Regional Sales Executive – GCC
Role Overview
New role on the Developing Markets team, supporting commercial execution across the GCC.
Reports to the Regional Business Manager – GCC and works with distributors, customers, and internal teams.
Markets include Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, UAE, and Saudi Arabia.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
New role on the Developing Markets team, supporting commercial execution across the GCC.
Reports to the Regional Business Manager – GCC and works with distributors, customers, and internal teams.
Markets include Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, UAE, and Saudi Arabia.
Accountabilities
- Manage and develop distributor relationships, following through on actions, commitments, and commercial plans.
- Monitor sales, volume, distribution, promotions, and other commercial indicators to identify opportunities and risks.
- Support customer and distributor business reviews, prepare presentations, and ensure agreed actions are completed.
- Contribute to forecasting and demand planning by monitoring stock and sales trends and improving forecast accuracy.
- Support pricing, promotional, and trade investment activity; assess performance and recommend improvements.
- Support retailer activations, promotional programmes, and key trading events, particularly in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
- Monitor online availability, product content, and digital shelf execution to improve visibility and engagement.
- Coordinate with Marketing, Finance, Category, and Supply Chain to support distributors and deliver regional plans.
Experience and qualifications
- Approximately 2–5 years of experience in FMCG sales, account management, trade marketing, or commercial operations.
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills are important.
- Fluent English is required; Arabic is beneficial.
- A degree in Business, Commerce, Marketing, or a related discipline is preferred.
- GCC market experience is valuable; experience in FMCG, consumer health, beauty, personal care, or toiletries is relevant.
- Nielsen, Circana, or similar market data experience is an advantage.
- Comfortable working independently in a remote setup and travelling across the GCC.
Successful candidate profile
- Understands distributor and retailer operations and can balance relationships with commercial follow-through.
- Comfortable with sales reports, forecasts, and commercial data, and able to turn information into clear actions.
- Organised, able to manage multiple priorities, and comfortable in a fast-paced international business.
- Takes ownership, builds credible long-term relationships, communicates openly, and adapts when priorities change.
Location and work setup
- Remote role based in Dubai, UAE.
- Travel across the GCC is required to meet distributors, customers, and internal stakeholders.
About WaterWipes
WaterWipes makes gentle baby wipes developed through testing and scientific research.
The role offers broad commercial experience across a developing international region and exposure to multiple GCC markets.
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