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Henkel holds leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses: Our portfolio includes well-known hair care products, laundry detergents, fabric softeners as well as adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings.
Director of Sales
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About this position
At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 47.000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Adhesive Technologies help to transform entire industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. With our trusted brands, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, all to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.
This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.
Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.
What you´ll do
The Director of Retail Sales – Lowe’s is responsible for leading Henkel ACA’s Lowe’s business, including full P&L accountability, strategic direction, and team leadership.
This role drives revenue growth, profitability, and market share expansion while strengthening executive-level customer relationships. As a member of the North American Commercial Leadership Team, this leader shapes enterprise commercial strategy and influences cross-functional priorities.
The role requires balancing long-term strategic planning with disciplined operational execution across a complex, highly cross-merchandised retail environment. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Strategic Leadership & Business Ownership
- Own full P&L responsibility for the Lowe’s business, delivering against revenue, margin, and market share targets.
- Develop and execute multi-year strategic account plans aligned with Henkel ACA’s growth priorities.
- Lead annual Joint Business Planning (JBP) process, including promotional strategy, innovation launches, assortment planning, and investment allocation.
- Utilize customer, syndicated, and industry data to identify growth opportunities and mitigate risks.
- Influence pricing strategy, trade investment, and promotional effectiveness in partnership with Finance and Commercial Excellence. Customer & Industry Leadership
- Build and maintain executive-level relationships across Lowe’s merchandising, marketing, supply chain, and leadership teams.
- Serve as Henkel’s subject-matter expert on Lowe’s and the Home Improvement channel, proactively sharing insights, competitive intelligence, and emerging trends.
- Lead negotiation of annual agreements, programs, and key strategic initiatives. Cross-Functional Collaboration & Enterprise Influence
- Partner closely with Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, Digital, and Innovation teams to ensure aligned execution.
- Drive alignment between demand planning, forecasting, inventory management, and promotional execution.
- Influence go-to-market strategies in collaboration with Channel Leaders.
- Represent the Lowe’s business in SBU strategic planning discussions and investment prioritization. Team Leadership & Organizational Development
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing account team, fostering accountability, strategic thinking, and executional excellence.
- Assess team capabilities and implement development plans to strengthen account management expertise.
What makes you a good fit
Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
- BS/BA in business or related field; MBA a plus.
Experience:
- 15+ years of progressive sales leadership experience, including management of large national retail accounts (e.g., Lowe’s, The Home Depot, Walmart).
- Demonstrated success leading and developing high-performing teams.
- Proven track record managing complex P&Ls and delivering sustained profitable growth
Additional Skills & Competencies:
- Strategic thinking with strong financial acumen
- Executive presence and advanced negotiation skills
- Cross-functional leadership and influence
- Change leadership and organizational development
- Strong analytical capability and data-driven decision making
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Suite and AI-enabled tools
Some benefits of joining Henkel
- Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
- Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
- Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
- Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
- Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement
The salary range for this role is $ 150,000.00 and $ 175,000.00. This range represents the good‑faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offer for this role at the time of posting. In addition to base salary, this position may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, as applicable. The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package as described above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. This posting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local pay transparency laws.
Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.
At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.
JOB ID: 26095723
Job Locations: United States, NC, Mooresville, NC
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Yes – simply fill out your profile in our online application system. Once your online profile is complete, you can apply for multiple positions.
The job offer is written in English. Should I write my application in English as well?
Yes, please. As Henkel is an international company, you will be working with colleagues from all over the world, and English is our official company language. Generally, our recommendation is to please write the application in the same language as the job ad.
Do I get feedback during the application process about the state of my application?
Each position that we have open with Henkel is unique, and finding the right candidate is important for both the hired candidate as well as for Henkel. We want to make sure that both the candidate and the company are a good fit for each other. We will provide feedback to the candidates throughout the entire process.
Can employees move between business areas and/or to a different country?
Yes, in fact, it is our expectation that Henkel employees will want to grow and explore different career paths during their time with us. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and in two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
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