Sales Executive - Composites

Bahrain Red Chilli Recruitment Senior Commercial & Sales Executives – Composites Location: Bahrain We are recruiting for a major international composites manufacturer in Bahrain that is expanding several established business units while simultaneously developing a number of new ventures. As part of this growth, we are looking for experienced commercial leaders, business development professionals, salespeople, from across the composites, advanced materials and associated manufacturing sectors. These are not simply replacement hires. Many of the opportunities involve helping to build new markets, establish new business lines and create commercially successful ventures from the ground up. Current Opportunities Pultrusion A new global business focused on manufacturing and selling FRP pultruded products across industrial, oil & gas, marine and architectural markets. Experience within pultrusion, GRP/FRP profiles, structural composites or related industrial products would be particularly relevant. Wind Energy We are developing further opportunities within the global wind energy sector, including composite products for nacelles, spinners and associated infrastructure applications. Candidates with established relationships across wind turbine OEMs, Tier suppliers or composite manufacturers are of particular interest. Advanced Composite Cladding A developing FRP flat-panel and cladding business offering an alternative to traditional aluminium composite panel solutions. Relevant backgrounds could include architectural materials, façades, cladding, building products, FRP panels or construction products. EV, Battery & Electrical Enclosures We are building a business focused on advanced composite applications within: * EV battery enclosures * Electrical enclosures * Structural vehicle components * Specialist transportation and defence applications Candidates with strong existing relationships with EV manufacturers, automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, defence companies or organisations such as Thales would be highly attractive. Water Treatment & Desalination An established area with significant growth potential and ambitions to expand across municipal and industrial water treatment globally. Experience selling into municipal water treatment, wastewater, desalination, industrial water treatment or major engineering contractors would be ideal. French language capability and strong relationships within companies such as Veolia would be advantageous. Architectural Composites We are expanding our architectural composites business internationally and are interested in experienced salespeople capable of developing markets across: Middle East China Malaysia Singapore Australia Scandinavia UK France We are also recruiting a: Head of Architectural Business This is a senior Bahrain-based leadership position with responsibility for the strategy, commercial performance, people and continued international growth of a major business unit. The role will suit a commercially driven senior leader capable of effectively operating as the CEO of the business unit, combining: Strategic leadership Sales and commercial management People leadership International business development Operational oversight Growth planning US Market Development We are also interested in sales and business development professionals who can develop manufacturing opportunities with US customers while being based from Bahrain. The focus is on securing outsourced FRP and composite component manufacturing for facilities in Bahrain, India and the Philippines. Target markets include: * Transportation * Marine * Automotive * Wind Energy * Rail * Building & Construction * Industrial * Bath & Pool * Composite Enclosures Who We Want to Hear From We are particularly interested in people who are: Commercially driven and entrepreneurial Comfortable developing markets from scratch Well connected within their industry Experienced in international business Capable of building long-term customer relationships Familiar with composites, FRP or advanced manufacturing Excited by the opportunity to help develop new businesses rather than simply inherit an established position Some of these roles could ultimately develop into CEO or business leadership positions as the ventures grow. International candidates who are open to relocation are encouraged to apply. If your background sits within composites, FRP, advanced materials, architectural products, EV, wind energy, water treatment or industrial manufacturing, we would be very interested in hearing from you