Full commercial responsibility for Eaton’s Electrical business in Morocco, leading a USD 32M business across Low Voltage Distribution, Critical Power, Energy Storage and Safety Solutions.
Key Achievements
- Successfully transformed the business from USD 3.5M to USD 32M, representing nearly a tenfold increase in revenue through commercial transformation, channel restructuring and strategic market development.
- Full P&L responsibility for a USD 32M business, maintaining an average gross margin of approximately 35%.
- Built the entire commercial organization from the ground up and currently lead a team of 12 professionals, including one Sales Manager supervising four direct reports.
- Restructured the commercial model by reducing the customer base from 400 accounts to 54 strategic customers, significantly improving profitability, customer loyalty and commercial effectiveness.
- Reduced Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) from 220 days to 90 days through customer portfolio optimization and stronger commercial governance.
- Defined and executed the annual Commercial Strategy, Profit Plan, Sales Budget and Pricing Strategy.
- Managed an annual Marketing Budget of EUR 100K–200K, jointly defining marketing plans, customer events and field activities.
- Developed and managed a commercial ecosystem including 12 distributors, 8 panel builders, 34 strategic key accounts, and more than 100 consulting engineering firms through specification activities.
- Influenced approximately 5 out of every 10 major electrical projects awarded in Morocco through specification and key account development.
- Managed four strategic product lines representing several thousand SKUs.
- Oversaw commercial activities related to approximately USD 100M of annual tenders and strategic projects.
- Led specification strategy with consulting engineers, EPC contractors and key industrial customers to maximize project conversion.
- Coordinated Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain (SIOP), Finance and Operations to improve forecasting accuracy and operational execution.
- Accountable for annual price increase deployment and margin protection initiatives.
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