Sales Director - Grinding & Dispersing

Bühler Group; Plymouth (MN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Bühler Group is seeking a Sales Director to lead the Grinding and Dispersing business in North America. You will drive sales expansion, build strong customer partnerships, and inspire a high-performing team.

This role requires shaping market strategy, identifying opportunities, and delivering value-driven solutions that help customers succeed. As a strategic leader, you will manage a 30–50% travel schedule, recruit and develop talent, and ensure achievement of departmental productivity and

Qualifications

• Leadership development and talent management within sales teams.
• Relationship building with customers and key accounts; drive growth.
• Ability to meet productivity and quality goals while expanding the customer base.

Responsibilities

• Lead the growth and success of Grinding and Dispersing sales across the region.
• Foster relationships with customers and key accounts and manage the sales team.
• Drive business growth and exceed targets; identify opportunities and deliver value-driven solutions.
• Attend trade shows and industry events to expand market presence.

Skills

Leadership

Sales leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Team development

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business

Job description

Lead the growth and success of our Grinding and Dispersing business across the region as a Sales Director. In this strategic leadership role, you will drive sales expansion, build strong customer partnerships, and inspire a high-performing sales team to achieve ambitious business goals. You'll play a key role in shaping market strategy, identifying new opportunities, and delivering value-driven solutions that help customers succeed. This is an opportunity for a results-oriented leader to make a meaningful impact on business growth while fostering lasting customer relationships and team development.

This is where you'll excel

• Leadership development, recruit, train, develop and retain high talent within the sales teams.
• Foster and manage relationships with customers and key accounts with sales team.
• Responsible for meeting department productivity and quality goals.
• Resolve Customer issues and improve Customer satisfaction where interfaces exist.
• Communicates and participates in solving problems related to sales and growth of North America region.
• Be the beacon of Buhler culture; lead through example to inspire and motivate employees.
• Drive business growth and exceed business targets.
• Develop and expand the customer base for current and future business within Grinding and Dispersing business area.
• Continuous refreshing/updating of product knowledge.
• Attend and participate in trade shows, exhibitions and industry associations
• Performs other duties as assigned.

These are the skills you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Business or equivalent.
• 8-10 years plus of managing and sales experience, preferably in a capital equipment manufacturing environment on an international level.
• Demonstrates leadership as an effective role model for the department in tasks both internal and external to the company.
• Sufficient technical knowledge of products to be sold.
• Excellent communication skills and relationship building skills to effectively work with a variety of people and personalities.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and make decisions independently, effectively, and creatively within established company guidelines.
• Strong organizational skills and an ability to plan, prioritize, coordinate, delegate, and manage work simultaneously.
• Understands confidential nature of organizational and employee information and observes confidentiality.
• Works as a proactive team player with an ownership approach to work; understands the importance of supporting the company, its members and their customers.
• Ability to identify, evaluate, problem solve, and give direction regarding problem resolutions for individual and company issues, at strategic and functional level.
• Maintains discipline, recommending and administering corrective action according to company policy and procedures Speaks and understands English.
• Domestic and international travel 30-50% time which may include long hours and non-traditional work schedules.

Creating impact together at Bühler!

Two billion people eat food every day that was produced with Bühler equipment. One billion people drive vehicles whose parts were manufactured with our machines.

Bühler aims to balance humanity, nature, and the economy in every decision as it develops solutions that unlock sustainable business opportunities in the global food, feed, and mobility industries.

We strive to create innovations for a better world, with a special focus on healthy, safe, and sustainable solutions. Therefore, we team up with customers, start-ups, multinationals, and academia to accelerate impact together.