Sales Director - Specialty Chemicals - DCS Recruitment : Job Details

Are you a commercially focused leader with a track record of high-impact sales strategy execution?Do you thrive in a customer-centric environment, working closely with C-suite stakeholders?Have you successfully led high-performing sales teams through periods of change and transformation?Do you bring a global enterprise mindset with a focus on innovation, safety, and sustainable growth?

• Competitive six-figure base salary + substantial bonus potential

• Executive-level benefits + long-term incentive plans

• Clear progression into enterprise leadership

• Opportunity to shape the global commercial strategy of a business at the forefront of sustainable innovation

• Remote-first hybrid working + international travel exposure

This global market leader in performance chemical solutions operates at the cutting edge of innovation and sustainability. With a strong heritage and a sharp focus on the future, they serve customers across mobility, energy, and industrial sectors, continuously investing in next-gen technologies. Backed by a collaborative, values-led culture, this business is in a key phase of growth and cultural transformation, offering genuine impact and progression for commercially driven leaders.

As Sales Director, you'll be responsible for the commercial success of a defined global customer portfolio. Reporting directly into the executive leadership, you'll own delivery across revenue, volume, and margin-while championing customer value creation, enterprise transformation, and people development.

• Lead & develop a high-performing commercial team, ensuring accountability, engagement, and inclusive leadership

• Build strategic relationships with key global customers at senior levels (including CXO), acting as the enterprise face of the business

• Deliver commercial results across volume, revenue, unit margin and cost management

• Drive innovation in customer propositions, value generation and retention strategies

• Contribute at an enterprise level, playing a pivotal role in business transformation, strategy, and cultural evolution

• Champion safety, compliance, and values, ensuring risk-aware, high-integrity commercial delivery

• Own cross-functional initiatives including ESG, restructuring and external partnerships

• Senior sales leader with significant experience in B2B complex solution sales, ideally within industrials, energy, or chemicals

• Track record of driving transformation and leading through ambiguity

• Commercially analytical, financially astute, and strategically minded

• Adept at customer relationship development at board level

• Recognised for people leadership, inclusive culture building, and performance delivery

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