Director Sales / Sales Manager (m/f/d) International // Mechanical Engineering // 120-150k OTE

Role Summary

Do you come from mechanical engineering and don't just want to manage sales through numbers? Do you know how to successfully manage commercial agencies even though they are not subject to your disciplinary authority? And as a sales manager, do you want to stay close to customers, markets and technology?

Then a task with real impact awaits you here.

We are looking for an international sales manager (m/f/d) for a medium-sized mechanical engineering company in the Aachen region as part of a planned succession. You will take responsibility for international sales and will be given power of attorney in the future.

Sound like you?

Then apply directly via JOIN. A CV is sufficient for the first step.

We will look at your documents personally and then speak confidentially about the company, the task and your motivation to change.

Do you meet our minimum requirements, but not every nice-to-have point? Then we still look forward to your application!

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Responsibilities

• You are responsible for international sales and report directly to management.
• You lead six sales employees who are responsible for international markets.
• You manage 20 to 30 commercial agencies worldwide – even without direct authority.
• You will further develop existing customers and specifically build new business.
• You decide which sales partners work, are developed or need to be replaced.
• You stay close to customers and work closely with design and manufacturing.
• The commercial representations in particular play a central role. Growth increasingly arises in markets that are served by external partners.

Requirements

• We are deliberately not looking for a sales manager from outside the industry.
• You have worked for several years in international sales of capital goods that require explanation in special, special or plant engineering.
• You have set up and actively managed commercial representations, agents or distributors.
• You have already led a team in a disciplinary or verifiable professional manner.
• You know both owner-managed customers and structured purchasing organizations.
• You speak German and English fluently and are willing to travel internationally (approx. 70 days per year)
• A technical degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or industrial engineering is a good fit.
• An equivalent technical qualification with relevant practice is also possible.
• Your profile is particularly interesting if...
• ... you have already gained experience with processing foam, rubber, cork or related flexible materials.
• Spanish or French are also a plus. The same applies to cooperation with an independently operating foreign company, for example in the USA.
• These points are not a minimum requirement. Knowledge of materials can be developed, but reliable mechanical engineering experience cannot.

Benefits

• Upper middle class company car
• Power of attorney and direct access to management
• A planned succession with a structured handover
• Mobile working as a supplement to regular presence in the Aachen region
• Our client is a medium-sized mechanical engineering company with its own development and production in the Aachen region.
• The company develops machines that require explanation for international customers. Every order combines sales, design, production and subsequent acceptance by the customer.
• Sales are carried out both directly and through a global network of sales representatives. There is also an independently operating subsidiary in the USA.
• You will find out the name of our client in a personal conversation with Saleshead.