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Armstrong Fluid Technology is more than just a leader in our industry; we are a community of the brightest and most creative technical and marketing minds driven by a shared mission to engineer the future and safeguard our planet.\nAs a member of our team, you'll dive into an environment that encourages learning and boundary-pushing every day. You'll be part of an agile and dynamic workplace where today's solutions are built for tomorrow's challenges. Sales Director NA/SA/EMEA is responsible for providing strategic leadership and commercial direction across our sales leaders and teams in North America, South America and EMEA. 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customer segmentation refinement.\nCollaborating with key account managers globally and regionally whilst leveraging sales capability regionally and globally\nRegional Sales Leadership Across NA/SA/EMEA\nLead a matrixed team of senior sales leaders across NA/SA/EMEA, ensuring operational alignment, strategic clarity, and commercial performance.\nEstablish a region-wide culture of high accountability, performance measurement, and continuous learning.\nBuild a leadership pipeline through rigorous coaching, structured development, and succession planning.\nActively facilitate cross-regional collaboration, breaking down silos and amplifying shared wins, tools, and insights\nMarket Development & Growth Acceleration\nIdentify, assess, and prioritize high-potential markets, verticals, and customer segments within the NA/SA/EMEA regions based on regulatory shifts, market maturity, and emerging demand.\nDevelop and lead the go-to-market strategy for NA/SA/EMEA\nDefine and execute regional business development plans for strategic accounts, channel partners, and aligned to decarbonization and infrastructure renewal.\nPartner with global marketing and product teams to ensure regional positioning reflects differentiated value and solution scalability.\nSales Execution & Governance\nDeploy a consistent sales management and governance framework across the region-covering pipeline hygiene, forecast accuracy, pricing integrity, and contract controls.\nChampion adoption of CRM, sales enablement, and analytics tools to increase visibility, performance, and accountability.\nOversee the Armstrong sales process to sell the full suite of offerings, emphasizing value-based selling to highlight customer-specific outcomes and benefits.\nCollaborate with the global SIOP and finance teams to align revenue targets with operational capacity and margin goals.\nEnsure all commercial activity supports long-term customer value and profitable growth, rather than short-term volume wins.\nTalent, 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You’ll have endless opportunities to learn, grow, and make a significant impact on the world by reducing carbon emissions and energy costs. 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