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Marine Area Sales Manager – Central Europe

bp

. Lead, coach, and develop a diverse, high‑performing regional sales team .

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeRemote • 🇩🇪 GermanyMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead, coach, and develop a diverse, high‑performing regional sales team
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
  • Plan and execute sales strategies across direct and indirect channels to deliver profitable growth of premium products and services
  • Build and maintain strong, trust‑based relationships with key customers, distributors, and strategic partners
  • Actively manage, develop, and grow existing and prospective accounts and partnerships to maximize mutual value creation
  • Translate regional and sector strategies into actionable channel and account plans
  • Drive distributor performance and volume growth
  • Strengthen sales capabilities by delivering regular coaching on value selling, prospecting, negotiation, and solution‑based selling
  • Own sales forecasting and pipeline management
  • Ensure full compliance with company policies, the Code of Compliance, and all relevant legal and regulatory requirements
  • Represent the region at country level, collaborating with cross‑functional stakeholders and contributing to the broader business strategy

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; an advanced degree is an advantage
  • Proven experience leading sales teams across large, diverse, and international geographies
  • Strong experience within the marine sector; background in shipping, oil & gas, or adjacent industries is highly desirable
  • Deep understanding of marine markets, customer segments, and competitive dynamics
  • Demonstrated ability to inspire, develop, and retain diverse teams through effective coaching and talent development
  • Strong commercial acumen with a track record of delivering sustainable results and improving customer profitability
  • Excellent communication, influencing, and negotiation skills with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders
  • Fluency in English; additional languages and relevant local language skills are a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Flexible, and family-friendly working
  • At least 30 vacation days
  • Very attractive basic remuneration plus bonus payment
  • Parental allowance as a one-off payment
  • Extra bonuses for special achievements
  • Attractive company pension scheme
  • Regular salary review
  • Group accident insurance
  • Relocation allowance in special cases
  • Job bike
  • Subsidised meals
  • Job sharing and part-time work
  • Career and development opportunities as well as extensive internal and external subsidised training opportunities
  • Structured onboarding programs and buddy support
  • Match funding; bp doubles donations made by employees to charitable organisations and rewards voluntary time commitment
  • Employees can offset their personal carbon footprint; bp doubles this amount

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Hard Skills & Tools
sales forecastingpipeline managementvalue sellingprospectingnegotiationsolution-based sellingsales strategiesaccount managementperformance managementcustomer profitability
Soft Skills
leadershipcoachingcollaborationaccountabilitycontinuous improvementrelationship buildinginfluencingcommunicationtalent developmentteam inspiration
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeadvanced degree