Europe, Ukraine
The Sales Manager will play a key strategic and operational role in driving sales performance and brand presence across key retail channels in Ukraine. The primary focus is to lead and manage the Epicenter project, ensuring effective communication with stakeholders, optimizing promoter performance, and maximizing promotional impact. Additionally, the role includes full responsibility for managing cooperation with dealers across Ukraine—ensuring alignment with pricing policies, optimizing discount and promotional programs, and driving product and commercial strategies to support market growth and profitability.
Key Responsibilities
- Epicenter Project Management:
Take the lead in managing the Epicenter project, including:
- Communication with internal and external management teams
- Organization and supervision of promoter activities
- Analysis of sales performance and promotional calendar
- Dealer Network Management (Ukraine):
Oversee the overall cooperation with dealers across Ukraine, including:
- Control and enforcement of retail price list policy
- Management of discount programs
- Product lifecycle and portfolio oversight
- Coordination of promotional calendar and key commercial decisions
Key skills and qualifications
- Minimum 3–5 years of experience in sales, trade marketing, or key account management
- Experience working with large retail networks (preferably Epicenter or similar) and dealer networks in Ukraine
- Strong understanding of retail operations, pricing strategies, and promotional planning
- Experience in managing discount programs and product portfolios
- Analytical skills to evaluate sales data and promotional effectiveness
- Excellent organizational and project management abilities
- Strong communication and negotiation skills
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Proficient usage of English is required
What we offer:
- A family working culture
We are a company known for an open and unique family working culture, where management is easy to approach, employees’ ideas are listened to, and everyone’s contribution is valued. Our people often highlight their supportive colleagues as the best things in their jobs. - Outstanding solutions and focus on innovations
Innovating has always been at the heart of our business, driving business development and shaping our mindset. From the very first industry-leading product launched in 1948 to exciting new market opportunities such as barrier coatings for the packaging industry and biobased solutions, we are determined to solve any coating challenge ahead. - Career in a global, expanding company
Our ambitious growth targets provide unique opportunities to grow and develop your career in a global, multicultural company, where we all share the same values of persistent, creative, and fair. - Sustainability and meaningful work
Our mission is to make the world last longer, and sustainability is a cornerstone of our strategy. We hope that enhancing this mission in everyday work makes work more meaningful to our employees on all levels.
We make the world last longer
About Teknos
Teknos is a global coatings company with operations in more than 20 countries in Europe and Asia, employing approximately 1,500 people. We are one of the leading suppliers of industrial coatings with a strong position in architectural and retail coatings. The company was established in 1948 and is one of Finland’s largest family-owned businesses. Teknos wants to make the world last longer by providing smart, technically advanced paint and coating solutions to protect and prolong. Always working in close cooperation with our customers and firmly believing that the company’s personnel are vital to its success, Teknos has created a corporate culture that is derived from family values, where each employee is heard and encouraged to take the initiative. Our goal is to make use of the great potential of our excellent personnel in order to create new solutions for our customers.