Vice President Sales (m/w/d)

Main tasks:

• Strategic and operational responsibility and direct management of the Sales division.
• Responsible for the development, planning and implementation of a global sales strategy.
• Introduction and improvement of all global sales processes and methods.
• Sustainable business development and profitable growth.
• Initiating and implementing measures to acquire potential new customers, maintaining existing customers.
• Trusting and constructive cooperation with the management.
• Coaching, leadership and motivation of the entire sales department.

Experience/knowledge:

• Management experience in various functions of a comparable task in B2B sales or preferably also from second line at team leader level.
• Experience in analysing the market and competition in the automotive, off-highway and aviation sectors.
• Market access and sound sales experience in automotive and other applications, in the segments: Engineering, Test Equipment and Components.
• High level of creativity, entrepreneurial spirit and organisational skills.
• Experience in negotiation methodology, as well as excellent negotiation skills with assertiveness, a strong goal-orientation and ‘finisher’ mentality.
• Modern cooperative leadership style based on partnership.
• Charismatic and inspiring personality.
• High social competence, leadership qualities as well as a high level of motivation and empathy.

This is what our client offers you:

• An innovative, international, dynamic working environment in an SME with a start-up mentality.
• Flat hierarchies and open corporate communication.
• A high degree of personal responsibility and varied activities.
• An attractive overall package.