Regional Business Sales Manager - Automotive

Job description / Role

A Regional Business Sales Manager is required to manage and drive relationships to increase automotive sales and profits across assigned markets in the MENA region. Responsible for targeting and maintaining a profitable segment share in the assigned markets, this role will also manage the development of strategies to fully exploit segment.

Automotive experience is a MUST.

Responsibilities:
- Achieves marketing and sales operational objectives by contributing marketing and sales information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.
- Meets marketing and sales financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
- Determines annual and gross-profit plans by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas for regions; projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products; analyzing trends and results; establishing pricing strategies; recommending selling prices; monitoring costs, competition, supply, and demand.
- Accomplishes marketing and sales objectives by planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating advertising plans in collaboration with marketing communications team.
- Identifies marketing opportunities by identifying consumer requirements; defining market, competitor's share, and competitor's strengths and weaknesses; forecasting projected business; establishing targeted market share in collaboration with market intelligence.
- Improves product marketability and profitability by researching, identifying, and capitalizing on market opportunities; improving product packaging; coordinating new product development in collaboration with product and pricing team.
- Sustains rapport with key accounts by making periodic visits; exploring specific needs; anticipating new opportunities.

Requirements

- University Degree (Master’s Degree preferred)
- 5+ years experience in automotive sales from automotive manufacturer or tier one supplier preferred
- Excellent PC skills
- Language: English & Arabic

About the Company

Aquila Consulting is a Dubai based talent recruitment company established by individuals with unrivalled recruitment expertise in Global Search and Selection. We offer our clients a partner-centric, personalised, and mature approach to focusing and delivering on their international talent requirements.

What makes us stand out from the crowd is the rigor and passion we bring to the recruitment process. We offer unparalleled performance, transparency, and advocacy, taking the time to fully understand your organisational vision, culture, structure and leadership needs.

Aquila Consulting pride ourselves on seamlessly delivering the most efficient time and cost saving recruitment solution for your business.