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Regional Account Manager for the Adriatic region will play a critical role in driving VGO commercial growth and market leadership. Primary responsibility is to build, lead, and develop a high-performing sales team to achieve ambitious short- and long-term goals. RAM Adriatic will lead the development of our distributor network, establishing and developing partnerships with both WD’s and TD’s. By managing a multi-channel strategy and collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders inside of VGO organization, you will ensure the successful execution of our European OGSM strategy across the Adriatic markets.
Job Responsibility:
Recruit, develop, and lead the Adriatic sales team
Conduct regular coaching, performance reviews, and weekly 1:1 meetings
Identify individual team members strengths and skill gaps, creating tailored development plans
Build a robust succession plan
Generate and analyze monthly performance reports for each team member
Own and deliver on key performance metrics (Volume, Gross Profit) for all assigned territories
Execute the core European strategy by recruiting, onboarding, and managing a strong network of WD’s, Traditional Distributors as well as direct market in Serbia with Key Accounts
Act as a VGO ambassador, building deep customer trust
Translate and implement the Valvoline European strategy into actionable Adriatic-level plans
Conduct continuous market intelligence
Collaborate with the team to build and manage a robust sales pipeline
Design and implement region-specific sales and trade marketing initiatives
Provide actionable market, customer and competitor insights to the Marketing team
Partner with the Legal department to ensure contracts are clear, compliant, and mutually beneficial
Work closely with Supply Chain & Planning to improve forecast accuracy (>80%), optimize product availability, and enhance service levels for partners
Comply with all company health, safety, and operational policies and procedures
Maintain high standards of work discipline and professional conduct
Requirements:
Bachelor
Driving license
Proven ability to work with people, to build leadership, to create strong team and to work in people performance capability
Should enhance sales results in both direct and indirect B2B channels
Ability to translate technical requirements into business opportunities
Demonstrated capability in developing close relationships with customers, Excellent time management and project management skills
Computer literate, proficient in using software and hardware as a field worker
Good knowledge of English is desirable
Familiarity with other European languages is considered an advantage
Proven ability to act as a team player
Outstanding and effective communication skills
Organized, stable, independent, and self-sufficient
Takes initiative and can successfully handle multiple tasks with minimal direct supervision
Flexible, proactive, and positive
Nice to have:
Preferred to work in auto industry
Good knowledge of English is desirable
Familiarity with other European languages is considered an advantage