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.
- 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.
- 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.