Head of Global Sales

Our client is an internationally leading manufacturing company in the commodity sector. As part of a strategic realignment, we are looking for an experienced and strong leader as Global Head of Sales to manage and optimize the global sales organization.

Your Responsibilities

• You are responsible for developing and implementing the global sales strategy for the core portfolio of commodity products
• You lead and further develop the globally distributed sales team
• You hold final responsibility for pricing, margin optimization, and the strategic allocation of production volumes to global markets
• Through your leadership, you further expand strategic partnerships with key accounts, importers, and international industrial buyers, while driving new customer acquisition
• Consequently, you also modernize sales processes and thus promote innovative approaches
• To ensure optimal pricing, you foster close alignment with supply chain, production, and raw material procurement

Your Profile

• You bring many years of sales leadership experience within an international manufacturing company in the commodity industry
• As a result, you have a proven track record of leadership success with an internationally distributed team (managing managers) and find it easy to motivate a wide variety of personalities
• You bring strong financial and P&L expertise paired with solid negotiation skills, as well as proven know-how in transforming and leading sales organizations
• Business fluency in English, both written and spoken, is an absolute prerequisite, and any additional foreign language is an advantage

Our client offers the opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of an established corporate group and to actively optimize the entire sales organization. The company also features a very modern corporate culture, which is why the position can be based in several different countries. Gross base salary starting from EUR 180,000 plus bonus is budgeted for this role. However, the actual salary will be aligned with your professional experience and qualifications.