My client is seeking an entrepreneurial, commercially driven Country Manager to establish and run the Singapore market. They are a growing international company that designs and manufactures acoustic office phone booths and pods, built for modern workplaces that need private, focused space inside open-plan offices.
The Role
You will be the company's primary presence on the ground, responsible for opening doors, building relationships, and converting them into revenue.
This is a hands-on, practical role. Since you will be building the market without a local team around you, you should be comfortable handling operational tasks alongside sales, not just the commercial side of the business.
What You'll Be Doing
Building the company's presence in the Singapore market
Developing and managing relationships with architecture and design firms, corporate real estate/workplace teams, and office fit-out contractors as key referral and specification channels
Building and managing distributor and dealer partnerships across the local market
Driving direct sales to corporate end-users, including through specifiers and lead generation
Representing the company at client meetings, presentations, and relationship-building events (e.g. lunch-and-learns with design firms) to secure specification and repeat business
Managing local product compliance and building certifications where required for specific projects
Handling hands-on operational tasks alongside sales as needed, such as personally overseeing a test-drive installation at a client's site
Managing your own pipeline and reporting progress to leadership, working closely with the remote support team on marketing and lead generation activity
What We're Looking For
Minimum 5 years of relevant sales, business development, or channel management experience
An existing network among architecture/design firms, dealers, and distributors is a strong advantage
An existing network with corporate end-users/clients is also highly desirable
A genuinely entrepreneurial, self-starting mindset, comfortable owning the sales process end-to-end
Confidence operating with a high degree of autonomy and ambiguity, particularly in the early stages of building the market
Strong communication and relationship-building skills, particularly with design-led, detail-oriented stakeholders
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