Sales Director

Emilia Romagna Permanent View Job Description
For a leading multinational company in advanced industrial solutions we are seeking for a Sales Director
  • Leading multinational company
  • Emilia Romagna

About Our Client

Leading multinational in advanced industrial solutions

Job Description

Key responsibilities:

  • Drive the development and execution of a comprehensive business sales strategy in alignment with the company's goals and objectives.
  • Provide guidance and direction with cross-functional teams to define strategic sales initiatives and prioritize resource allocation to achieve business growth and profitability.
  • Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented strategies and adjust as needed.
  • Provide strong leadership to the commercial team, setting clear objectives and expectations, and fostering a high-performance culture to achieve revenue and profitability goals.
  • Recruit, train, and develop staff, fostering a collaborative and productive team environment.
  • Build and maintain relationships with key customers and distributors, including reaching relevant vertical and end users, ensuring their needs are met, and addressing any concerns or issues promptly.
  • Develop a distributor management process that leads to quota growth and cross-selling. Negotiate and manage contracts with distributors, representatives and other business partners to optimise terms and conditions.
  • Develop and propose annual sales growth plans for the European region, ensuring alignment with strategy.
  • Schedule key activities/projects to increase market share, ensuring integration with other elements of the organization.
  • Manage sales budget plans.
  • Manage and report on performance within the sales department; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports and hold them accountable for achieving these; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of annual business objectives.

The Successful Applicant

Job requirements:

  • Over 10 years of proven success in selling solutions to B2B customers and distributors, more than half of which in leadership and sales management positions
  • Experience in a fast-paced B2B industrial and security solutions sales environment is indispensable.
  • A history of assisting sales teams in closing large deals and strategic partners
  • Experience in implementing and managing a metrics-based sales organisation



Additional qualifications and skills in this role include:

  • Excellent growth performance and employee management skills
  • In-depth knowledge of sales processes and history of successful sales process installation
  • Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with all levels of staff, customers and partners
  • Demonstrated comfort in making decisions in a fast-paced environment
  • Able and willing to travel at 30% or greater

What's on Offer

Great opportunity to work for a leading and growing multinational company

Contact
Mario Malanca
Quote job ref
JN-092024-6545250

Job summary

Function
Sales
Subsector
Sales Subsector
Industry
Industrial
Location
Emilia Romagna
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Mario Malanca
Job reference
JN-092024-6545250

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