Company: GD Performance Textiles Pvt. Ltd. (GDPT)

Position: General Manager – Sales & Marketing

Industry: Technical Textiles / Industrial Textiles

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu / Remote

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the company:

GD Performance Textiles Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian manufacturer of high-performance technical textiles, specialising in reinforcement fabrics and industrial textile solutions for the rubber and automotive industries.

Our product portfolio includes RFL-dipped fabrics, single-end cords, chafer fabrics, bead wrap tapes, diaphragm fabrics, hose reinforcement fabrics, and other specialised technical textiles. We serve customers across the tyre, power transmission belt, industrial hose, and rubber products industries in domestic and international markets.

What we are looking for:

We are seeking a dynamic, driven, and commercially focused General Manager – Sales & Marketing to lead our business development efforts, strengthen customer relationships, and drive revenue growth across domestic and international markets.

The ideal candidate should be highly proactive, enjoy meeting customers, and possess a strong willingness to develop an in-depth technical understanding of our products and their applications.

This is a customer-facing, field-oriented role requiring extensive travel, with the expectation that the candidate will spend the majority of each month visiting existing and prospective customers.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Sales & Business Development

- Identify and develop new business opportunities across the automotive, rubber, and industrial textile sectors.
- Drive revenue growth through new customer acquisition and expansion of existing accounts.
- Develop and execute sales strategies to achieve business targets.
- Identify new markets, applications, and industries for the company's technical textile products.
- Manage commercial negotiations, pricing discussions, and long-term customer relationships.

2. Customer Engagement & Travel

- Travel extensively across India and internationally, as required,



to meet existing and prospective customers.
- Spend the majority of the month in the field, conducting customer visits, understanding requirements, and developing business opportunities.
- Build strong relationships with key decision-makers, including purchase, technical, R&D;, and senior management teams.
- Conduct regular customer follow-ups to ensure timely conversion of business opportunities.
- Represent the company at industry exhibitions, conferences, and trade events.

3. Technical Product Understanding

- Develop a deep understanding of the company's products, manufacturing processes, technical specifications, and end-use applications.
- Demonstrate a genuine interest in learning the technical aspects of reinforcement textiles and their role in customers' manufacturing processes.
- Work closely with production, quality, and R&D; teams to understand product capabilities and limitations.
- Translate customer requirements into actionable product development and manufacturing opportunities.
- Act as a bridge between customers and internal technical teams to facilitate product trials, approvals, and commercialisation.

4. Sales Planning & Market Intelligence

- Prepare sales forecasts, customer development plans, and periodic performance reports.
- Monitor competitor activities, market developments, and emerging industry opportunities.
- Maintain a structured pipeline of prospective customers and business opportunities.
- Provide management with regular updates on customer visits, ongoing projects, and sales conversion progress.

What you get:

- Prospect to play a key leadership role in a growing technical textiles manufacturing business.
- Exposure to diverse industrial sectors and domestic and international customers.
- Close collaboration with senior management and technical teams.
- Opportunity to develop new markets, products, and strategic customer relationships.
- Competitive compensation commensurate with experience and capabilities.

To Apply: Interested candidates may share their CV along with a brief summary of their relevant industrial sales experience.

📌 General Manager Sales Marketing (Chennai)
🏢 GD Performance Textiles
📍 Chennai