Sales Director in Düren bei Metsä Group

Metsä Group is leading the way in advancing the bioeconomy. We invest in growth, bioproduct development and a fossil free future. The raw material for our products is renewable wood from sustainably managed northern forests. We focus on the growth sectors of the forest industry: wood supply and forest services, wood products, pulp, fresh fibre paperboards, as well as tissue and greaseproof papers. Metsä Group's annual sales amount to approximately EUR 7 billion, and we have around 9,500 employees in around 30 countries. We promote a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion. Our international Group has its roots in the Finnish forests: our parent company is Metsäliitto Cooperative which is owned by over 90,000 forest owners.

Metsä Tissue

www.metsagroup.com/metsatissue

Metsä Tissue sorgt für einen saubereren Alltag. Wir sind einer der führenden Lieferanten von Tissue-Papier für Haushalte und Fachbetriebe in Europa und einer der weltweit führenden Lieferanten von fettdichten Papieren.

Unsere Marken sind Lambi, Serla, Mola, Tento, Katrin und SAGA. In unseren Produktionsstätten in fünf Ländern beschäftigen wir rund 2.450 Mitarbeiter. Wir fördern eine Kultur der Vielfalt, Gleichberechtigung und Inklusion. Im Jahr 2022 betrug unser Umsatz 1,2 Milliarden Euro. Metsä Tissue ist Teil von Metsä Group.

Bei uns sind Menschen mit unterschiedlichem Hintergrund und in verschiedenen Lebensphasen gleichermaßen willkommen. Metsä bietet Platz und Möglichkeiten für viele verschiedene Talente, unabhängig von Alter, Geschlecht, ethnischem Hintergrund, sexueller Orientierung, Behinderung oder anderen Merkmalen - Metsä ist für alle da. Für weitere Informationen: metsagroup.com/metsaforall.

We are currently looking for a

Sales Director (f/m/d)

to join our international team for the Greaseproof Papers Business Unit. In this position you will report to the Business Unit's VP Sales Marketing & Offering and cooperate with Sales Directors.

Our Greaseproof Papers Business is planning offering expansion to a new market segment which you are responsible to establish internationally.

Your main duties and responsibilities

• Establishing customer base and sales channels for our new product assortment
• Defining and communicating our value proposition to the customers
• Market development follow-up, potential customer mapping and acquisition
• Responsible for sales and results, development and implementation of commercial tactics and customer action plans, including pricing tactics, in the new product segment
• Planning and achieving targets, reporting and follow-up in a structured way
• Implementation of common group processes, active change management
• Very close cooperation with regional sales directors and other functions within the Greaseproof Papers Business Unit (incl. marketing, product development, product management, supply chain management, production and controlling) and within the group

Who are we looking for?

• Ideally, you hold a Master's degree in Business administration or (paper) engineering with several years' experience in sales or similar
• Previous experience in an international environment is an asset
• Successful track record of new customer acquisition and target achievement
• Location preference: Europe, Nordic / DACH region
• Market knowledge in greaseproof papers and/or food contact papers is an asset
• Initial experience in leading and coaching sales teams and willingness to grow, good business knowledge and mindset
• Analytical, process- and data-oriented and structured work style, conceptual and strategic skills
• Negotiation skills, persuasiveness, confident presentation skills and strong communication skills
• Motivational skills, team spirit, customer orientation, flexibility, solution orientation
• Fluent English skills (spoken/written), confident handling of modern IT (MS Office, ERP/CRM/PowerBI systems)
• Flexibility and willingness to travel

Why Metsä?

Metsä has a responsible company culture which ensures a safe work environment for all. We invest in good Leadership and individual career development. We care about the Well-being of our employees and reward good performance. It is important for us that everybody is able to extend owns competencies and we enable Job-Rotation within the company. We need to be able to show and to use our competence.

Want to hear more? Call us! For further information, please contact Katrin Bunner, VP Sales, Marketing & Offering, by phone +49 1711263321 (in English or German).

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