Marine Sales Manager - Middle East

Are you passionate about leading commercial growth, building high-performing teams, and strengthening customer partnerships across the marine industry? Join Hempel and play a pivotal role in driving profitable growth, market expansion, and customer success across our Middle East Marine business.

What will your responsibilities include?

• Define and execute the growth strategy for Hempel s Marine business across the Middle East, ensuring sustainable and profitable business growth
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing regional sales team while fostering accountability and collaboration
• Drive commercial performance through sales planning, budgeting, forecasting, pricing discipline, and risk management
• Build and strengthen relationships with key customers, shipowners, managers, shipyards, and industry stakeholders
• Lead regional execution across New Build, Dry Dock, and Sea Stock segments
• Identify and secure new business opportunities while maintaining pipeline visibility through CRM tools
• Partner with Inside Sales, Technical Service, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Finance, and other support functions
• Monitor market trends and competitive activity to identify growth opportunities
• Ensure compliance with Hempel policies, commercial governance, and risk management requirements

This position will be based in Sharjah (UAE) and will report to the Vice President, Marine.

Furthermore, we expect that you have

• Bachelors degree or equivalent relevant commercial education
• Strong experience in marine or industrial sales leadership
• Knowledge of Middle East markets will be an advantage
• Demonstrated leadership capability through team management and coaching
• Strong commercial acumen across pricing, negotiation, budgeting, and receivables management
• Strong working knowledge of CRM and sales forecasting tools
• Excellent English communication and stakeholder management skills
• This role requires regular regional travel