Regional Sales Manager - German Speaking

Diamond Search Recruitment are delighted to be representing our client, a caring employer and the global market leader in their field. Working within the furniture manufacture arena, with a specific niche, they sell their products to a wide range of markets including education, hospitality, leisure & public sector. Our client has been established in the UK for nearly 50 years and are part of a much larger group with a truly global presence.

Seeking a German speaking Regional Sales Manager, this is a great opportunity to join this market leader! The position reports directly to the Head of Sales and is available for immediate start for the successful candidate.

The Package

The package will be negotiable dependent on the background and experience of the candidate, however, this will consist of the following.

• Competitive basic salary.
• Open ended commission scheme from Euro one, paid monthly giving excellent OTE potential for those who deliver.
• Company pension scheme.
• Car allowance.
• Plus usual benefits and business tools.

The Role

Due to a change in career direction the current Sales Manager, our client are looking to strengthen their team with the recruitment of a Regional Sales Manager for the German education market. The current customer base is through distributors. In recent years our client have experienced considerable growth in the German education sector and now need an experienced professional to take the business forward.

The role will be to maintain and grow sales within the existing customer base and established new routes to market whilst opening up new product opportunities to the existing customers. Also to identify and gain new business within the target markets, broadening the appeal and subsequent sales of the full product portfolio to a much wider audience.

The Candidate

Our client have a history of long standing service with many of its employees. The ideal candidate should be possessing a dedicated work ethic and be enthusiastic, wanting to develop a long-standing career with a stable company and market leading brand. This employer invests a lot of time, energy and money into the training of all of their staff, so selecting a person looking for a career rather than just a job is essential. The role also has some physical elements at times such as when moving and demonstrating products, so it is important that any candidate is physically able to carry out these tasks.

The role would be ideal for an ambitious and successful field sales person with real business development and account management skills, wanting to progress their career to the next level.

Essential requirements

o German speaking with English as a second language.

o Experience within the German and wider European education market.

o An accomplished sales person who is a self-starter, engaging, confident, highly motivated and hungry to succeed.

o Possessing a positive outlook and able to communicate and negotiate at all levels.

o A proven track record in researching their relevant market and able to create new lead generation.

o Capable of managing their own time and booking own appointments with effective journey planning.

o Understands the entire sales process from research to after sales.

o Open minded and always looking at new opportunities and routes to market.

o Able to work within tight deadlines and to target including KPIs both financial and none financial.

o Good working knowledge of basic IT systems such as MS office and CRM packages (ideally Salesforce.com).

Desirable requirements

o Contacts within the German education sector

o Promoting products in collaboration with distributors to effectively market new and existing products in the German education market.

If you are as excited by this role as we are, and if you have the skills, experience, drive and passion to be successful in this role we want to hear from you. Apply today!

Diamond Search Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency regarding this vacancy.