Bedford, MA, or Atlanta, GA, United States; or Brussels, Belgium

RISI is looking for a sales leader to help drive the next phase of our evolution. Reporting to the SVP Pulp & Paper, this position requires solid sales and management experience along with a burning desire to develop new business opportunities.

About Us

RISI is the leading information provider to the Forest Products industry. We are an independent team of editors, economists, and engineers producing valuable information for forest products organizations. We are the only B2B information/data provider to cover the global forest products industry across all key grades and regions.

Our current audience is the entire set of top producing paper companies of the world, their suppliers, the financial services industry, the paper buyers/end users, and the merchants of the world. We put our content quality and customers first and have a history of success.

Our sales team is currently fully operational with Key Account Managers based in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. We need a leader to manage this team and drive the majority of RISI's revenues.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of direct sales experience
• 5+ years of sales management experience
• Experience in setting up a new inside sales effort focused on high-volume outbound calling
• Experience in implementing CRM and pipeline management
• Strong business sense, understands global issues and their impact on forest products
• Interest in developing new ideas and revenue streams

This position would be located in one of our offices:

Atlanta, GA, United States
Bedford, MA, United States
Brussels Belgium

The role of VP of Sales involves joining Key Account Managers for sales travel throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America.

To apply for this position, please send resume with cover letter including your salary requirements to jobs@risiinfo.com and specify Job Code VPS-R06099. (Due to the expected volume of resumes received for this position, only candidates of interest will be contacted. No phone calls, please). Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer. For more information about RISI, Inc, please visit our web site at www.risiinfo.com.