Sales Manager France

Why Sakura?

When it comes to diagnosing cancer, there’s no time to wait!

At Sakura, we’re driven by our desire to advance cancer diagnosis through fully automated anatomic pathology and by providing our partners & patients with best-in-class innovations, quality and customer care.

What we do:

We empower pathology professionals all over the world by providing integrated solutions to deliver accurate and fast diagnoses of cancer and to optimise treatment success for each life we touch!

The Sales Manager is responsible for driving the performance, development, and results of the sales team in France. This includes coaching and supporting individual team members in achieving their targets and contributing to the overall country performance.

The role is also responsible for overseeing and managing sales-related processes within France, ensuring alignment with the sales objectives.

In addition, the Sales Manager France works closely with regional cross-functional teams to support commercial efficiency and the effective execution of the sales strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and deliver France’s sales revenue, profit targets, and strategic product objectives as defined in the annual budget, and track progress against these targets.

• Lead, coordinate, and coach the French sales team to ensure strong performance and clear alignment with sales objectives.

• Support the professional development of team members and ensure achievement of individual and team objectives as defined in annual goal-setting and personal development plans.

• Ensure the team applies a consultative selling approach and the pathology engagement strategy, and build and maintain relationships with key customers, providing support where needed.

• Ensure collaboration and alignment between Sales, Marketing, and other relevant functions.

• Monitor market trends and translate relevant insights into plans for the French market, while overseeing timely and accurate reporting from the sales team, including plans, forecasts, actions, and results.

We perfectly match if

you have

• Higher education degree; Business Administration preferred.

• Proven commercial, communication, and negotiation skills.

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience leading and developing sales teams.

• Experience in the medical device and/or diagnostics industry.

and you

• Have strong consultative selling skills.

• Are able to deliver a high level of customer service and maintain strong customer relationships.

• Have strong presentation skills and are proficient in MS Office and CRM systems.

• Have a professional command of English; French fluency is assumed.

We offer you:

• an attractive salary package, including a bonus & more benefits.

• a company car, mobile phone & laptop

And last but not least, a great job opportunity where you have full ownership of your work, recognition of your achievements and professional development opportunities.

The invitation:

Our culture is friendly and open. We believe that the development of our people enables the company's growth.

By joining us, you will be part of:

• An inspiring community with a mission that matters! ''advancing cancer diagnostics''.

• Our International organization who's lead by a supportive & inspiring management.

• A financial healthy & privately owned company.

To learn more about Sakura, please visit our career page & follow us on LinkedIn.

*Please note that we only consider applications submitted with both an English CV and an English motivation letter. Applications submitted in other languages will not be taken into consideration.

*Acquisition in response to our job postings is not appreciated. This means that we think we can find a suitable colleague on our own.

*Please note that we don't offer sponsorship visa. Only candidates with valid EU work visa will be considered.