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This position is under regional sales manager by focusing on the business in Sichuan at current stage. Overall responsibilities are to ensure all channel KPIs on target, to engage and manage distributors to win more new businesses with profitable return, to optimize distributor network to maintain its vitality, to provide professional services to maintain end-users’ satisfaction, to improve margin and control risk for business sustainability.\nKey Responsibilities\n1. Excellent business management to achieve strategic targets, annual KPIs and margin improvement.\nFully understand local refinish market and have business acuteness. Focus on new business win from CB and non-CB opportunities to keep YOY growth. Engage distributors to achieve sales and PC targets. Strengthen Non-paint sales. Innovate new solutions in accord with PPG strategic requirement.\n2. Distributor optimization to maintain its vitality.\nOptimize network to support key distributors to grow and maintain smooth networking. Make sure all distributors fully understand all PPG policies and engage them by providing prompt support. Analyze opportunities, manage pipelines well, and keep new shop win together with distributors. Develop distributors’ ability including technical service ability, refined operation ability, risk management ability and so on. Help distributors to build up digitalization sense and sales.\n3. Professional technical solutions to improve end-users’ satisfaction\nStrong product knowledge and application skills to provide quick professional service. Systematic B&P knowledge to help end-users to improve shop efficiency. Daily technical support and trouble shooting. Regular technical training to Dealer Groups. Build up good relationships with end-users.\n4. Business risk control to keep business sustainability.\nDefine the market risks and competitors’ impacts. Maste regional sales forecast without surprise. Solid demand forecast knowledge and make accurate forecast. PPG investment margin control and sales commitment tracking. Overdue collection\nQualifications\n1. Above 5years working experience in refinish coatings or relevant industries.\n2. Coatings background is preferred.\n3. Strong paint knowledge and application skills.\n4.Practical experience is preferred. Business acuteness, active attitude and excellent communication.\n5. Business management skills such as CRM, WC and so on.\nAbout us:\nPPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD ®\nThrough leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @PPG on X.\nThe PPG Way 2030\nWe are customer champions\nProactive. Bold. Trustworthy. Everything we do starts with our customers. We listen, move fast and don’t stop until we solve their biggest challenges. When our customers win, we all grow.\nWe act with purpose and speed\nAgile. Data-driven. Empowered. We take smart risks to stay ahead of the competition. We work proactively with agility, using quality data to develop solutions that create value.\nWe are excellent operators\nProductive. Collaborative. Accountable. No matter our role, we identify problems, take ownership and always bring solutions. We are both proactive and responsive to drive continuous improvement and deliver results. We support our frontline, the faces of PPG to our customers.\nWe compete to win\nFuture-focused. Driven. Ambitious. We are passionate about growing our business and winning with our customers. We deliver results, embrace new technologies and leverage agility and speed as strengths.\nWe are PPG proud\nStrong. United. Passionate. We work safely, act with integrity and value our diverse perspectives. We celebrate achievements and take pride in the positive impact we create together to protect and beautify the world.\nAt PPG we use AI in the hiring process to make the process more efficient. AI tools do not make hiring decisions. You can learn more by going to https://careers.ppg.com/us/en/candidate-resources.\nPPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.\nIf you need an adjustment due to a disability, please email .\nPPG pay ranges and benefits can vary by location which allows us to compensate employees competitively in different geographic markets. PPG considers several factors in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, qualifications and education, licensure and certifications, and other organizational needs. Other incentives may apply. \nOur employee benefits programs are designed to support the health and well-being of our employees. Any insurance coverages and benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents. 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