Sales Director Europe - Sealing Solutions

Astrantia Talent is recruiting exclusively for a highly innovative and technologically oriented globally operating business, committed to provide their customers with high-performance sealing solutions.

The company not only has an extensive research and development department, but also in-house testing facilities where new designs and customer-specific material mixtures are further developed.

Headquarters are located in the US with additional locations in Germany and Austria.

Tasks

• Act as the head of the European sales teams across industries and are responsible for building long-term and sustainable business relationships.
• You are part of the European leadership team and act as a member of the commercial organizational unit on a global level.
• Set the sales goals together with the management, track the relevant KPIs and ensure that sales targets are achieved.
• Independently develop medium and long-term customer strategies and implement them independently with the sales teams.
• Take on the technical and disciplinary leadership of a highly committed team whose members are spread across different locations.
• Observe and analyze the market, develop tailored marketing measures (including social media) and pursue them independently.
• Collect information on new service and product options, special needs, market developments and customer feedback and pass this on directly to the management team.
• Prepare and present technical presentations to explain products to new and existing customers and address their specific requirements.
• Continuously develop your technical sealing knowledge in relation to the application specifications (speed, temperature, pressure, etc.) and make recommendations on improved materials for the respective application.

Profile

• Successfully completed a degree in mechanical engineering, business administration or a comparable qualification.
• At least five years of professional experience in sales, of which at least three years in a management position.
• Extensive knowledge of seals and sealing solutions.
• Very implementation-oriented, customer-oriented and you act with a sense of urgency.
• Strong degree of customer orientation, have an entrepreneurial mindset and act accordingly, have a confident demeanor and a high level of problem-solving ability.
• High skills in the area of strategic planning and project management.
• Highly self-motivated and flexible as well as highly assertive.
• Very good written and spoken German and English skills.

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