Regional Head of Sales

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About the role

  • Regional Head of Sales growing bluesign adoption among US brands and supply-chain partners. Leading SGS’s Americas sales organization and regional revenue performance.

Responsibilities

  • Drive sustainable growth in the Americas through brand-driven growth and regional sales leadership
  • Design and execute the Americas sales strategy, prioritizing US brand penetration and regional sales performance
  • Lead engagement with strategically important US brands and retailers to secure bluesign adoption, recommendation or prescription
  • Translate brand commitments into SYSTEM PARTNER opportunities across garment manufacturers, material manufacturers and chemical suppliers
  • Lead, develop and strengthen the Americas sales team
  • Establish account ownership, revenue objectives, pipeline discipline and performance accountability
  • Grow and retain the existing SYSTEM PARTNER portfolio while acquiring new partners
  • Build relationships with the SGS network and other bluesign regions
  • Own regional revenue performance, forecasting, pipeline quality and corrective actions
  • Coach and develop the Americas sales team and establish a customer-centric commercial culture
  • Set objectives for revenue, retention, new SYSTEM PARTNERS, pipeline and conversion
  • Conduct deal, opportunity and account reviews
  • Manage customer portfolio retention, NRR, expansion and new business development
  • Identify team capability and coverage gaps and develop, recruit or reshape resources
  • Improve sales productivity through segmentation, territory prioritization, CRM discipline and forecasting
  • Provide market and competitor intelligence
  • Collaborate across regions on accounts and supply chains
  • Define and execute a focused US brand penetration strategy
  • Build senior relationships across sourcing, supply chain, materials, product compliance, quality and sustainability
  • Develop strategic account plans and track brand-originated opportunities through supplier conversion and SYSTEM PARTNER revenue

Requirements

  • 10+ years of commercial/business-development experience in the US apparel, footwear, textile or consumer-brand ecosystem
  • Significant leadership responsibility
  • Track record of personally opening, winning and developing major US brands or retailers
  • Established senior network within relevant US brands and retailers across sourcing, supply chain, materials, product compliance, quality and sustainability
  • Experience influencing brand requirements and translating them into supplier or value-chain adoption
  • Strong understanding of global textile/apparel supply chains and relationships among brands, manufacturers, material suppliers and chemical suppliers
  • Experience leading, coaching and developing a regional B2B sales team and delivering against revenue targets
  • Experience with complex, consultative B2B selling involving multiple stakeholders and long decision cycles
  • Experience in sustainability, responsible sourcing, supply-chain compliance, chemical management, testing/inspection/certification or traceability is a strong advantage
  • Experience working in an international and matrix organization
  • Strategic and consultative selling with strong commercial conversion capability
  • Executive presence and credibility with senior brand decision-makers
  • Strong sales leadership, coaching and performance-management capability
  • Ability to build strategic accounts and convert brand relationships into downstream commercial opportunities
  • Strong commercial discipline in pipeline management, forecasting, CRM and account planning
  • Ability to articulate a compelling business case for bluesign adoption
  • Strong cross-functional and cross-regional collaboration skills
  • Result-driven, solution-oriented and highly independent

Benefits

  • Medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Employee assistance programs
  • 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting upon enrollment
  • Online training courses
  • Virtual and classroom development experiences
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Paid time off
  • Family leave

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$110,000 - $140,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

RemoteNorth America

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