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SGS

Regional Head of Sales – South Asia

SGS

. Lead, coach and develop the South Asian sales team .

Posted 11/2/2026full-timeRemoteLeadWebsite

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Demonstrates extensive experience in leading and developing high-performance sales teams within the South Asian apparel and textile sectors, with a strong focus on sustainability and supply chain compliance. Proven ability to drive revenue growth through strategic account management and consultative selling.

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B2B Sales LeadershipSupply Chain ComplianceSustainability ExpertiseCommercial Strategy DevelopmentAccount Management

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Hard Skills
Commercial DevelopmentRevenue Target AchievementPipeline ManagementForecastingCRM DisciplineConsultative SellingAccount PlanningMarket IntelligenceBrand Penetration StrategyPerformance Management
Soft Skills
CoachingCommunicationNegotiationCollaborationResults-Driven
Industry Keywords
ApparelFootwearTextileConsumer BrandSourcingMaterialsQualityChemical ManagementTestingInspection

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead, coach and develop the South Asian sales team
  • Build a high-performance, customer-centric commercial culture
  • Set and deliver regional objectives across revenue, retention, new system partners, pipeline and conversion
  • Drive pipeline, opportunity and account management, including deal and account reviews, CRM discipline and forecasting
  • Manage the existing customer portfolio with a focus on retention, NRR, expansion and new business development
  • Define and execute a brand penetration strategy across influential brands
  • Build senior relationships with decision-makers across sourcing, supply chain, materials, product compliance, quality and sustainability
  • Position bluesign around supply-chain compliance, safer chemistry, material integrity, regulatory readiness and supplier-requirement simplification
  • Secure brand commitments that drive bluesign adoption across supply chains and convert them into system partner opportunities and revenue
  • Improve sales productivity through account segmentation, territory prioritisation and resource allocation
  • Identify team capability and coverage gaps and develop, recruit or reshape resources
  • Provide market and competitor intelligence for regional and global commercial strategy
  • Collaborate with Global Brand Partnerships, Marketing, Science & Sustainability, SGS and other regions to strengthen propositions and accelerate conversion
  • Travel nationally and internationally, typically 50% or more depending on home location

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 10+ years of commercial/business development experience within the South Asian apparel, footwear, textile or consumer-brand ecosystem, with significant leadership responsibility
  • Established senior network within relevant brands and retailers in South Asia, particularly across sourcing, supply chain, materials, product compliance, quality and sustainability
  • Strong understanding of global textile/apparel supply chains and the relationship between brands, manufacturers, material suppliers and chemical suppliers
  • Proven experience leading, coaching and developing a regional B2B sales team and delivering against revenue targets
  • Experience in complex, consultative B2B selling involving multiple stakeholders and long decision cycles
  • Experience working within an international and matrix organisation
  • Experience in sustainability, responsible sourcing, supply-chain compliance, chemical management, testing, inspection and certification, or traceability
  • Strong strategic and consultative selling skills with demonstrated commercial conversion capability
  • Strong sales leadership, coaching and performance-management capability
  • Ability to build strategic accounts and convert brand relationships into downstream commercial opportunities
  • Strong commercial discipline across pipeline management, forecasting, CRM and account planning
  • Ability to constructively challenge customers and articulate a compelling business case for bluesign adoption
  • Strong cross-functional and cross-regional collaboration skills
  • Results-driven, solution-oriented and highly independent
  • Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills
  • Willingness to travel nationally and internationally

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Access continuous learning and professional development opportunities
  • Open, supportive culture built on teamwork, trust and accountability
  • Remote-first working arrangement
  • Opportunity to work on digital products used across international supply chains and regulatory contexts
  • Collaboration in a multinational, distributed technology organization
  • Globally recognized, stable organization with a clear sustainability mission