Director of Sales and Marketing

<div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p>Our confidential client is a dynamic international leader and manufacturing industry visionary, experiencing accelerated growth. They are focused on embedded products and artificial intelligence, conducting their operation with the primary goal of providing their client portfolio with a high level of technical expertise and engineering services, supported by a full customer satisfaction priority in their specialized market across the globe.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Stuttgart Area, Germany

Career Opportunities International (C.O.I.)

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Director

Overview: <div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p>Our client is seeking an experienced sales and marketing leader with a solid technical background in embedded products. The ideal candidate will bring a broad commercial knowledge, have change management capabilities, and having strategic conversations with clients.</p> <p>The Director of Sales and Marketing is expected to serve their well known customers, hold a key leadership role that will generate new business, strengthen their existing business, and both form and support a dynamic and growing team. This leader should be dedicated to excellence when thinking about the client experience.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>
Responsibilities: <div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <ul> <li>Development and management of a sales and marketing with appropriate sales channels and internal sales support</li> <li>Designing and executing the sales and go-to-market strategies in coordination with the product line strategy and the Global Marketing team</li> <li>Ensure strong alignment with GPM (Global Product Management), RS, and E&amp;C</li> <li>Responsible for defining and implementing the sales and market strategy in coordination with the product line strategy (all product lines)</li> <li>Definition of sales objectives, as well as the ongoing review of their progress and implementation</li> <li>Development and management of an organization for product marketing and digital marketing (combination of internal and external resources)</li> <li>Develop pricing for products and services, ensuring that the organization has profitable margins based on budget targets across the entire product mix</li> <li>Securing the order intake and sales budget, as well as the achievement of the budgeted gross margin and EBIT</li> <li>Managing customer contracts and agreements including identifying and responding to potential risks</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div>
Requirements: <div class="page" title="Page 2"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <ul> <li>5+ years international sales experience or 3+ years in a sales team management role</li> <li>Engineering background preferred (electrical technology or mechanical engineering) with a high affinity for sales. Alternatively sales, marketing or commercial training in the Capital goods, mechanical and electrical industries</li> <li>Proven track record of Sales experience in the industrial, defense, machinery, and related industries with embedded products is strongly preferred</li> <li>Fluent or native German speaker and comfortable with the English language (written and oral). Additional languages, a plus</li> <li>Strong communicator, adaptable, and technologically savvy</li> <li>Experience in the formulation and implementation of the market segment strategy (go-to-market strategy)</li> <li>Proven track of experience on the definition of customer channels and their performance management.</li> <li>Demonstrated experience utilizing marketing communication measures based on the defined product/market strategy</li> <li>Well-rounded market knowledge and ability to expand business relationships at all hierarchical levels</li> <li>Conducting customer surveys and ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction</li> <li>Electrical or mechanical engineering degree or similar university degree ideal with additional degree in business administration, sales or marketing, preferred</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div>