Area Sales Manager (French Speaker)

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates; extensive travel within the French-speaking North, West, and Central African sales region is required.

Company

hirify.global is an international security technology group developing solutions for digital security, financial platforms, currency technology, and cash-cycle management.

What you will do

• Drive sales of currency automation products, solutions, and services across French-speaking North, West, and Central Africa.
• Develop customer relationships, generate leads, identify opportunities, and close direct sales and maintenance contracts.
• Prepare strategic plans and complex cash center solution proposals, including technical presentations and demonstrations.
• Manage customer requirements, tenders, proposals, project scopes, approvals, and execution with Sales Administration, Project Management, Service, Finance, and Sales Operations.
• Build 3–5-year account strategies, monitor competitors, and identify product and market development opportunities.
• Lead and motivate the team, set goals, coordinate work, and support coaching and development.

Requirements

• Business-fluent French and English are required.
• Advanced degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of sales management experience, including 5 years in a leadership role.
• Experience in pipeline development, go-to-market planning, direct sales, and distributor management.
• At least 5 years of key account management experience with government sectors in French-speaking African countries is preferred.
• Strong decision-making, relationship management, communication, presentation, and teamwork skills; willingness to travel extensively within the sales region.

Nice to have

• German or Arabic language skills.
• Experience with public-sector sales and government accounts.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with an international technology group operating across 40 countries.
• Collaborate with central banks, printworks, government customers, distributors, and cross-functional internal teams.
• Use Salesforce and Miller-Heiman methodologies for opportunity and account management.
• Travel extensively to build and maintain customer relationships across the assigned region.