Head Of Sales
Sales Leader - Singapore
Location: Singapore
Industry: Engineering / Industrial Technology / Advanced Manufacturing
The Opportunity
We are partnering with an established international engineering and technology organisation to appoint a Sales Leader for its Singapore business.
This is a senior commercial leadership opportunity with responsibility for driving sustainable business growth, strengthening market position and developing a high-performing sales function.
The successful individual will play a key role in building a more solutions-led, consultative and customer-centric commercial approach, while strengthening strategic customer relationships and identifying new opportunities across established and emerging markets.
This opportunity would suit an experienced sales professional who combines strong commercial acumen with technical understanding and enjoys balancing team leadership with direct customer engagement, strategic account development and complex commercial opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coach and develop the Singapore sales team, driving performance against revenue, margin and market growth objectives.
- Develop and execute sales and business development strategies across core and emerging market segments.
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities, strategic accounts and long-term customer partnerships.
- Lead complex commercial opportunities, major project pursuits, bids and tender processes.
- Strengthen relationships with key customers and develop a deeper understanding of their strategic and technical requirements.
- Drive disciplined pipeline management, forecasting and opportunity qualification.
- Promote a consultative, value and solutions-led approach to selling.
- Champion effective CRM utilisation and data-driven commercial planning.
- Monitor customer trends, market developments and competitive activity to identify new growth opportunities.
- Collaborate closely with Marketing, technical teams and senior leadership to strengthen go-to-market strategies and customer value propositions.
About You
We are looking for a commercially minded sales leader who is comfortable operating across both strategy and execution.
Ideally, you will bring:
- 5-7+ years of sales leadership experience, with a track record of managing and developing external sales teams.
- Demonstrated success across sales strategy, business development and key account management.
- Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles, negotiations and commercial opportunities.
- Strong coaching and people-development capabilities.
- Experience working within technical, engineering or solutions-led environments.
- The ability to understand technical concepts and translate them into compelling customer value.
- Strong commercial judgement, strategic thinking and market awareness.
- Experience with CRM, forecasting, pipeline management and sales performance reporting.
- Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills.
- A relevant engineering, technical or commercial background.
Relevant Industry Experience
Experience operating within technically complex, project-driven or solutions-led markets would be highly advantageous, particularly across areas such as:
- Water & environmental
- Semiconductor / microelectronics
- Advanced manufacturing
- Industrial and process industries
- Engineering and technical solutions
- Infrastructure and major projects
The underlying brief specifically identifies microelectronics, water treatment and manufacturing experience as preferred.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
This is an opportunity to take a senior commercial leadership role within an established international organisation, with the scope to influence how the business approaches its customers and develops the Singapore market.
The mandate goes beyond maintaining existing business. You will have the opportunity to develop the sales team, strengthen strategic accounts, build new customer relationships and drive a more consultative approach to commercial growth.
For someone who enjoys combining people leadership, strategy and hands-on business development, this offers significant scope to make an impact.
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