European Sales Director

Best-in-class sales leaders are commercially rounded, and are likely to have experienced varying functions within their career. At their heart they see leadership as a journey, they inspire people not manage them. As a global business we are committed toemploying these type of leaders who enable team development, and are results driven collaborators.**BASIC SALARY**: £145,000 - £155,000

**BENEFITS**:

- 20% bonus
- Car Allowance
- Pension
- Healthcare
- 25 days holiday

**LOCATION**: Based in the UK with regular travel to European sites.

You could live anywhere in the UK - preferably North of Birmingham (Nottingham / Derby / Sheffield / Huddersfield / Liverpool / Stoke-on-Trent) as the UK sites are in Manchester and Leeds.**Why read on?**

We couldn't be more serious about fostering a culture of empowerment and collaboration across all of our teams. You naturally pay this forward. We move together as one unit which hugely benefits all parts of the organisation, keeping the fact that our peopleare our most important assets at the centre of our decision making.

**JOB DESCRIPTION**: Sales Director - Europe : technical materials

Your focus will be to lead the develop our strategic and diverse sales experts across multiple market segments including Filtration, Medical, Industrial and Automotive. You are the type of leader who empowers, monitors, measures, and holds the team accountable.You will leverage your expertise and technical experience to drive sales methodologies that deliver profitable growth for your region.

A full job description is available, the key tasks are:

- Inclusive / empowering leadership of a team of sales professionals across UK and Europe.
- Driving standards and creating a cultural change from the individual offering to a collective solution.
- Develop strategic sales and marketing strategies to deliver on growth objectives.
- Understand and map the complete market opportunity, whilst keeping abreast of industry specific trends and landscapes.
- Build and maintain outstanding relationships with customers while partnering with them to better understand their business objectives and needs.

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**: Sales Director - Europe : technical materials

Having got this far, hopefully we have outlined that this Sales Director role requires an inclusive leader, your style and implementation is critical to us. You're an experienced professional, you're robust and someone who knows how to inspire others and championa collaborative culture. The best leaders surround themselves with smart, capable professionals.

**About you**:
Throughout your career, you have consistently challenged yourself to work outside of your comfort zone, to invest in yourself, a strong leader, with a strong voice who has the courage to demand investment in their people. You have the ability to step back andsee the big picture, enabling you to prioritise your teams' resources and commercial focus.

Most likely you will have:

- A track record of building successful teams, with an eye for talent and succession planning.
- Operated within a technical/industrial manufacturing environment.
- Integrated and collected best practice from sales teams brought together by acquisitions.
- Worked across multi site, multi country operations, with a minimum of a £200m sales budget.
- A Degree and ideally an MBA.

**THE COMPANY**:
As a global business (90 countries and c5,000 employees) our products are used every day across the world. We are focused on best-in-class innovation, design and manufacturing to assist our customers in their most complex challenges. Our papers, films, tapesand non-wovens are used across medical, filtration, transportation, construction and a variety of other markets.

**Please Note**: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the recruitment partner of our client.

**REF**: MGH16753, Wallace Hind Selection