Head of Sales, France (m/f/d)
Project A Services GmbH & Co. KG
Salary undisclosed
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About the Job
As a key growth accelerator, A11 partners with Europe’s most ambitious startups and scaleups, corporates and SMBs to connect them with top-tier talent ready to make an impact.
We're looking for a commercially driven Head of Sales, France to own and scale the French market at one of our Ecosystem Companies. This is a hands-on leadership role: you carry the revenue number, build the team behind it, and shape the go-to-market approach for France.
Join the A11 Ecosystem – a next-generation supply chain platform redefining how one of the world's largest industries sources, distributes, and finances materials. Engineered to unlock the full potential of global trade, it harnesses agentic AI and workflow automation to provide seamless, high-efficiency access to premium materials at scale. Since its commercial rollout, the platform has fueled exponential growth, optimizing procurement for thousands of businesses while setting new benchmarks for speed, transparency, and efficiency. Its competitive edge lies in full digitization and AI-driven supply chain management automation, eliminating inefficiencies and creating a direct, intelligent bridge between suppliers and buyers. With a team of 80+ FTEs across Europe (Berlin HQ), China, and India, the company is rapidly scaling toward profitability, driving triple-digit million GMV, and setting new industry standards in autonomous, AI-powered supply chain orchestration.
In this role, you’ll:
Drive Revenue and Strategy
- Own French sales results against monthly and quarterly targets, including margin and pipeline quality
- Build and execute the commercial strategy for France
- Identify new verticals, partners, and product opportunities
- Feed market insights back to senior leadership
Strengthen Sales Operations
- Improve sales processes together with Revenue Operations and other sales leaders
- Oversee forecasting and deal progression
- Define KPIs and dashboards that make performance transparent
- Partner with Product and Tech on AI-assisted sales tools
- Keep CRM data accurate and actionable
Build and Lead the French Sales Team
- Hire, onboard, and develop sales team members
- Run a clear operating rhythm: daily KPIs, weekly reviews, monthly forecast checks
- Coach and motivate the team in the Berlin office
- Foster a high-performance, accountable culture
Your Profile:
- 7+ years of B2B sales experience, ideally in marketplaces, digital trade, logistics, or materials distribution
- Proven track record of scaling fast-moving sales teams and of leading, coaching, and developing managers
- Strong commercial analysis skills: pricing, working capital, contribution margin, and competitive dynamics
- Solid CRM experience; Salesforce familiarity is a plus
- Fluent French and English
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, daily-execution, office-based environment
Please note that this position is based in Berlin
Benefits and Perks:
- Fulfil a role with entrepreneurial freedom and help scale a high-impact business model
- Join an experienced founding team of serial and 2nd-time founders
- Attractive base and bonus compensation program
- Collaboration with top-tier investors and angels (incl. various unicorn founders) as well as leading market experts
If you’re eager to join the A11 Ecosystem and shape what’s next, we want to hear from you!
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
A11 is committed to diverse and equal opportunities hiring for all – applicants, candidates, and employees alike. We value humans – with all our glorious multifaceted backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences – and look forward to your application.
About this role
Project A's Ecosystem Company is building an AI-powered supply chain platform that's already driving triple-digit million GMV across Europe, and they need a commercially sharp Head of Sales to own and scale the French market. You'd carry the revenue number directly—setting targets, building the sales team from the ground up, and shaping how the company goes to market in France. This is a hands-on leadership role where you're both executing and strategizing, feeding market insights back to senior leadership while identifying new verticals and partnership opportunities.
You'll need 7+ years of B2B sales experience, ideally in marketplaces, digital trade, logistics, or materials distribution, with a proven ability to scale fast-moving teams and develop managers. Strong commercial acumen around pricing, margins, and competitive dynamics is essential, as is solid CRM experience (Salesforce a plus). Fluency in both French and English is required, and you need to be comfortable in a daily-execution, office-based environment in Berlin.
The role sits within an experienced founding team backed by top-tier investors and unicorn founders, offering entrepreneurial freedom alongside attractive base and bonus compensation. You'd work across product, tech, and revenue operations to improve sales processes and implement AI-assisted tools, while running a clear operating rhythm of daily KPIs, weekly reviews, and monthly forecasts to keep the team accountable and performing.
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