We have been retained exclusively to bring this outstanding opportunity to the Irish Market. Our client is looking for an ambitious commercial leader to transform an established sales operation and potentially progress to Sales Director within 12 months.
Our client is a highly successful, Irish-owned business with a strong reputation across the retail, merchandising and commercial solutions sectors. With an exciting rebrand underway, ambitious growth plans and opportunities to enter new markets, the business is entering a significant new chapter. We are seeking an exceptional Commercial Sales Manager to lead that transformation.
The Opportunity
This is not a role for someone who simply maintains the status quo.
You'll inherit an established, experienced sales team with strong customer relationships and a significant account management focus. Your challenge will be to introduce fresh energy, stronger commercial discipline and a proactive, new-business-focused culture.
Working closely with the CEO and senior leadership team, you'll have the opportunity to reshape the sales function, develop your people and play a central role in the company's next phase of growth. Crucially, there is a clearly identified opportunity to progress to Sales Director level, potentially within the first 12 months, subject to performance.
What You'll Deliver
- Lead from the front: Inspire, coach and challenge an established sales team, setting the pace through your own commercial activity.
- Transform sales performance: Build a proactive business development culture while protecting and growing valuable existing accounts.
- Drive profitable growth: Deliver sales, margin and customer acquisition targets while identifying new markets and revenue opportunities.
- Modernise the sales operation: Introduce effective CRM systems, pipeline management, forecasting and meaningful performance accountability.
- Develop a winning team: Build confidence, capability, ambition and individual ownership across the sales function.
- Shape the future: Work directly with the CEO to translate an ambitious business strategy into measurable commercial results.
Who We're Looking For
We're particularly interested in experienced B2B Sales Managers, Heads of Sales or commercially ambitious senior sales leaders who can demonstrate:
- A proven track record of leading teams and delivering profitable revenue growth.
- Strong business development instincts and the ability to personally win business.
- Experience managing established sales teams and successfully implementing change.
- The confidence, emotional intelligence and resilience to challenge existing practices and bring people with you.
- Excellent commercial judgement, financial awareness and CRM-driven sales management skills.
- Experience in retail, consumer goods, distribution, capital equipment or related B2B markets would be particularly attractive.
Above all, we're looking for someone with presence, drive, credibility and the appetite to make a real difference.
The Package
Basic salary: €85,000–€100,000
Performance bonus: Up to €20,000
Benefits: Company car, pension, laptop, mobile phone and access to health insurance after probation
Location: Citywest, Dublin, with nationwide customer engagement
Career progression: Strong potential to advance to Sales Director within 12 months
Job Ref: 9624TG