Senior Director, Commercial SSA

Senior Director, Commercial to lead growth and shape the regional strategy across Sub-Saharan Africa, with end-to-end accountability. Develop and manage the commercial strategy to achieve sustainable growth, profitability and market competitiveness; lead customer negotiations, renewals and tenders; collaborate across sales, marketing, supply chain, finance and transformation; oversee the sales pipeline and account management using CRM tools; conduct market and competitor analysis to inform strategic decisions and drive expansion; foster a customer-focused culture, drive service and process improvements, and ensure financial targets; lead and coach a geographically dispersed commercial team to deliver high performance and employee wellbeing. The role requires strong leadership, cross-functional influence, deep market knowledge of South Africa, and ability to navigate multi-market environments. A Hybrid Remote working model is in place.