Business Development Director Business Development Director, Europe

Location: Adaptable across Europe (UK, Germany, Italy, Spain)

We are seeking an experienced channel and commercial leader to drive channel growth, aftermarket performance, and strategic business development initiatives across Europe.

This is a high-impact leadership role with responsibility for growing established revenue streams, developing and optimising partner networks, identifying new market opportunities, and influencing commercial success across multiple European markets.

We're looking for candidates with a proven track record of delivering growth through distributors, channel partners, OEMs, and indirect sales channels. You'll bring strong experience in channel development, partner management, and distributor performance improvement.

To succeed in this role, you'll have experience leading managers and geographically dispersed teams, operating across complex international environments, and driving results through influence, collaboration, and strong commercial leadership.

With direct responsibility for revenues of approximately 25M-30M and indirect influence over a further 60M through channel partners and distributors, this role offers significant visibility and strategic influence within the business.

What You'll Be Doing Lead Channel Strategy & Performance The primary focus of this role is driving channel growth across Europe. You will:

Develop and execute European channel strategy

Drive distributor and partner performance

Evaluate and optimise channel coverage and effectiveness

Identify new routes-to-market and growth opportunities

Build strategic partnerships,



OEM relationships and indirect sales channels

Ensure strong channel governance and commercial compliance

Support the introduction of new products and solutions into the market

Drive Commercial Growth You will take ownership of revenue-generating business units, including:

Aftermarket and spare parts business

Non-retail customer segments

Strategic growth initiatives

Business development programs across Europe

Lead Cross-Functional Initiatives This role is often the focal point for key business initiatives. You will:

Bring together teams across sales, marketing, operations and commercial functions

Drive execution of strategic projects

Remove barriers to growth

Lead complex commercial initiatives that require collaboration across multiple stakeholders and countries

What We’re Looking For We are specifically seeking candidates with significant experience in channel development, partner management, distributor performance, and indirect commercial growth. Experience managing managers and leading geographically dispersed teams is required.

Location: Flexible across Europe (UK, Germany, Italy, Spain)

Essential Experience We are interested in candidates who can demonstrate:

Significant experience leading channel, distributor or partner networks across multiple countries





Success growing channel performance and delivering commercial growth

Experience developing and implementing channel strategies

Leadership responsibility for managers and senior commercial teams

Ownership of meaningful revenue targets and commercial performance

Experience introducing new products, services, channels or go-to-market approaches

Strong stakeholder management across regional and cross-functional environments

Experience working within complex international organisations

Commercial & Contract Experience The successful candidate will bring experience in:

Commercial contract negotiations

Distributor and partner agreements

Contract execution and governance

Managing channel compliance issues

Partner relationship management

Commercial decision-making and risk assessment

The Leadership Profile This role requires more than traditional sales management. We’re looking for a strategic commercial leader who:

Thinks beyond short-term revenue targets

Can influence without direct authority

Is comfortable managing managers

Can travel and operate effectively across multiple European markets

Has the credibility to engage with senior stakeholders

Can balance strategic planning with commercial execution

Enjoys solving complex business challenges and driving change

Languages English is essential, additional European languages are desirable.

Why Join? This is an opportunity to take ownership of a highly visible European leadership role with responsibility for:

Significant commercial scope

Strategic channel development

Market expansion initiati

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