Remote North America Sales Leader: Growth & Strategy

Ahlstrom; Windsor Locks (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ahlstrom is seeking a Sales Manager to lead sales, market development and customer relations for North America in a remote capacity. You will drive regional strategies, coordinate with logistics and development teams, and ensure achievement of revenue and KPI targets.

Candidates should have 5–10 years in sales or business management, fluent English, strong negotiation and leadership skills, and willingness to travel 25–45%.

Qualifications

• University/Bachelor or Master in marketing, economics or equivalent.
• 5-10 years of sales, product or business management experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Creative thinking and technical capability to come up with new ideas.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Ability to network across levels, languages and cultures.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• End-to-end process understanding.
• Business environment understanding.
• Strong drive for delivering results.
• Knowledge of IT systems (IBP, CRM & ERP), Microsoft Office tools, SAP.
• Languages: Fluent English.
• Willing to travel more than 25-45% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the commercial success of sales in the region.
• Define and execute regional sales strategy.
• Provide customer and market insight and build growth strategy and implementation plans.
• Cooperate to establish annual sales targets and build the sales budget.
• Work with logistics and development teams to ensure profitable growth.
• Monitor sales and profitability performance against plan.
• Ensure compliance with sales strategies, policies and guidelines.
• Represent at trade shows and industry organizations.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Leadership

Networking

Organizational skills

End-to-end processes

Business acumen

IT systems knowledge

Fluent English

Travel willingness

Education

University degree in marketing or economics

Tools

SAP

CRM/ERP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Ahlstrom is seeking a Sales Manager to lead sales, market development and customer relations for North America in a remote capacity. You will drive regional strategies, coordinate with logistics and development teams, and ensure achievement of revenue and KPI targets.

Candidates should have 5–10 years in sales or business management, fluent English, strong negotiation and leadership skills, and willingness to travel 25–45%.