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Coleman Lew Canny Bowen

Vice President of Sales

COMPANY:
A full-service provider of commercial facilities services to multiple customers and end markets with a primary focus on recurring maintenance.

REPORTS/RELATIONSHIPS:
This position will report directly to ­­­­the Chief Executive Officer.

BASIC FUNCTIONS:
The Vice President of Sales will lead the next phase of commercial growth. This executive will shape sales strategy, develop high-performing leaders, install disciplined commercial processes, and build a scalable sales organization capable of supporting sustained organic growth and strategic expansion. This role is designed for a builder. The successful candidate will have a track record of transforming commercial organizations, creating forecasting discipline, improving sales execution, and developing talent.

Specific duties will include, but not necessarily be limited to:

  • Develop and execute the company’s long-term commercial growth strategy.
  • Lead and develop a multimarket sales organization, including sales leaders and business development professionals.
  • Establish disciplined forecasting, pipeline management, and CRM accountability.
  • Drive growth across recurring maintenance contracts, enhancements, construction, irrigation, and complementary services.
  • Develop and execute strategies to expand market share and revenue in the construction division.
  • Improve pricing discipline, proposal quality, win rates, and sales productivity.
  • Partner closely with operations to ensure exceptional customer onboarding, retention, and expansion.
  • Recruit, coach, and retain top-performing commercial sales talent.
  • Standardize sales processes, KPIs, reporting, and leadership routines across the organization.
  • Support the commercial integration of future acquisitions.
  • Serve as a trusted strategic partner to the CEO and executive leadership team.
  • Improve forecast accuracy and commercial visibility.
  • Install a consistent sales operating system across all branches.
  • Develop and elevate the sales leadership team.
  • Bring hands-on estimating experience, with the ability to guide and support the sales team on accurate, competitive bid development.
  • Oversee data integrity within the Aspire ERP system, ensuring estimating inputs and outputs are accurate and reliable.
  • Increase maintenance contract growth and enhancement attachment rates.
  • Improve proposal turnaround time and overall win rates.
  • Strengthen collaboration between sales and operations.
  • Create a scalable commercial platform capable of supporting future growth.


IDEAL CANDIDATE:

  • Has built and scaled commercial B2B sales organizations rather than simply managed them.
  • Leads through coaching, accountability, and data-driven decision making.
  • Has successfully operated in multibranch or multimarket service businesses.
  • Understands recurring revenue models, project sales, and long-cycle relationship selling.
  • Comfortable challenging assumptions and driving organizational change.
  • Builds strong partnerships with operations, finance, and executive leadership.


REQUIREMENTS:

  • 10+ years of progressive B2B sales leadership experience.
  • Experience leading organizations with multiple branches or regions.
  • Demonstrated success growing organizations in the $150 million-$300 million revenue range.
  • Experience implementing and driving CRM adoption (HubSpot, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar).
  • Strong financial acumen, forecasting capability, and analytical skills.
  • Experience leading organizations through growth, organizational change, or acquisitions is highly desirable.
  • Aspire knowledge/experience is preferred but not required.
  • College degree required.


COMPENSATION:
Compensation will be commensurate with experience including a competitive base salary, bonus opportunity, and competitive benefits package.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Jonas Hedin, Managing Partner
jhedin@CLCBsearch.com
704.377.0362