Sales Director

Bühler Group•Minneapolis, MN

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

Lead the growth and success of our Grinding and Dispersing business across the region as a Sales Director. In this strategic leadership role, you will drive sales expansion, build strong customer partnerships, and inspire a high-performing sales team to achieve ambitious business goals. You'll play a key role in shaping market strategy, identifying new opportunities, and delivering value-driven solutions that help customers succeed. This is an opportunity for a results-oriented leader to make a meaningful impact on business growth while fostering lasting customer relationships and team development.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business or equivalent
8-10 years plus of managing and sales experience, preferably in a capital equipment manufacturing environment on an international level
Demonstrates leadership as an effective role model for the department in tasks both internal and external to the company
Sufficient technical knowledge of products to be sold
Excellent communication skills and relationship building skills to effectively work with a variety of people and personalities
Ability to work with minimal supervision and make decisions independently, effectively, and creatively within established company guidelines
Strong organizational skills and an ability to plan, prioritize, coordinate, delegate, and manage work simultaneously
Understands confidential nature of organizational and employee information and observes confidentiality
Works as a proactive team player with an ownership approach to work; understands the importance of supporting the company, its members and their customers
Ability to identify, evaluate, problem solve, and give direction regarding problem resolutions for individual and company issues, at strategic and functional level
Maintains discipline, recommending and administering corrective action according to company policy and procedures
Speaks and understands English

Responsibilities

Leadership development, recruit, train, develop and retain high talent within the sales teams
Foster and manage relationships with customers and key accounts with sales team.
Responsible for meeting department productivity and quality goals.
Resolve Customer issues and improve Customer satisfaction where interfaces exist.
Communicates and participates in solving problems related to sales and growth of BNAM region
Culture; be the beacon of Buhler culture. Lead through example to inspire and motivate employees
Drive business growth and exceed business targets
Develop and expand the customer base for current and future business within Grinding and Dispersing business area
Continuous refreshing/updating of product knowledge
Attends and participates in trade shows, exhibitions and industry associations
Performs other duties as assigned