SIA Country Business Manager

About the role

The SIA Country Business Manager will lead the sales and market strategy for SIA Abrasives in the United Kingdom, driving growth and profitability while fostering a high‑performance culture.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement local sales channel strategies aligned with corporate objectives.
• Assume full P&L responsibility for SIA Abrasives, managing budgets, headcount and contribution margin.
• Lead, coach and develop a local sales team, promoting talent identification and succession planning.
• Set, monitor and steer KPIs to achieve agreed sales targets and market‑share growth.
• Implement pricing, terms and conditions, and drive digitalisation initiatives across the sales organisation.
• Maintain strong relationships with national key customers and act as escalation point for channel directors.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (RBD, VP, SVP) on strategic and top‑customer topics.
• Support regional strategy development and share best practices with other countries and channels.

Required profile

• Extensive experience in sales leadership, preferably within industrial or abrasives markets.
• Proven track record of P&L management and achieving sales targets.
• Strong negotiation and change‑management capabilities.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to work in an international environment.
• Empathetic leader with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to drive agile working methods and digital transformation.

Required skills

• CRM systems
• Digitalisation of sales processes

What we offer

• Competitive salary package
• Opportunity to work within Bosch Power Tools and SIA Abrasives
• Dynamic, international work environment