French and German speaking Technical Sales Manager

French Selection (Fs)

French and German speaking Technical Sales Manager Location: Home and Field-Based across Germany and France Salary: Up to €70,000 per annum depending on experience plus bonus plus car allowance Ref: 8253ES

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The Company: A leading engineering and manufacturing company that provides electrical and electronic solutions for different industries.

Main Duties

To manage key customer and distributor relationships across established European export markets, while identifying new business opportunities and driving sustainable growth.

The Role

• Manage and grow relationships with key customers and business partners in the DACH and French regions, with potential to expand into additional European territories
• Take ownership of designated projects throughout the sales process, working closely with project managers to meet customer requirements.
• Travel to visit clients on-site for meetings, exhibitions, product demonstrations and industry events (up to 60% of the time for the first year)
• Support with quotations and tender documents where required
• Record customer visits and outcomes in the CRM system, and prepare sales forecasts and reports
• Analyse competitor activity and market intelligence to identify new opportunities, build sales pipeline and increase market share

The Candidate:

• Fluent in French and German (written and spoken) with strong English - Essential
• Proven experience in B2B technical sales (electric or electronic backgrounds preferred)
• Strong track record of maintaining existing accounts and developing new business
• Confident communicator with strong presentation and negotiation skills.
• Commercially minded, proactive and comfortable working independently.
• Well organised, with good CRM, reporting and pipeline management skills.
• Flexible and willing to travel extensively across Europe with a full driving licence.
• Based in either Eastern France or Western Germany for an easy commute across the designated territory

The salary: Up to €70,000 per annum depending on experience plus bonus plus car allowance

French Selection, leading UK-based consultancy specialising in the recruitment of bilingual and multilingual professionals for international business (industries and services). We are the leading recruitment consultancy for German, French, Italian and Spanish speaking positions. Also recruiting for positions with other languages such as Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian languages, Mandarin, Japanese and Arabic