Verkaufsleiter (m/w/d) (LK 1145)

Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
On-site · Köln, Germany · Aachen, Germany · Bonn, Germany
Experience
3 years

Job description

A regional sales director role leading all sales activities for the Rhineland region of a German sanitary, building services and civil engineering wholesaler, managing 11 locations and 82 employees.

At a glance

Employment
Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
Work mode
On-site · Köln, Germany · Aachen, Germany · Bonn, Germany
Languages
German

What you'll do

  • Lead, steer and develop all sales activities for the region
  • Disciplinary and technical leadership of subordinate employees, partly via team leader structures
  • Support field sales customer care through accompanying, coaching and training sales staff, with own visits in individual cases
  • Manage and advise key accounts and acquire new customers
  • Plan and control sales volume, revenue, costs and results
  • Develop existing customer relationships and expand new market potential
  • Ensure efficient sales processes and clear responsibilities
  • Further develop structures, leadership processes and ways of working
  • Provide impetus for a modern, customer-oriented and high-performing sales organization
  • Develop and implement marketing strategies and sales promotion measures
  • Conduct market research and competitor analyses

What we're looking for

  • Solid commercial and technical knowledge from education and career background
  • Several years of sales experience in a leadership position in building services or adjacent industries
  • Experience in companies with comparable trading structures or multi-level sales organizations, e.g. building materials or building technology/electrical
  • Familiar with revenue and result responsibility as well as entrepreneurial thinking and acting
  • Structured, results- and goal-oriented way of working
  • Strong negotiation and communication skills
  • Assertive, able to handle conflict and highly persuasive
  • High social competence and ability to motivate and inspire people
  • Natural leadership competence, team orientation and pronounced analytical-strategic competence

Nice to have

  • Good knowledge of MS Office programs and preferably SAP R/3

Benefits

  • Much creative freedom

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About Laszlo & Kollegen Personalberatung GmbH

The client is one of the most successful trading companies in the sanitary, building services and civil engineering sector in Germany.

Key facts

  • 82 Mitarbeiter unterstellt
  • The region covers 11 locations including the three main sites Cologne, Aachen and Bonn plus showrooms and pro stores
  • 82 employees in inside and field sales report to the role