Regional Sales Manager

Are you an experienced Sales Manager heading for a new challenge? Are you well skilled in coaching, developing and motivating colleagues and want to be a part of a business that will make the most of your talents and develop your skills? Then we might have the right opportunity for you.

We are now looking for a Regional Sales Manager to Akzo Nobel Decorative Coatings´ Trade team.

As Regional Sales Manager you will be responsible for the performance in sales in the area of two segments, specialty retail (Nordsjö Idé & Design) and professional painters (PRO) in our south/west region. You will lead and motivate a sales team to develop sales and maximize profit as well as grow market share. You will also contribute to the development and implementation of international projects in your area.

You report to Nordic Trade Sales Director and will have 5-6 direct reports. The position is based at our site in Sege, Malmö.

Main duties and responsibilities:

- Profit & lost responsibility for your team
- Coach, develop and motivate sales team
- Manage and develop existing customers
- Responsible for contact with existing Key Accounts
- Hunt/Convert new customers in both segments
- Focus on our premium brand Nordsjö
- Responsible for securing distribution points to PRO costumers in your area
- Plan and accomplish sales meetings, promotions and incentives


Job requirements / Candidate profile

To be successful in this position you should hold a relevant university degree.

You have at least 3-5 years? experience from sales management/sales Key Account Management. Experience from the paint industry or a similar industry is a great advantage.

You are a focused, analytical and hands-on person with good planning and organizational skills. You are communicative with exceptional negotiation and presentation skills. You are well skilled at coaching and motivating sales teams, setting and follow up objectives and communicating goals. You have a strong preference to drive changes and improvements with high engagement in the organization. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Swedish and English are required as well as a good understanding of the other Nordic languages.

Additional information
This is a permanent position on a full time basis, located in Malmö.

Please apply via our online recruitment system. We do not accept applications via e-mail, these applications will be disregarded. Applications in both Swedish and English are accepted

For additional information about the vacancy, please contact Joakim Kjaer, Nordic Trade Sales Director, phone +46 725 20 00 13.

For information about the recruitment process, please contact Patrik Hassel, Talent Resourcing Partner, phone +46 703 50 17 99.

For union related questions, please contact:
Unionen: Christine Lindhe +46 40 35 53 21
Sveriges Ingenjörer och Akademikerna: Per-Ola Löfgren +46 708 84 53 48
Ledarna: Boris Parezanovic +46 708 35 52 55

We have already chosen our sourcing channels for this recruitment and kindly ask not to be contacted by any advertisement agents, recruitment agencies or manning companies.

We perform drug tests on all employees as a part of our effort to maintain a drug-free environment