Managing Director Sales & Engeneering

Scherl & Partner GmbH

Place of work
Czech Republic
Contract type
full-time
Wage (gross)
According to position - negotiable

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

- Our client aims to strengthen its market position, especially for export markets.
- The Managing Director Sales & Engineering will be wholly responsible for engineering, business development, customer service to existing customers, new customer acquisition and market development.
- Leadership, coordination, motivation and control of the staff on site in Sales and Engineering.
- Definition, planning and implementation of the established goals concerning revenue, profit and market penetration in close cooperation with the Head Office.
- Coordinating sales activities (also with agencies) and supporting Sales personal from other group companies.
- Preparing and defining offers with the internal interfaces.
- You are acting as interface between the clients and the company.
- Key-Account-Management and establishing and cultivating of long-term business relationships at all decision-making levels.
- Active marketing, defining and developing new machine concepts based on market research and on negotiatons with clients.
- Developing individual sales programs and strategies for the different regions.
- Market and competitor analysis.
- You use your technical competence and business skills to provide the customers with individual solutions, actively conveying the benefits of “your” products.
- Reporting to the Head Office.

Employee perks, benefits

a. A very motivating and responsible position with excellent prospects in a successful, distinguished company from Western Europe with international operations
b. Excellent training, preparation and practice, both on site and in Germany
c. A very good salary, reflecting the position
d. A safe and secure job in a company with successful operations worldwide
e. Additional benefits, e.g. company car, laptop, phone and profit sharing

Company on whose behalf the position is being filled

Machinery industry

Our client is an international company from the German-speaking countries and in the field of special-purpose machines for textile, plastics and glass fibre industry one of the market leaders. Currently the company employs appr. 300 staff in own subsidiaries in some countries and is exporting in more than 80 countries all over the world. The company aims to expand its market position. For the production site in Czech Republic there is the position as Managing Director Sales & Engineering to fill.

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

University education (Master's degree)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)

Educational Specialization

Machine-building engineer or technical degree, preferably from the textile industry

Language skills

Czech - Proficiency (C2) and English - Upper intermediate (B2)

Driving licence

B

Number of years of experience

5

Personality requirements and skills

- Excellent command of Czech (on a native level) and very good command of English, both spoken and written.
- Several years of successful executive, sales and engineering experience, preferably within an international company, preferably in the machine-building industry.
- Basic commercial knowledge.
- Preferably good market and/or industry knowledge.
- Excellent leadership skills, experience in personnel management as well as ability to motivate a team.
- You are a very strong leader, someone who is convincing, can rely on his own competence and know how to assert yourself in dealing with both customers and staff, on the other hand you cultivate team-oriented personal management style.
- You are competent, proactive and focused in your actions and approach, your conduct is confident and friendly.
- Willingness to travel.

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Brief description of the company

All information from you will be treated of course with the usual discretion and strictly confidential!

P.S. We greatly appreciate your interest in the advertised position, but please note that, at the request of our client, we can only consider your application, if your qualification matches the profile we are looking for.

We ask for your understanding that, due to the available capacities, we can only respond to applications that are as close as possible to the desired profile.

Thank you in advance!

Number of employees

5-9 employees
ID: 1949563  Dátum zverejnenia: 5.12.2014  Základná zložka mzdy (brutto) a ďalšie odmeny: According to position - negotiable