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Veolia

Water, waste, and energy services provider

Directeur Commercial - Pôle Centre-Est

Field SalesConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeChasse-sur-Rhône, France

About the Job

Requirements

  • A commercial educational background at Bac+3 to Bac+5.
  • At least 5 years of successful experience in Commercial Manager or Commercial Director positions, including substantial team-management responsibilities.
  • Experience in the industrial sector; proven experience in environmental management services or waste management is preferred.
  • Strong results orientation and commercial acumen.
  • Ability to negotiate with senior-level stakeholders.
  • Strategic vision combined with strong field engagement.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, coordinate, and develop all commercial activities within the assigned scope, ensuring commercial targets, revenue growth, and deployment of commercial policy.
  • Manage Regional Commercial Managers and the Sales Engineering Office, establishing a motivating, demanding, and supportive work environment.
  • Set individual and collective goals aligned with the division's commercial strategy and monitor them through appropriate performance indicators.
  • Conduct individual annual, mid-year, and corrective performance meetings as needed, and support each employee's professional development.
  • Recruit, onboard, and retain commercial talent within the division.
  • Identify training needs and define and manage individual and collective skills-development plans.
  • Decide on promotions, role changes, and potential disciplinary actions.
  • Build team cohesion and momentum through regular sales meetings and group activities.
  • Manage team tensions and conflicts fairly and judiciously.
  • Communicate strategic direction clearly and engage teams in organizational change.
  • Conduct regular field follow-up with Regional Commercial Managers, including customer accompaniment, portfolio reviews, and sales coaching.
  • Manage key commercial performance indicators, including revenue, margin, conversion rate, and DSO.
  • Analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual sales results and implement corrective action plans where necessary.
  • Participate in DSO monitoring and coordinate with Sales Administration teams to optimize collections and outstanding balances.
  • Prepare sales forecasts and contribute to the division's annual budget.
  • Ensure the reliability and quality of commercial data recorded in CRM and reporting tools.
  • Directly manage a portfolio of strategic customers, supporting or partnering with sales team members.
  • Contribute to developing the Centre-East division's commercial strategy with the South France Commercial Director.
  • Deploy national commercial policy regionally and ensure it is adopted by all teams.
  • Identify and develop new markets, offerings, and industry segments using Sales Engineering Office analysis and field feedback.
  • Strengthen the division's competitive positioning and brand awareness in the market.
  • Lead structured market and competitor monitoring with the Sales Engineering Office to anticipate changes and adapt the commercial offering.
  • Propose differentiation initiatives, including specific offerings, partnerships, and commercial innovations, to support growth.
  • Contribute to internal process improvements and deploy solutions that improve commercial effectiveness.
  • Maintain constructive relationships with division site directors and foster cooperation between commercial and operational functions.
  • Promote commercial culture and good practices within the division and share successes.
  • Ensure effective upward and downward communication between senior management and field teams.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in environmental management services or waste management.
  • A vehicle is provided as part of the compensation package.
  • Eligible for 11–13% variable compensation, collective performance and division bonuses, employee savings and matching contributions, employee share ownership, and other group benefits.

About the Company

Veolia

Water, waste, and energy services provider

Generating company summary.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Aubervilliers, France
Founded
1853

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