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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At Hempel, you’re welcomed to 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 everyone feeling 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.