A global leader in water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions is seeking a strategic and results-driven Country Sales Director to drive the growth of its Institutional business in France This role offers the opportunity to lead a €60M business, manage a high-performing sales force of 100 professionals, and shape the market strategy in one of the most dynamic industries.
🚀 Drive Impact: Take full ownership of the Institutional business in France, setting the direction for long-term success.
🌍 Work for a Global Industry Leader: Be part of a company that prioritizes sustainability, innovation, and business excellence
📈 Lead & Grow High-Performing Teams: Manage and develop a 100-person sales organization, ensuring best-in-class execution.
💡 Strategic Influence: Collaborate with regional and global leadership to define and implement game-changing strategies.
🎯 Financial & Commercial Ownership: Take full P&L responsibility, ensuring strong revenue growth and profitability.
🔹 Strategic Leadership & Market Development
🔹 Commercial & P&L Management
🔹 Leadership & People Development
🔹 Customer Engagement & High-Level Negotiations
✅ Proven Sales Leadership: 7-10+ years of experience in B2B sales leadership, preferably in institutional, hospitality, foodservice, or industrial markets
✅ P&L Management: Hands-on experience in managing financial performance, optimizing pricing, and driving margin improvement
✅ Strong Business Acumen: Ability to translate market insights into strategic actions that enhance revenue growth.
✅ Matrix Organization Experience: Skilled at collaborating across multiple business functions and international teams
✅ Exceptional Leadership & Communication Skills: Ability to inspire teams, engage stakeholders, and influence C-level executives
✅ Fluent in French & English (mandatory).
✅ Flexibility to travel up to 60% across France and occasionally abroad.
💰 Competitive Compensation: Fixed salary + performance-based bonus + long-term incentives.
🚗 Company Car & Executive Perks: Full benefits package.
📚 Career Acceleration: Work for a market leader with strong global expansion plans
🌱 Purpose-Driven Culture: Join a company committed to sustainability, innovation, and making a real impact
📩 Ready to Take the Lead? Apply now!
The world of work is changing faster than ever. AI, globalisation, new generations and social demands are reshaping the way organisations attract, engage and care for their people.
At Ethikos 3.0, we are not just adapting to this change – we are leading it.
We are the ethical alternative in people management, combining cutting-edge talent solutions with a deep commitment to human values and planetary wellbeing.
🌍 What we do
We help organisations find, develop and empower talent through innovative methodologies that align people with purpose. Our expertise covers:
Conscious Recruitment: selecting people not only for skills, but for values and cultural fit.
Leadership & Development: building leaders who inspire, not just manage.
Talent Mobility: connecting professionals with opportunities that matter.
Sustainable HR Consulting: integrating impact, wellbeing and performance.
💡 What makes us different
Every project with Ethikos generates positive impact beyond business.
We reinvest part of our profits into social and environmental causes, and our clients decide where that impact goes. With us, hiring talent also means building a better world.
✨ Our Mission
To prove that business can be human, profitable and sustainable at the same time.
🚀 Our Dream
To become a global benchmark for ethical, conscious and future-ready people management, inspiring a movement where companies grow not just for themselves, but for people, society and the planet.
