We are excited to be representing a German, family owned, prestigious window and door hardware manufacturer, Winkhaus. They are looking for an experienced forward-thinking Sales Director to lead and drive sales performance across all market areas, ensuring a culture of accountability, innovation, customer-centricity, and growth. You will bring strategic thinking, operational sales discipline, and commercial leadership to an established sales team. This role requires a hands-on leader who combines data-driven insight with people management excellence, capable of setting long-term direction while delivering short-term results.
Role Overview
This person will be responsible for leading the national sales team, driving commercial strategy, developing new business, and improving sales performance. The individual will play a key role in customer relationships and work closely with Product development and Marketing teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and coach the national sales team across multiple sectors
- Deliver sales strategy, planning, forecasting, and commercial execution
- Build and nurture strategic relationships with key customers and partners
- Collaborate with Customer Services, Product, and Marketing to align customer journey and propositions
- Implement and promote CRM usage and data-led sales performance
- Contribute to senior management decision-making and business planning
- Assess and shape future sales structure including potential team expansion
Candidate Profile – Skills and Experience
We are targeting candidates with at least 5 years of senior sales leadership experience in B2B technical distribution environments. Candidates must have experience in door hardware, fenestration, or closely aligned sectors.
The candidate should demonstrate:
- Commercial strategy development and execution
- CRM and digital tools implementation (especially Excel fluency)
- Leadership of experienced, mature sales teams
- Cross-functional collaboration with Customer Services, Product, and Marketing
- Strong customer relationship and partner management
- Flexibility, humility, and a culture-fit approach
Offering a very competitive remuneration package. Please call for more information