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
Bachelor's 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
What we are looking for
Strategic and commercially driven
Customer-focused with strong market understanding
Collaborative across functions and cultures
Strong planning, prioritization, and execution skills
Integrity, compliance mindset, and sound judgement
Resilience and continuous improvement mindset
Application and further information
To apply for this position, please submit your application letter with a CV in English via the link no later than the 19-Nov-2026.
Please note that the interviews will take place 1-2 weeks after the application deadline and you may want to pencil this time in your diary to avoid any holiday clashes.
Join Hempel
At Hempel, you’re welcomed into a global community of +7000 colleagues around the world. A workplace built on shared trust, mutual respect and support for each other.
We’re on a mission to double our impact. To succeed, we need bright minds and team players. Which is why, from day one, your input, ideas and initiative are not only welcomed but expected. In return, you will enjoy great opportunities for development in a growing global company – and be part of the solution by contributing to our global impact.
At Hempel, we are committed to ensuring everyone feels safe, valued and treated equally, in an environment where each employee can bring their authentic selves to work. We believe that inclusion is key to innovation, and by bringing together the most diverse perspectives and talents, we can achieve great things, together.
We are proud to be majority owned by the Hempel Foundation, a commercial foundation dedicated to making a difference, with our earnings contributing to a multitude of philanthropic activities every year. It means that when working at Hempel, your hard work and dedication contributes to a greater cause, making your career matter twice.
Learn more about Hempel and our commitments on hempel.com/career.
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2026-11-19 Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level Job Functions
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