A new and exciting Country Business Director (Fire Detection and Alarm System) job has become available at an industrial company.

About the Country Business Director (Fire Detection and Alarm System) Role:
The Country Business Director (Fire Detection and Alarm System) will be responsible for developing and managing efficient sales and business development teams for the Fire Detection and Alarm System business unit of this specific company. The role is also responsible for shaping the strategic direction in ensuring the tools, skills, and expertise are in place to execute effectively to ensure your strategy becomes a reality. In this role, you will build and provide effective leadership for the team in a manner that is consistent with the company's values. Developing and implementing local customer strategies and marketing initiatives are key to success for this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement strategy within agreed budget based on BU FIR regional strategy
• Monitor and analyse sales and IM2 against budget and initiate appropriate action if needed
• Develop and manage local customer and influencer portfolio and implement agreed channel strategy
• Manage relationships with key customers and key influencers in the country
• Define and implement price, discount and rebate schemes in line with BU guidelines for the territory
• Support launch plan for product introduction in country
• Provide feedback on market trends, customer/end-user needs and support collection of competitor information (portfolio as well as industries)
• Support BU/MKR on proof reading management in respective country and languages
• Increase sales for a dedicated vertical/country by creating demand and project leads through business development and early involvement with large end-users and major influencer groups
• Develop, implement and follow-up on business development approach for key verticals
• Generate, follow up and win project leads in country (cluster) and focus vertical
• Present, discuss, adjust and follow-up on technical and commercial solutions with the end-user and all relevant parties
• Plan and organise key influencer events; participate if required in trade shows, congresses and support PR

To be successful in this Country Business Director (Fire Detection and Alarm System) role, you must be able to sustainably grow business above market focusing on large distributor accounts, system integrator, specialised accounts and their needs and achieve budget. Support in developing channel strategy and ensure implementation is also key.

Key Requirements:

• At least a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, electronic engineering, mechanical engineering or equivalent
• Must have leading sales and marketing in commercial and industrial market. With FDAS product experience is an advantage
• Good presentation and communication skills. Can manage to work with different levels of stakeholders (internal and external)
• Able to manage the business development, projects, and sales or account plan to achieve the target deployment and KPI steering
• Excellent in negotiation to decision-maker environment
• Highly flexible to work as a team player and, at the same time, work independently
• Resourceful and with good networking skills

This company has been in the business for 100 years and is leading in its category. Well know and established brand, joining this company is a no-brainer.

If you are looking for a challenging yet rewarding career - this Country Business Director (FDAS) role is for you.

Apply now to learn more.

Due to the high volume of applications we are experiencing, our team will only be in touch with you if your application is shortlisted.