Regional Sales Manager - America

Applus IDIADA

$110K — $130K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of B2B sales experience, preferably in automotive or technical services
  • 3+ years leading distributed sales teams
  • Technical background in automotive engineering or related field
  • MBA or equivalent advanced business degree
  • Proven experience managing large strategic accounts and negotiating within global organizations
  • Strong facilitation and leadership skills for meetings
  • Proficiency in SalesForce CRM and data-driven decision-making
  • Fluency in English; additional languages are a plus
  • Must be willing to travel 50% of the time
  • Permanent USA work authorization required

Responsibilities

  • Identify and pursue account growth and cross-selling opportunities
  • Manage and support Sales Managers to build customer relationships
  • Assist in strategic meetings and executive engagements with clients
  • Promote best practices in account management regionally
  • Develop and execute regional strategies for revenue and EBITDA
  • Guide team in implementing commercial strategies effectively
  • Lead regional sales planning and performance analysis
  • Enforce CRM discipline and oversee account management activities
  • Collaborate with Product Heads and Marketing to align with customer needs

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional growth and strategic impact in a leadership role
  • Involvement in cross-functional collaboration with key departments
  • Dynamic work environment focused on operational excellence
  • Influence regional revenue and market expansion strategies
  • Participation in high-level client relationship management
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Regional Sales Head is a strategic leadership role responsible for driving revenue growth and EBITDA growth and market expansion across the assigned geographical region. This position manages a distributed team of Sales Managers from multiple locations, ensuring alignment with IDIADA's global objectives while delivering sustained business growth and operational excellence.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Account Management
  • Identify opportunities for account growth and cross-selling in the region
  • Oversee the team of sales managers & Senior sales managers, ensuring strong relationships with customers and understanding business needs
  • Support Senior Sales Managers in conducting strategic client's meetings and executive-level engagement activities
  • Ensure consistent account management and best practice sharing across the regional

Sales Planning & Execution
  • Develop and implement regional strategies to achieve revenue and EBITDA targets
  • Guide the team in the implementation of the regional commercial strategy
  • Ensure correct pricing, margin management, and operational efficiency

Pipeline Management & Sales Operations
  • Lead regional sales planning meetings
  • Analyze regional sales performance metrics and implement action plans
  • Ensure CRM discipline and supervise account management activities across the region in line with the defined operating rhythm, ensuring consistent execution of customer engagement, follow-ups, pipeline reviews, and account planning

Cross-FunctionalCollaboration
  • Work closely with Product Heads, BU Directors and Regional Sales Managers to align solutions with customer needs.
  • Collaborate with marketing on regional campaigns, events, and lead generation activities
  • Close contact with Sales Operations to ensure regional EBITDA targets are met


Qualifications

Essential:
  • 6+ years of sales experience in B2B environments, preferably in automotive or technical services
  • 3+ years in leadership roles managing distributed teams
  • Technical background in automotive engineering or related field
  • MBA or equivalent advanced business degree
  • Experience managing large strategic accounts and negotiations in global organizations
  • Excellent meeting facilitation and leadership skills
  • SalesForce CRM proficiency and data-driven decision-making capabilities
  • Fluency in English; additional languages based on regional requirements will be highly value
  • Availability to travel 50%
  • Permanent USA work authorization is an absolute requirement for this position


Additional Information

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

EBITDA contribution
  • Client revenue and EBITDA achievement of the team
  • Year to year growth of the team's accounts
  • Quote win rates in the region

Operational Rhythm discipline
  • Team and client meetings
  • CRM discipline
  • Data quality standards
  • Regional team adherence to operational rhythm and CRM discipline

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