Head of Sales – Engineered Materials & Advanced Composites

Head of Sales – Engineered Materials & Advanced Composites Industrial Materials | Advanced Composites | Business Development & Sales Leadership Location: Remote, United States Territory: United States, Canada & Mexico About the Role Lead an established business. Build the next growth engine. We are looking for an entrepreneurial, hands-on Head of Sales – North America to lead the existing regional sales organization while driving expansion into new markets for prepregs, advanced composites, and engineered materials. You will inherit an established electrical insulation business supported by experienced inside and outside sales professionals. This provides a solid foundation, allowing you to focus significant attention on developing new customer relationships, identifying applications, and creating commercial opportunities in Industrial and Mobility markets. This is not a role focused solely on managing an existing sales team or maintaining established accounts. We are looking for someone who enjoys opening doors, building business from the ground up, and shaping the commercial organization needed to support future growth. You will combine strategic responsibility for North America with direct involvement in business development, customer engagement, and market expansion. About the Company Our client is an established international manufacturer of high-performance engineered materials, with a strong presence in electrical insulation and a growing portfolio of prepregs, reinforced plastics, and advanced composite materials (GFRP/CFRP). Its products serve demanding applications in power generation, power and distribution transformers, large electric drives, and industrial OEM markets. The company has an established North American customer base, an existing sales organization, and manufacturing operations in Mexico. The next chapter is about growth: expanding beyond established electrical insulation markets and building a stronger commercial presence in Industrial and Mobility applications. What You Will Do Lead, support, and further develop the existing North American sales organization and established electrical insulation business. Drive market expansion for prepregs, advanced composites, and engineered materials across Industrial and Mobility applications. Personally identify, pursue, and develop new OEM relationships, strategic accounts, and application opportunities. Build a sustainable pipeline and translate new market opportunities into long-term commercial partnerships. Develop and execute regional sales and market-development strategies in close collaboration with global leadership. Work with technical, product, and manufacturing teams to support customer qualification and specification-driven sales processes. Identify future organizational needs and recruit, develop, and expand the regional sales team as the business grows. Take ownership of commercial performance while operating effectively within a lean, international organization. What Success Looks Like Within your first 12–24 months, you will have: Maintained and strengthened the established electrical insulation business and existing customer relationships. Developed a qualified pipeline of new opportunities for prepregs and advanced composites in Industrial and Mobility markets. Converted initial market-development opportunities into meaningful customer projects and commercial growth. Established relationships with new OEMs, manufacturers, and strategic industry partners. Defined and begun building the commercial team and capabilities required to scale the new business. What We Are Looking For We are seeking a commercially driven sales leader who combines industrial B2B sales leadership with a proven ability to develop new markets and customers. You understand how technical products are sold into industrial OEM environments, but you do not need to be a composites engineer. Relevant experience may include: Advanced composites, prepregs, and engineered materials El…

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