Area Sales Executive

Rapidrop; Sharjah Emirate; On-site; AED 100,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Rapidrop is seeking an Area Sales Executive – Middle East based in Sharjah, UAE, with regular travel across the Middle East. The role offers a salary of up to AED 15,000 per month and requires responsible, customer‑facing leadership to grow the business throughout the region.

You will develop relationships with customers, distributors, consultants and contractors, create a strong sales pipeline, and represent Rapidrop at industry events while collaborating with internal teams to meet

Qualifications

• Proven experience in proactive sales or business development.
• Strong account management and relationship-building skills.
• Fluent English; additional Middle East language is a plus.
• Willingness to travel across the Middle East.
• Experience in manufacturing, fire protection or related sectors is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and strengthen relationships with customers, distributors and partners.
• Identify and secure new sales and business development opportunities.
• Manage and develop a strong pipeline of opportunities across the region.
• Build relationships with consultants, contractors and specifiers to support projects.
• Monitor market activity, customer requirements and competitor developments.
• Work with internal teams to ensure customer expectations are met.
• Represent Rapidrop at meetings, exhibitions, seminars and industry events.
• Travel regularly across the Middle East to develop relationships and commercial opportunities.

Skills

Sales experience

Account management

CRM management

Middle East market

Negotiation

Tools

CRM system

Job description

Area Sales Executive – Middle East

Sharjah, UAE | Regular travel across the Middle East

Salary: to AED 15000 per month

Rapidrop is looking for an experienced and commercially driven Area Sales Executive to support our continued growth across the Middle East.

Based in Sharjah and reporting to the Head of Sales & Business Development – Middle East, you will be responsible for developing strong relationships with customers, distributors, consultants, contractors and other key industry stakeholders across the region.

This is a proactive, customer-facing role with plenty of opportunity to identify new business, develop existing accounts and increase Rapidrop’s presence across Middle East markets.

What you will be doing:

• Developing and strengthening relationships with new and existing customers, distributors and partners
• Identifying and securing new sales and business development opportunities
• Managing and developing a strong pipeline of opportunities across the region
• Building relationships with consultants, contractors and specifiers to support project and specification opportunities
• Monitoring market activity, customer requirements and competitor developments
• Working closely with internal teams to ensure customer expectations are met
• Representing Rapidrop at customer meetings, exhibitions, seminars and industry events
• Travelling regularly throughout the Middle East to develop relationships and commercial opportunities

What we are looking for:

• Proven experience within a proactive sales or business development role
• Strong account management and relationship-building skills
• Experience working within or across Middle East markets is highly desirable
• Experience managing distributors, partners or key accounts would be advantageous
• Confident managing sales opportunities and pipelines within a CRM environment
• Excellent communication, negotiation and commercial skills
• Fluent written and spoken English
• An additional language relevant to the Middle East would be an advantage
• Experience within manufacturing, technical products or fire protection would be advantageous
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly across the Middle East

If you are commercially focused, enjoy developing relationships and are looking for an opportunity to help grow an established international manufacturing business across the Middle East, we’d love to hear from you.