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Sales Director - Life Sciences

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • MBA preferred
  • Current or prior JR Automation experience or experience in the automation industry strongly preferred

Responsibilities

  • Supervises regional sales managers
  • Develop and execute strategic plans to achieve sales targets
  • Build and maintain long-lasting relationships with customers
  • Establishes sales objectives by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas

Key facts

  • Remote from: United States
  • Full time
  • Mid-level (2-5 years)
  • Sales Analyst
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Strategic Planning
  • Relationship Building
  • Communication
  • Team Leadership
  • Problem Solving
  • Time Management
  • Social Skills

About the company

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Hitachi

Engineering Services

Since its founding in 1910, Hitachi has responded to the expectations of society and its customers through technology and innovation. Our mission is to “Contribute to society through the development of superior, original technology and products.” Over the past 100+ years this commitment has led us to work towards creating a more sustainable society through our “Social Innovation Business”. We work to apply our expertise in information technology (IT), operational technology (OT), and a wide variety of products to advance social infrastructure systems and improve quality of life across the world. Hitachi’s Social Innovation Business is centered around 5 growth sectors: Mobility, Smart Life, Industry, Energy, and IT. Globally, we have nearly 300,000 employees who are working to improve people’s quality of life and our customers’ social, environmental, and economic values to create a sustainable future. The challenges we face as a society are unprecedented, but so are the opportunities. Together, let’s start powering good.

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryEngineering Services
Company size10001

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Job description

Location:

Remote - Michigan, United States

Job ID:

R0141901

Date Posted:

2026-08-25

Company Name:

J.R. AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Profession (Job Category):

Sales, Marketing & Product Management

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

Yes

Job Description:

The Opportunity: 

JR Automation, a Hitachi Group Company, is driven to deliver customer success worldwide. We provide intelligent automated manufacturing and distribution technology solutions that transform how the world's leading manufacturers make and distribute products. Our strength is our people and we’re always looking to strengthen our team across the globe. Join us as a Sales Director – Life Sciences.

Location Type: The position is remote.

How You’ll Make an Impact:

  • Supervises regional sales managers.
  • Determines annual unit and gross-profit plans by implementing marketing strategies, analyzing trends and results.
  • Develop and execute strategic plans to achieve sales targets.
  • Create and communicate sales goals and ensure C-level executives are informed on the progress of those goals.
  • Build and maintain long-lasting, strong relationships with customers while partnering with them to better understand their business objectives and needs.
  • Understand industry-specific trends and landscapes.
  • Effectively communicate value propositions through presentations and proposals.
  • Report on forces that shift strategic directions of accounts and tactical budgets.
  • Establishes sales objectives by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas for regions and territories and projecting expected sales volumes and profit for existing and new products.
  • Implements JR Automation sales programs by developing field sales action plans.
  • Maintains sales volume by tracking changing trends, economic indicators, competitors, and supply and demand.
  • Completes sales operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees and following up on work results.
  • Maintains staff job results by counseling and disciplining employees.
  • Plans, monitors, and appraises job results.
  • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
  • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results.

Note: This list of responsibilities is inclusive; however, it is intended to be a guideline for activities.

What You’ll Bring:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, calculated as two (2) years of relevant work experience for each year of academic study.
  • MBA preferred.
  • Current or prior JR Automation experience, or experience in the automation industry is strongly preferred.

Disclaimer: JR Automation requires candidates to successfully complete a 10-panel drug screen, physical examination, and background check.

Company Overview: 

At JR Automation, A Hitachi Group Company, we discover potential, reimagine limits, and advance industry. When faced with a problem, we find a solution. Together, we push what’s possible to automate for tomorrow.

Join our team of 2,000+ at one of our 20+ facilities around the world and be a part of the most experienced team of advanced automation integrators.

Fueled by Possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at JR Automation, please send the nature of request and contact information to jrcareers@jrautomation.com. Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.

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