Regional Manager at Ahlsell – One of the company's most important leadership positions
Leading a region at Ahlsell is about much more than traditional sales leadership. It is one of the company's largest and most business-critical assignments, with responsibility for an operation that generates billions in revenue, hundreds of employees, and a region with great strategic importance for Ahlsell's continued growth.
Now Ahlsell is seeking a Regional Manager for Region Middle.
An assignment with significant mandate
The role requires a leader with experience managing larger business operations where strategic vision, commercial responsibility, and operational presence have been essential. It's about setting direction, creating growth, and developing people – but also about being close to the operations, customers, and business in daily work.
Region Middle generates approximately 3.2 billion kronor in revenue and consists of around 220 employees and 11 stores. The region stretches from Arvika in the west to Strängnäs in the east and covers a large part of central Sweden, including cities such as Karlstad, Örebro, Eskilstuna, and Västerås. The role involves responsibility across multiple management levels and demands high requirements for business acumen, leadership, and the ability to navigate a complex organization with a fast pace.
As Regional Manager, you lead a growth-oriented operation with broad scope and dynamics. You have overall responsibility for the region's business, results, and continued development, while simultaneously being expected to create engagement, build strong teams, and develop leaders and the organization over time.
– We want leaders who build trust, create engagement, and help people grow. You need to make sound business decisions, understand the numbers, and drive results, but also create energy in the organization and bring people along with you, says Christian Morton-Fincham, Sales Director Ahlsell Sweden.
The assignment involves close collaboration with division management, Sweden management, and other regions, where you are expected to contribute both strategically and operationally to Ahlsell's continued development. The role requires the ability to switch between analysis and relationships, between long-term direction and presence in daily business.
For the right person, this is an opportunity to take on one of Ahlsell's most significant leadership assignments, with great impact, broad mandate, and excellent development opportunities.
A culture of high trust
The culture at Ahlsell is characterized by simplicity, responsibility, and openness. Despite the company's size, there is a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a decentralized way of working where decisions are made close to the operations. This is also reflected in the view of leadership. Here, presence, accessibility, and a down-to-earth approach are highly valued.
– Our employees know their operations best. Therefore, it's important to create a climate of high trust and strong personal responsibility. We believe in leaders who are close to their teams and build strong relationships over time, Christian concludes.
In the role, you are responsible for, among other things:
leading and developing the region's operations with full profit and growth responsibility
developing the management group and organization through present and values-driven leadership
ensuring implementation of Ahlsell's strategy and continued market growth
strengthening the business through close collaboration with customers, market, and internal stakeholders
driving change, development, and improvement initiatives in the region
Are you the person we're looking for?
We're seeking someone who is confident, business-driven, and development-oriented – a leader with experience managing larger operations through other managers. You combine strategic vision with operational engagement and have the ability to create both results and long-term trust in the organization.
You thrive in an environment with high pace, complex business operations, and many contact points, where success is built on business acumen, clear leadership, and strong collaboration.
We would like to see that you have:
experience leading larger business or sales organizations with full profit responsibility
documented ability to create growth and drive change in complex operations
experience managing through multiple management levels and developing strong management groups
strong strategic and analytical capabilities as well as sound business sense
leadership characterized by clarity, trust, and the ability to create engagement
experience in matrix organizations is a merit
an academic degree or equivalent experience
very good knowledge of Swedish and English
You are expected to work throughout the region, but placement will be at one of the offices in Karlstad, Örebro, Eskilstuna, or Västerås.
About the company
At Ahlsell, you'll join a warm culture where our core values – simplicity, responsibility, and openness – permeate our operations. These values describe how we work and how we relate to customers, suppliers, society, and not least, to each other. Want to be part of making a difference? Our vision at Ahlsell – We build a more sustainable society – describes what our business and offering aim for. At Ahlsell, we are part of our customers' everyday lives, helping them make it simpler to be professionals. At Ahlsell, our employees are the most important thing we have, and together with our commitment and knowledge, we can be better every day than yesterday. To thrive with us, you enjoy working in an open, positive, and entrepreneurial culture where you get the opportunity to grow and develop. Simply put, "the best time of your working life" – our employee promise to you!
Information and application
In this recruitment, Ahlsell is working with AxÖ Consulting. For more information about the position, contact recruitment consultant Jenny Berg, 072-074 19 99, [email protected], or Linda Axäng, 079-340 54 42, [email protected].
Contact person for Unionen:
Lena Bergman, 0213-72 00 14, [email protected]
Selection and interviews are ongoing and the position may be filled before the final application deadline. Please submit your application as soon as possible.
Warm welcome to submit your application!Regional Manager at Ahlsell – One of the company's most important leadership positions
Leading a region at Ahlsell is about much more than traditional sales leadership. It is one of the company's largest and most business-critical assignments, with responsibility for an operation that generates billions in revenue, hundreds of employees, and a region with great strategic importance for Ahlsell's continued growth.
Now Ahlsell is seeking a Regional Manager for Region Middle.
An assignment with significant mandate
The role requires a leader with experience managing larger business operations…