Job Title: Regional Sales Manager - Sweden and Norway (Gothenburg Based)

Knauf stands for opportunity. We know that opportunity looks different to each person, and we are proud that we see opportunity in everyone. This exciting role within Knauf Insulation in the Commercial Team could be the perfect next opportunity for you to build a unique career, in a values-led culture with a clear purpose of making tomorrow a home for all of us. We are a global manufacturer of construction materials and within our Group, our 41,500 team members in 90 countries across 300 sites provide a huge opportunity for anyone with ambition and energy. We value everyone's contribution equally and we ask that you bring your whole self to work, to enrich the business further, as together we achieve more in a safe and inclusive environment.

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Can you say ‘yes’?...

• Do you have leadership and motivational skills?

• Do you have the ability to work strategically to deliver business objectives?

• Do you enjoy identifying and driving growth?

As our Regional Sales Manager, you will be accountable for delivering profitable growth across both markets through effective leadership of the Area Sales Manager team and disciplined execution of Knauf Insulation’s commercial strategy.

The role owns regional sales performance, key customer relationships, and cross-functional alignment, ensuring short-term delivery and long-term market development.

What you’ll be doing…

• Lead, motivate, and develop Area Sales Managers to deliver individual and regional targets.

• Set clear objectives, KPIs, and performance standards; provide coaching and performance management.

• Develop and deliver a regional sales strategy aligned with business objectives.

• Translate group initiatives into clear regional action plans.

• Own senior relationships with key regional and strategic customers and distributors.

• Act as the regional sales interface with Marketing, Technical, Specification, Supply Chain, Finance, and Customer Service.

• Lead or support major negotiations and complex customer matters

A full role profile is available upon request from HR/Talent Acquisition.

What we’d love for you to have:

We are interested in you as a person, your attitude, behaviours and values. If you have the willingness to learn anything you need for the role that you don't already have, we'd love to speak to you.

If you have any of the following – this would be an added advantage:

• Senior sales leadership experience in a B2B environment.

• Proven success delivering results through distribution or indirect sales channels.

• Strong commercial and financial acumen.

• Experience leading geographically dispersed teams.

• Fluent in Swedish and English.

Our Nordic office is based in Gothenburg, so a close proximity to Gothenburg would be beneficial.

We'll provide:

• Full Company Sick Pay

  Holidays (30 + BH)

  Company Pension Plan

  Bonus Scheme

  Health and Wellness allowance

What happens next?

We appreciate that your time is precious and applying for a new job can be a lengthy process, so we will reply to your application ASAP.

Knauf Insulation welcomes applications from everyone and is committed to treating everyone equally, regardless of: age; sex; disability; ethnicity; gender identity; religion/belief; sexual orientation; marriage/civil partnership or pregnancy/maternity. In particular, we encourage applications from people from a minority background or from demographics that are underrepresented in the manufacturing industry.

We are a Disability Confident Leader (Level 1) and take care to ensure good EDI (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion) practices in all our operations. If you are invited to an interview, a member of our team will be in touch via email to enquire about any access requirements or reasonable adjustments that we can make for your interview.