Head of Services & Sales (SaS) - India

Location: 

Bangalore, Karnataka, IN, 562107

Work Site:  Onsite
Duration:  Permanent / Unlimited
Date:  Sep 14, 2026

Two billion people eat food every day that was produced with Bühler equipment. One billion people drive vehicles whose parts were manufactured with our machines.​ Bühler aims to balance humanity, nature, and the economy in every decision as it develops solutions that unlock sustainable business opportunities in the global food, feed, and mobility industries. We strive to create innovations for a better world, with a special focus on healthy, safe, and sustainable solutions. Therefore, we team up with customers, start-ups, multinationals, and academia to accelerate impact together.

Summary

Bühler India is looking for an experienced and inspiring business leader to take on the role of Head of Services & Sales (SAS) – India.

In this position, you will lead Bühler’s Sales and Service business across India, covering our three businesses: Grains, Foods and Advanced Materials along with driving profitable growth, market development, customer relationships, people leadership, and P&L performance. Working closely with Bühler’s regional and global teams, you will strengthen our market position and further develop a customer-centric, service-led organization.

This is an opportunity to shape the future of Bühler’s business in India while contributing to our wider regional and Group objectives.

Reporting to: President - Region South

Job Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop Bühler’s Sales and Service business across India for Grains, Foods and Advanced Materials, ensuring alignment with regional and Group objectives.
  • Define and execute an integrated India strategy to drive profitable growth, market share, customer value and sustainable P&L performance.
  • Strengthen Bühler’s market position through strategic customer engagement, key account development, new customer acquisition and expansion into relevant market segments.
  • Accelerate service-led growth across service agreements, spare parts, retrofits, upgrades and lifecycle services.
  • Drive commercial excellence through robust forecasting, pipeline management, business planning, performance reviews and disciplined execution.
  • Build a strong customer-centric and service-led culture while leading, coaching and developing high-performing teams with clear succession and talent pipelines.
  • Develop and optimize Bühler’s channel partner and distribution network, ensuring market coverage, partner capability, governance, compliance and commercial performance.
  • Foster collaboration across the three businesses and work effectively with Business Areas, functions, regions and global teams within Bühler’s matrix organization.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business administration, or a related discipline.
  • At least 12–15 years of relevant experience in sales, service, general management, or business leadership.
  • Demonstrated experience in P&L management and delivering profitable business growth.
  • Strong people leadership capabilities, with experience in developing teams and future leaders.
  • Sound commercial acumen, strategic thinking, and a strong understanding of customer and market dynamics.
  • Proven ability to lead and collaborate successfully in a matrix organization.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
  • Willingness and ability to travel as required.

At Bühler we are not only offering working opportunities and international exchange of like-minded professionals. We are more than just a global company. Our value proposition to transform the way companies feed and move the world, is driving positive change in the industries in which we operate globally. Become a part of a dynamic environment that combines your drive for innovation with a world ​of possibilities.​ Joining us means embracing a shared purpose of creating innovations for a better world while becoming part of a company that is dedicated to your success.

As a global organization, we embrace the diversity of our global workforce. At Bühler, you will collaborate with professionals from around the world, each bringing in a unique perspective to the table. It is a business priority for us to harness the diversity of our global workforce and include them in their uniqueness to create a culture of belonging guided by our TOP values – Trust, Ownership and Passion. Embark on a journey that combines the excitement of global collaboration with the reassurance of a welcoming workplace.

Let’s create impact together!