European Distributors Manger

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Job Description

• Defining together with the distributors the core product portfolio and major KPIs of the business
• Lead annual Business Planning process and establish logical and stakeholder-agreed volumes, profitability, customer satisfaction parameters
• Work in close collaboration with key internal business partners such as Product, Planning, Finance, Customer Experience, Legal, Marketing & PR, Aftersales, among few others
• Working closely with the sales support function, manage the entire finance process including market interface and special requests
• Maximize net profit delivery by effectively managing the financial conditions offered to distributors, specification and model mix, and distributors′ bonus scheme
• Pro-active problem anticipation and effective resolution
• Communicate with distributors to ensure that their current / future needs are addressed
  
  

Additional Job Description

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Commerce, Management, Marketing or equivalent - required
• Master’s degree in Business Administration or equivalent – preferred
• Broad understanding of European countries/markets, competitive OEMs and specific segmentation, and customers
• Proven and successful track record of developing and driving strategic and purpose-driven growth initiatives or for a global organization of significant size and scale
• Strong business- sales, product, and financial acumen
• Strong leadership skills including building relationships internally and externally, influencing others, collaborative problem solving, and effective partnership with key internal stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively with others while driving results
• Strong project management skills with a keen attention to detail and operations with a sense of urgency to move from ideation to execution
• Possesses high energy and resilience. Skilled at solving complex problems. A person with the thinking dexterity to anticipate business opportunities and to adapt the business to pursue accordingly
• Strong and consistent personal ethics and a high sense of integrity
• Able to make sound decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment
• Ability to make/recognize effective trade-off decisions and can negotiate skillfully during difficult situations
• Fluent in English language
• Ability to work independently
• Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
  
  

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