National Sales Manager (m / f / d), Valtra, France

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​​The Sales Director is responsible for defining and driving the commercial strategy of the business to increase sales, revenue, and profitability while ensuring customer satisfaction. Leading and developing the sales organization, the role focuses on achieving sustainable growth and strengthening the long-term success of the brand. By planning, organizing, and overseeing all commercial activities, the Sales Director ensures the achievement of business objectives while maintaining a strong understanding of market developments, customer needs, and competitive dynamics. Success in this role requires strategic leadership, a results-oriented mindset, agility, and innovation to position the brand at the highest level of competitiveness within its market.​

Your Impact

• Proven experience in a senior commercial leadership role, with a strong track record of driving sales growth, profitability, and market share

• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute commercial strategies, sales plans, and business development initiatives in a competitive market environment

• Experience managing and developing dealer, distributor, or partner networks, including network optimization and transformation projects

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, coach, and develop high-performing sales teams while driving accountability through KPIs and performance management

• Solid financial and business acumen, including sales forecasting, budgeting, resource allocation, and profitability management

• Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills, with experience handling key accounts, strategic partnerships, and major tenders

• Strategic, customer-focused, and results-driven professional with strong communication skills and the ability to thrive in an international matrix organization

Your Experience and Qualifications

• Proven track record in sales leadership, with strong knowledge of the market, competitors, products, and modern sales strategies, including digital channels and social media

• Strong negotiation and business development skills, with a solid understanding of the full sales cycle, market analysis, product positioning, and commercial excellence

• Extensive experience in leading, developing and coaching sales teams, supported by effective use of CRM systems, KPIs, dashboards, and performance management tools

• Excellent leadership, communication, and networking skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with customers, partners, and stakeholders at all levels

• Strategic mindset combined with high resilience, initiative, assertiveness, and the ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced and demanding environment

• Fluent English skills and at least 10 years of relevant professional experience, including significant leadership experience in a comparable sales role

Your Benefits

• ​​A 54-hectare campus with more than 3,000 employees at the Beauvais site, featuring three company restaurants, a fitness room with a sports coach open 7 days a week, a multi-sport field, and a sports association with 18 different sections

• ​A wide variety of roles and international career opportunities across Purchasing, R&D, Production and Quality, Sales and Marketing, After-Sales, Communication, IT, Human Resources, Finance, and Legal

• ​ An onboarding and tailored training program designed to support you and help you develop new skills

• ​Employee financial incentives, including profit-sharing, incentive bonus schemes, a company savings plan, and a collective retirement savings plan

• ​A partnership with the Maison de Ther concierge service, offering childcare services, ironing, personal services, organic food baskets, parcel delivery, and more

• ​Numerous benefits through our Works Council (CSE), including travel packages, show and event tickets, vacation vouchers, discounts at local shops, and contributions toward company restaurant meals​

Your Workplace

This role follows AGCO’s on‑site work model, with employees primarily working from our AGCO location in Beauvais a minimum of 4 days per week to support collaboration and teamwork.

The role requires 40–50% travel across France, as well as occasional travel to Finland.

We value inclusion and recognize the innovation a diverse workforce delivers to our farmers. Through our recruitment efforts, we are committed to building a team that includes a variety of experiences, backgrounds, cultures and perspectives.

Join our extraordinary team today and apply now!