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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.
Head of Professional Salon Business
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About this Position
We are looking for an ambitious commercial leader to shape the future of our Professional Salon Business. With full responsibility for sales performance, gross profit, customer acquisition, and team development, you will drive growth through strategic planning, execution excellence, and strong cross-functional collaboration.
What you´ll do
- Lead the full Professional Salon business across Field Sales and Wholesale channels.
- Deliver sustainable Net Sales and Gross Profit growth through high-performing commercial organization and integrated collaboration Business Leadership
- Own Net Sales, Gross Profit, Share of Wallet, and New Customer Acquisition targets
- Monitor business performance, KPIs, and market developments to ensure delivery
- Identify new market segments, business opportunities, and target customers
- Design and execute commercial initiatives that drive market growth, expand the customer base, and increase sales Team Leadership
- Lead, coach, and develop the Field Sales organization, including recruitment, talent development, performance management, and succession planning
- Strengthen key account performance and build a pipeline for sustainable business growth
- Drive collaboration and best-practice sharing across countries and teams
- Support Education commercial priorities and business goals Commercial Partnership
- Partner with Marketing, Education, and other functions to drive Growth Triangle execution
- Lead joint business planning with key partners to deliver mutual growth • Oversee promotional frameworks, commercial agreements and customer plans Performance Management
- Govern execution standards and implementation across field and wholesale teams
- Lead forecasting, budgeting, and annual business planning processes
- Drive continuous improvement, sales effectiveness, and execution excellence
- Monitor progress against targets and develop corrective action plans when required to deliver financial and strategic objective
What makes you a good fit
- Entrepreneurial and growth-oriented mindset
- Proven leadership experience managing commercial teams of several employees
- Documented delivery of profitable growth - Experience from professional beauty, FMCG, retail or other route-to-market intensive industries
- Strong P&L ownership and forecasting competence.
- Ability to lead transformation and create a high-performance culture
- Fluent in English and Finnish
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and Power BI capabilities
- Experience working with CRM and Sales Force Effectiveness tools
Some perks of joining Henkel
- Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
- Diverse national and international growth opportunities
- Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
- Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
- Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
- Private Occupational Health Insurance
- Sports Allowance
- Pension
- Annual Leave: 30 days plus public holidays
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. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.
JOB ID: 26101150
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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, the ‘rule’ is: 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 an expectation within Henkel that our talent is flexible and mobile. 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 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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