Area Sales Manager – Western Europe
About the Company
Pyou is the international brand of the Lavoropiù Group, an Italian company specialized in Human Resources.
At Pyou, we are currently looking for an Area Sales Manager – Western Europe for a leading international company specialized in the pet food and rendering sector. The position is based in Spain, with commercial responsibility for managing and developing the Western European market, as well as coordinating the sales teams in Spain, Portugal, and France. This represents an excellent opportunity for professionals with technical-commercial experience who are looking to take on a regional leadership role in an international, dynamic, and highly results-oriented environment.
About the Job
As an Area Sales Manager, your main responsibilities will include:
- Being responsible for achieving the sales and budgeted margin of the assigned accounts.
- Monitoring competitors’ activities and market trends within your area, and regularly reporting these trends to the Commercial Director.
- Providing leadership, managerial support, coaching and mentoring, as well as strategic guidance to Sales Managers.
- Supporting Sales Managers in managing commercial projects, allocating resources, and removing obstacles that may affect their effectiveness.
- Allocating resources for Country/Sales Managers.
- Meeting the collective sales and gross margin targets set in the budget.
- Defining the annual sales budget and commercial strategy together with the relevant leadership team members.
- Collaborating with other Area Sales Managers, sharing learnings from successes and failures, new ideas, new products, and opportunities that can be implemented in your area.
About the Candidate
- Degree in Biology, Chemistry, or related fields, enabling technical discussions with clients.
- MANDATORY prior experience in the pet food industry and/or knowledge of the rendering sector, including raw materials such as amino acids, vitamins, antioxidants, etc.
- Proven experience in B2B sales and commercial project management.
- Strong leadership skills, motivation, energy, and excellent time management abilities.
- High level of Spanish and English is essential. Knowledge of French and Portuguese will be highly valued.
- Willingness to travel frequently across Europe.
- Proactive profile, results-oriented, with a strong strategic and commercial mindset.
What we offer:
- Opportunity to join a leading international company in its sector, currently undergoing expansion.
- Regional responsibility role with direct impact on the business.
- Stable project with real opportunities for professional development and growth.
- Highly specialized and innovative technical-commercial environment.
- Collaboration with international teams and exposure to multiple European markets.
- Autonomy in managing the assigned territory and organizational flexibility.
- Competitive conditions in line with the candidate’s experience.
Location: Spain
In accordance with Royal Legislative Decree 2/2015, of October 23, approving the revised text of the Workers’ Statute, Royal Legislative Decree 5/2000, of August 4, approving the revised text of the Law on Infractions and Sanctions in the Social Order, and Law 15/2022, of July 12, comprehensive for equal treatment and non-discrimination, this offer is addressed to anyone, without discrimination based on gender, age, nationality, etc.
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