
Director of Strategic Accounts - General Industrial
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Job overview
The Sales Director leads a team focused on new business and key-account relationships across multiple regions for Sherwin-Williams’ General Industrial business. The role provides strategic vision to field management, collaborates with regional sales organizations, and aligns efforts with group goals. The director works with the team in the field to meet customers, strengthen relationships, and drive growth, with travel of up to 50% domestic overnight and 25% international overnight.
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The Sales Director should have the ability to maximize commercial sales volume through and with their team, while also collaborating with the regional sales organizations within the assigned focus areas. This individual will provide strategic vision to field management, both to their direct teams and to the rest of the regional sales organization, and ensure alignment with overarching group goals and objectives. The role will lead a team focused on new business efforts and maintain relationships with key accounts within multiple regions for the General Industrial business. The successful candidate will exhibit strong financial acumen and will facilitate cross functional collaboration throughout the entire organization to address opportunities in the field, delivering accountability and ownership. The successful candidate should expect that with demonstrated leadership and successful execution in the role over time there would be growth opportunities within the company with expanded responsibilities in sales management or functional broadening. The successful candidate will maximize time in the field with their team, meeting with customers and opportunities to solidify relationships, and drive growth.
Travel up to 50% Domestic Overnight and 25% International Overnight.
Job duties involve contact with customers, which may include minors; and access to cash and other payment methods, electronic equipment, personal information, store merchandise and other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s customers, staff, employees, vendors, contractors, and the general public.
At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people. Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you in:
Life … with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and well-being
Career … with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your contribution
Connection … with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities
It's all here for you... let's Create Your Possible
At Sherwin-Williams, part of our mission is to help our employees and their families live healthier, save smarter and feel better. This starts with a wide range of world-class benefits designed for you. From retirement to health care, from total well-being to your daily commute—it matters to us. A general description of benefits offered can be found at http://www.myswbenefits.com/. Click on “Candidates” to view benefit offerings that you may be eligible for if you are hired as a Sherwin-Williams employee.
Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case and will impact where actual compensation may fall within the stated wage range. The wage range listed for this role takes into account the wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The wage range, other compensation, and benefits information listed is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws including with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act where applicable.
Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract.
As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, Sherwin-Williams requests state and local employment services delivery systems to provide priority referral of Protected Veterans.
Please be aware, Sherwin-Williams recruiting team members will never request a candidate to provide a payment, ask for financial information, or sensitive personal information like national identification numbers, date of birth, or bank account numbers during the application process.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,341 open Sales Director jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Minnesota median$155–230K/yr21 salary ranges
- US median$29–39/hr33 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 23 open Sales Director jobs in Minnesota and 1,341 across the US. 17% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Sales Director postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (1,034 postings).
- Education
- 316 of the 1,341 open Sales Director jobs (24%) 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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