Regional Commercial Excellence Leader - IC USCA

The Regional Commercial Excellence Leader leads the strategy, deployment, and continuous improvement of Commercial Excellence initiatives across the region in alignment with business priorities and global Commercial Excellence standards. This role serves as a strategic business partner to regional leadership, enabling commercial effectiveness through CRM optimization, pipeline governance, sales enablement, capability development, and process standardization. The position plays a critical role in driving commercial discipline, strengthening performance insights and effectiveness, and accelerating adoption of tools, processes, and best practices that support sustainable growth. Success in this role requires strong cross-functional collaboration, change leadership, analytical capability, and the ability to influence stakeholders across all levels of the organization. Key ResponsibilitiesCollaborate with the Global Commercial Excellence team to share best practices, align on strategy, and develop initiatives that support strategic business objectives, enhance sales effectiveness, and drive sustainable growth. Lead and execute commercial excellence initiatives in the region Partner with regional commercial leadership to strengthen pipeline management, sales process discipline, and customer engagement strategies Establish and govern CRM/pipeline performance metrics that provide actionable insights and support data-driven business decisions Drive adoption, consistency, and accountability related to Commercial Excellence tools, processes, and operating cadences across the commercial organization Serve as the regional subject matter expert and strategic advisor for CRM functionality, commercial processes, data governance, reporting, and best practices Identify opportunities to optimize CRM functionality, reporting, and workflows in support of business objectives; partner with global and regional stakeholders to prioritize and implement enhancements Lead and develop the regional Commercial Excellence support team through coaching, prioritization, performance management, and capability development Drive execution and compliance of commercial capability development, including annual assessment, training, reporting, and effectiveness measurement (Skill Director) Lead Differentiated Service Model (DSM) efforts in the region owning the customer segmentation assignment process and supporting service model alignment and performance reporting Lead regional key account management processes utilizing global templates, tools, and guidelines Partner with Sales Leadership and Global Commercial Excellence to shape and optimize pricing strategy and deploy best-in-class tools that enhance commercial performance Lead governance and optimization of sales incentive processes, including target setting, tracking, payout calculations, and SIP system deployment Champion continuous improvement and organizational change initiatives that enhance commercial effectiveness, operational consistency, and customer focus Key CompetenciesCommercial Acumen: Understanding commercial sales processes, pipeline management, customer engagement strategies, and sales enablement principles. Leadership & Influence: Leadership and influence skills with demonstrated ability to drive alignment, accountability, and behavioral change across cross-functional and commercial teams. Collaboration: ability to effectively partner with commercial leadership, global teams, operations, marketing, IT, and support functions to achieve objectives Change Agility: Adaptability and continuous improvement mindset for new processes, tools, systems. Process Discipline: Driving standardization and adherence to core Commercial Excellence processes. RequirementsBachelor’s degree in business administration or related field10+ years progressive business experience supporting commercial organizations, sales operations or Commercial Excellence initiativesCRM knowledge and experience: strategy, execution, functionality, data and reportingAbility to work collaboratively in a team and across all levels of an organizationEffective and persuasive communication skillsProven change leadership capabilities with a continuous improvement mindset and ability to drive organizational adoption.Salesforce experience is a plus.#LI-Onsite401KMedical-Dental-VisionHow we work: At PPG, we bring teams together to accelerate collaboration and career development, with in-person work Monday through Thursday and the opportunity to work remotely on Flexible Fridays. Schedules may vary by location.About us:PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLDThrough 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 and follow @PPG on X. The PPG Way 2030 We are customer championsProactive. 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. We act with purpose and speedAgile. 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.We are excellent operatorsProductive. 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. We compete to winFuture-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. We are PPG proudStrong. 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. At 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. PPG 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. If you need an adjustment due to a disability, please email View email address on click.appcast.io. PPG 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. Our 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. Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process. PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday.Job SummaryJob number: JR269051Profession: Sales & Retail