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Head of Sales

We are looking for a Head of Sales who wants to build and lead an ambitious sales team. You will join the management team with a clear mandate to drive the company’s sales and growth.

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Area
Executives & interim
Company
Confidential
Location
Stockholm
Employment
Full-time, permanent
Contact
Melvin Werngren

About the role

As Head of Sales, you are responsible for the company’s sales and lead the sales team towards shared goals. You report to the CEO and are part of the management team.

You combine strategic responsibility with close, coaching leadership. You set the direction for sales, build structures for how the team works and follow up on results, while staying close to the sales team day to day and helping them succeed.

You also take an active role in the larger and more strategic deals yourself and are an important contact for the company’s largest clients.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement the company’s sales strategy together with the CEO
  • Lead, coach and develop the sales team
  • Take responsibility for the sales budget, forecasts and follow-up
  • Develop sales processes, ways of working and tools
  • Build long-term relationships with key accounts and drive larger deals
  • Recruit and onboard new members of the sales team

We are looking for someone with

  • Solid experience of B2B sales, including in a leadership role
  • Experience of developing sales teams and increasing sales
  • Coaching and engaging leadership
  • Experience of working in a structured way with targets, forecasts and follow-up
  • A strong ability to build relationships and trust with clients
  • Good Swedish and English

What we offer

  • A place in the management team and a clear mandate to drive sales
  • The opportunity to build and shape a sales team
  • A company with clear growth ambitions
  • Considerable freedom to develop ways of working and processes

About the company

Our client is a growing Swedish company that sells to other businesses. The company has a strong offering and the ambition to take the next step in its market.

The company’s name will be disclosed at a later stage of the process. All contact with us is handled with complete discretion.

About the process

The recruitment is carried out by Werngren Consulting. If you would like to know more about the assignment, or recommend someone who would be a good fit, contact Melvin Werngren at melvin@happygroup.se or 070-491 53 61.

Interested?

Get in touch with Melvin Werngren directly.