Vice President of Sales

Job Description

Pure Paint is a Nova Scotia–based cleantech company who has pioneered a proprietary materials-science process to commercially produce North America’s first and only fully formulated, all-natural, plant-based architectural paint, free from plastics, toxins and petroleum-derived chemicals found in conventional latex and acrylic paint.

The result is a high-performance coating that delivers the durability professionals demand, the luxury finish homeowners love, and the sustainability our planet needs. Pure Paint is on a mission to eliminate microplastic pollution at its largest source and redefinethe future by modernizing the way our ancestors created colour for hundreds of centuries.

We value innovation, sustainability, health, performance and expression.

Role Overview

The VP of Sales is responsible for building, executing, and scaling Pure Paint’s multi-channel revenue strategy across retail, trade, e-commerce, affiliates and government procurement. This role owns revenue execution end-to-end - from national retail vendor onboarding to regional trade outreach - and leads the people, systems, and relationships required to convert market demand into sustained commercial growth.

This is a hands-on leadership role for a sales executive who has taken innovative products from early adoption through rapid scale in complex selling environments.

Key Responsibilities

Retail & Channel Sales

• Lead and executevendor application, onboarding and compliance processeswith major national independent and corporate-owned retail chains.
• Manage and grow relationships withregional and independent retail partners, including pricing, terms, merchandising and promotional alignment.
• Serve as the primary commercial point of contact for retail buyers, category managers and merchandising teams.
• Oversee forecasting, sell-through analysis, replenishment planning and channel performance tracking.
• Build and lead adirect outreach programtargeting architects, interior designers, decorators, and other architectural coatings specifiers.
• Develop territory strategies, outreach cadence and relationship-nurturing frameworks for the trade channel.
• Oversee and mentorjunior customer relations and outreach staff, ensuring consistent pipeline management and conversion of opportunities they initiate.
• Track spec wins and ensure alignment with retail, direct, or project-based sales execution.
• Onboard and manageminor and specialty e-commerce retailers, ensuring brand, pricing and messaging consistency.
• Build, manage and optimize the company’saffiliate and referral programs, including partner recruitment, tracking and performance measurement.
• Collaborate with marketing on digital sales enablement, promotions and conversion optimization.

Government & Institutional Sales

• Identify, pursue and managegovernment procurement and tender opportunitiesat the federal, provincial and municipal levels.
• Oversee RFP responses, compliance documentation, pricing structures and award negotiations.
• Maintain relationships with procurement officers, sustainability leads and institutional buyers.
• Coordinate internally to ensure delivery, compliance and post-award account management.
• Lead, develop and performance-manage the sales and customer relations team.
• Implement and enforce CRM discipline, pipeline visibility and reporting across all channels.
• Establish sales targets, KPIs, forecasting processes and channel accountability.
• Work cross-functionally with Operations, Marketing and Finance to align demand, production capacity and margin objectives.
• Provide regular performance reporting and strategic insights to the CEO and leadership team.

Qualifications & Experience

• Ten+ years of progressive sales experience, including senior responsibility inmulti-channel sales environments.
• Proven track record of moving innovative products from early adoption to rapid, scaled revenue growth in complex, multi-channel sales environments.
• Demonstrated experience successfully navigatingvendor onboarding and compliancewith major retail chains.
• Strong background inrelationship-driven B2B sales, particularly with architects, designers, decorators and specifiers.
• Experience withgovernment procurement or institutional salesis a strong asset.
• Proven ability to build, lead and scale sales teams while remaining hands-on.
• Excellent negotiation, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in building materials, coatings, construction products, sustainability-focused products, or adjacent industries preferred.

What Success Looks Like

• Major and regional retail partners onboarded and actively selling.
• A disciplined, scalable trade outreach engine producing spec wins and repeat business.
• Junior sales and customer relations staff consistently converting leads into revenue.
• Government tenders pursued strategically and awarded on a recurring basis.
• Predictable, scalable revenue growth across channels without brand dilution.

Who This Role Is Ideal For

• A sales leader who thrives in complexity and has personally driven growth, not just managed accounts.
• Someone comfortable operating between strategy and execution in a scale-stage company.
• A builder who can establish structure, process and accountability while still closing deals.