The posting
As Regional Sales Director – South West Europe, you will lead NXP’s commercial strategy and sales organization across the region. You will be accountable for driving profitable growth, strengthening relationships with strategic customers and distribution partners, developing new business opportunities and building a high-performing, customer-focused sales team.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute the regional sales strategy in alignment with EMEA and Global Sales priorities.
- Deliver revenue, design-win, opportunity pipeline and growth objectives.
- Build strong executive relationships with strategic customers and distribution partners, positioning NXP as a long-term technology and system-solutions partner.
- Develop the distribution channel as a key growth lever, ensuring strong alignment on priorities, market coverage, demand creation and execution.
- Identify new customers, markets and growth opportunities, including Mass Market and distribution-driven opportunities, and translate them into actionable sales plans.
- Ensure strong forecasting, pipeline management and disciplined sales execution.
- Mobilize NXP resources around the region’s highest-value opportunities.
- Collaborate closely with Key Account Management, Business Development, Product Lines, Customer Application Support, Marketing and Sales Operations.
- Lead, coach and develop a diverse, high-performing regional sales organization.
- Drive accountability, collaboration, customer centricity and a strong performance culture.
- Champion the adoption of AI and digital tools within the sales organization to improve customer insights, sales effectiveness, opportunity management and ways of working.
Profile & Experience
We are looking for an accomplished Sales Director with a strong track record of driving profitable growth, building strategic customer partnerships, and leading high-performing sales organizations in the semiconductor, electronics, or high-tech industry.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
- Extensive senior sales leadership experience within the semiconductor, electronics, or high-tech ecosystem.
- Proven success in accelerating revenue growth, securing strategic design wins, and expanding business with key customers.
- Strong experience managing complex, multi-country sales organizations and navigating multicultural environments.
- Demonstrated ability to build trusted, long-term relationships with senior executives, strategic customers, partners, and distributors.
- Strong business acumen, with the ability to translate market and customer opportunities into clear commercial strategies and measurable results.
- Excellent negotiation, influencing, and executive communication skills.
- Comfortable operating and driving alignment within a complex global matrix organization.
- Recognized people leader with a passion for building strong teams, developing talent, and creating a culture of accountability and performance.
- Fluent in English and comfortable working in an international environment.
- Willingness to travel regularly across the region.
Leadership Profile
You are a customer-centric, growth-minded and inspiring commercial leader who combines strategic vision with a strong drive for execution. You see beyond individual opportunities, understand where the market is heading, and know how to position the organization to win.
You build strong teams and trusted partnerships, develop talent, and create alignment across functions and geographies. By leveraging direct customer engagement, strategic partnerships, and distribution channels, you turn market potential into sustainable growth, stronger customer relationships, and measurable business impact.
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