SALES MANAGER (Relocation to Madrid - Spain)

SALES MANAGER (Relocation to Madrid - Spain)

We are looking for a Sales Manager - Technical Textiles who will be based in Madrid (Spain). Our client, a fast-growing textile and leather manufacturing partner, is opening a new commercial hub in Madrid to strengthen its global operations.

About us

Our client specializes in product development, sourcing, procurement, and logistics. As part of its expansion, the client is seeking a Sales Manager to win new customers and grow sales in the technical and medical textiles sectors.

Responsibilities

• Hunting for new business: build a target list, contact new prospects, set meetings, understand needs, coordinate samples, send offers, and close deals.
• Leading bigger-picture talks at current customers: regular review meetings, long-term prices, delivery capacity and timing and multi-year plans.
• Working with Sourcing and Product Development Departments: prepare materials and cost lists, agree the sampling plan, and present new materials and better ways of making the product.
• Working with Logistics in Europe: check shipping plans, warehouse space, and delivery costs so that offers are realistic.
• Leading the Factory Account Managers in Morocco and Turkey: set response times, review account health each week, and decide on roles & responsibilities between their team and the team in Madrid.
• Keeping records up to date using simple templates: keep the pipeline, offers, and decisions updated and follow approval rules before sending prices.
• Accomplishing and following-up on the different KPIs for the position: new customers, sales growth, timeliness agreed for the sales process, long-term plans after client meetings, customer satisfaction surveys on service quality.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (BA, Economics or similar).
• MBA preferred.
• Comfortable working with common business systems (ERP/CRM) and spreadsheets; clear simple reporting.
• 10+ years in international business-to-business sales in technical textiles or a similar field (medical/rehab, baby/safety, protective/industrial, or automotive).
• Leadership experience, leading preferably multinational and remote teams.
• Proven hunter experiences opening and developing new accounts. Expert in negotiation skills either for new and for current clients.
• Experience selling in Scandinavia will be valuable.
• Strong with numbers: able to build and explain prices, profit, and delivery cost; expertise in judging if a customer’s demand fits our capacity (order size, changes, lead times, product complexity).
• Excellent level of Spanish and English; French or German is a plus.
• Willing to relocate to Spain
• Proactive approach (Entrepreneurial)
• Client oriented
• Results oriented
• Innovative and solutions-oriented mindset
• Strategic vision
• Open to travel: across Europe, Morocco and Turkey.

Our Offer

• Benefits package (flexible compensation plan including health insurance, transport card, meal card, childcare support, and training)
• Permanent contract
• Continuous training and professional development opportunities within the company