Full-Time

Business and Development Sales Director

Posted on 8/19/2025

Veolia

Veolia

10,001+ employees

Water, waste, and energy services provider

No salary listed

Woodridge, IL, USA

Remote

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
Market Research
Requirements
  • BA/BS degree or equivalent experience in lieu of a degree
  • Proven track record of leading a successful sales team
  • Experience managing sales HUNTERS and having a HUNTER mentality
  • Strong experience in hunting for new sales, tendering, negotiating and closing deals
  • Proven success working with clients in the Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices, and Life Sciences sector
  • Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach to getting involved with sales
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Passion for sales and results driven
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing demands quickly and effectively
  • Experience building relationships with key clients and stakeholders
  • Experience managing a sales team responsible for key accounts and distributors
  • Experience driving high level sales strategies and processes
  • Experience developing marketing initiatives in targeted sectors across the country
  • Lab water/waste water experience is a plus
  • Experience in trade shows is a plus
  • Lab water/ Waste water a plus
Responsibilities
  • Manage, coach, and motivate 5 Regional Sales Managers and 10 Regional Sales Representatives to increase sales revenue and market share in water purification systems and laboratory system markets
  • Drive the sales culture at Elga Labwater with a hunter mentality to generate more sales with current and key distributors and identify new direct commercial customers
  • Shape the sales culture and lead sales development efforts across North America, including Canada
  • Deliver focus on meeting sales targets and supporting long-term sustainability and growth by closing and identifying new business opportunities, including large multi-site commercial and industrial clients in the market for water purification systems
Desired Qualifications
  • Lab water/waste water experience is a plus
  • Experience in trade shows is a plus
  • Experience in developing marketing initiatives in targeted sectors across the country

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Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Aubervilliers, France

Founded

1853

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • AI data centre market growing 11% annually; Veolia targets €1B revenue by 2030.
  • PFAS contamination treatment demand accelerating; Enviropacific acquisition advances €1B micropollutants target.
  • Mumbai 15-year contracts supply 60% of city's water needs by 2030.

What critics are saying

  • Nearly half of planned data centres face permitting delays; threatens €1B AI revenue target.
  • Amazon Mississippi facility operational delay beyond 2027 undermines Data Center Resource 360 proof-of-concept.
  • Leverage ratio at 2.79x limits M&A capacity; further debt-funded deals risk covenant breach.

What makes Veolia unique

  • Proprietary portfolio of 350+ water technologies addresses diverse treatment challenges globally.
  • Integrated Data Center Resource 360 offering achieves 75% water reduction, 20% energy reuse.
  • 25-year India operational track record reduced non-revenue water losses from 70% to 30%.

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Company News

Yahoo Finance
Apr 14th, 2026
Veolia launches Data Center Resource 360 to cut water use by 75% in $5B market

Veolia has launched Data Center Resource 360, a global integrated offering designed to address environmental and operational challenges in the rapidly expanding data centre industry. The announcement was made in London. The global data centre market is projected to grow approximately 11% annually through 2034, but nearly half of planned facilities could face permitting delays due to concerns over water consumption, energy use and local resource constraints. The market for integrated data centre solutions is valued at around $5 billion annually by 2030. Veolia currently works with 10 leading global data centre operators across over 100 facilities. The company's offering aims to transform data centres into carbon-neutral, water-positive, circular hubs, achieving up to 20% energy reuse, 75% reduction in water footprint and 95% waste recycling and reuse.

Bloomberg L.P.
Apr 14th, 2026
Veolia targets $1.1B in AI industry revenue by 2030 from data centres and chip makers

Veolia Environnement SA plans to nearly double revenue from artificial intelligence industries to €1 billion by 2030, up from €560 million last year. The French utility will provide services to data centre operators and chip manufacturers, including heat capture, cooling water reuse, and electronic waste treatment. Chief executive officer Estelle Brachlianoff announced the plans at a presentation in London on Tuesday. The expansion targets the rapidly growing AI sector's environmental needs as demand for data processing infrastructure continues to surge.

Surperformance
Apr 2nd, 2026
Veolia prices $1.1B bond issue with zero premium amid strong demand

Veolia has successfully placed a dual-tranche bond issue totalling €1 billion. The offering comprises a €500 million five-year tranche with a 3.69% coupon and a €500 million 10-year tranche with a 4.122% coupon. The transaction attracted over 400 orders, with total demand reaching €7.7 billion. Strong investor interest allowed Veolia to price the bonds with zero new issue premium despite recent fixed-income market volatility. The company said the oversubscription and favourable terms reflect positive investor sentiment towards its credit profile and international growth prospects. Deputy CEO Emmanuelle Menning expressed confidence in executing the company's GreenUp strategic plan for sustainable growth in ecological security.

Yahoo Finance
Mar 30th, 2026
Veolia updates $24.9B Euro Medium Term Notes programme

Veolia Environnement has completed the annual update of its €22 billion Euro Medium Term Notes programme. The French environmental services company received approval from the Autorité des Marchés Financiers on 30 March 2026, with approval number 26-067. The base prospectus is available on Veolia's website and the AMF website. Veolia operates across five continents with 215,000 employees, providing water, waste management and energy services. In 2025, the company served 110 million people with drinking water, produced 45 million megawatt hours of energy and treated 64 million tonnes of waste, generating consolidated revenue of €44.4 billion.

Smartbroker Holding AG
Mar 24th, 2026
Veolia acquires Australia's Enviropacific for $142M to strengthen PFAS treatment leadership

Veolia has acquired Enviropacific, an Australian soil remediation company, for approximately AUD 220 million to strengthen its PFAS treatment capabilities. The deal, subject to customary closing conditions, adds a company with roughly AUD 250 million in FY25 revenue and nearly 300 employees. The acquisition addresses growing demand for PFAS contamination treatment in Australia, where historical use of firefighting foam at defence sites, airports and industrial facilities has contaminated soil and groundwater. Veolia has operated in Australia's PFAS treatment market for over 20 years. The transaction advances Veolia's goal of reaching €1 billion in micropollutants treatment revenue by 2030. The acquisition combines Enviropacific's local remediation expertise with Veolia's global technologies, expected to drive revenue growth and operational synergies across water treatment, hazardous waste management and soil remediation services.

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