales Managers do more than manage sales territories—they develop people, build high-performing teams, and drive profitable growth.

If you're a sales leader who excels at coaching others, holding teams accountable, and growing a business, we'd like to hear from you.

What You'll Do:

  • Recruit, coach, and develop a high-performing team of outside sales representatives.

  • Build and execute a district business plan that drives profitable growth.

  • Lead with accountability, integrity, and clear expectations.

  • Use sales metrics and business insights to make strategic decisions.

  • Conduct regular field coaching, ride-alongs, and performance reviews.

  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement, customer focus, and execution.

What Success Looks Like

You'll thrive in this role if you:

  • Build engaged, high-performing teams.

  • Develop average performers into top performers.

  • Lead change with confidence and accountability.

  • Make data-driven business decisions.

  • Build strong customer and employee relationships.

  • Execute consistently and deliver results.

What You'll Bring:

  • Experience leading and developing outside sales teams.

  • Proven success recruiting, coaching, and retaining top talent.

  • Strong business acumen and analytical skills.

  • A proactive, competitive, and results-driven leadership style.

  • Excellent relationship-building and communication skills.

  • CRM and sales performance management experience.

  • Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent leadership experience.

Why Lawson Products?

For more than 70 years, Lawson Products has helped customers keep their operations running with industry-leading products, inventory solutions, and exceptional service. We invest in our leaders with the tools, support, and opportunities they need to build winning teams and grow successful businesses.

If you're ready to lead people, grow a business, and make a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.

We target an annual total compensation level of $126,667 - $133,000.

Lawson Products is an Equal Opportunity Employer of women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,122 open Sales Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$127–133K/yr
  • New York median$131–185K/yr99 salary ranges
  • US median$120–161K/yr1,315 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $130K, is 19% below the New York median midpoint ($160K) — in the middle half of Sales Management salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 148 open Sales Management jobs in New York and 2,122 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
Sales Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (1,615 postings).
Education
371 of the 2,122 open Sales Management jobs (17%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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