Technical Sales Engineer – Tire Industry (f/m/d)
At a glance
Mid-level Solutions & Sales Engineering role at Freudenberg. Maisach · full-time.
Pay not stated
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What you'll do
- Grow business in Germany, Hungary and Slovenia through existing accounts and newly identified opportunities
- Build strategic relationships with technical, operational and commercial customer contacts
- Plan and support on-site product trials, coordinating with production and turning results into sales opportunities
- Create technically and commercially valuable solutions from customer processes and requirements
- Track customer needs, market shifts and competitor activity to uncover development opportunities
What you bring
- An engineering, science or comparable technical qualification, plus the ability to analyze industrial processes quickly
- Several years selling technical B2B products or solutions, developing business or managing industrial key accounts
- You can uncover customer needs, connect technical detail to commercial value and negotiate effectively
- Fluent German and English, with regular travel across the assigned sales territory
Who this fits
This role suits a self-directed technical sales professional who can engage production, engineering, management and procurement stakeholders. You will work across Germany, Hungary and Slovenia and need to travel regularly throughout that territory. The position is based in Maisach, Germany.
From the employer
Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world!
Responsibilities:
Business Development: Drive profitable growth across Germany, Hungary and Slovenia by developing existing customers and identifying new business opportunities.
Key Accounts: Build and develop strategic customer relationships across technical, operational and commercial functions.
Technical Projects: Plan, coordinate and support product trials and customer projects on site, working closely with production teams and translating results into commercial opportunities.
Value Selling: Understand your customers' processes and requirements and develop solutions that deliver compelling technical and commercial value.
Market Development: Monitor customer needs, market trends and competitive developments and identify opportunities to further strengthen our market position.
Collaboration: Work closely with technical, product development and marketing teams as well as distributors and sales partners to develop the right solutions for our customers.
Qualifications:
Technical Background: Degree or comparable qualification in engineering, science or another technical discipline, combined with the ability to quickly understand and analyze industrial processes.
Sales Experience: Several years of B2B technical sales, business development or key account management experience with value-added products or solutions in an industrial environment.
Sales Capability: Strong ability to identify customer needs, ask the right questions and combine technical understanding with commercial acumen and negotiation skills.
Customer Focus: Confidence working with stakeholders across production and technical functions as well as management and procurement, combined with strong listening and communication skills.
Personal Approach: Entrepreneurial, curious and self-motivated, with a high degree of independence and the ambition to continue developing professionally and personally.
Languages & Mobility: Fluent German and English combined with willingness to travel regularly throughout the sales territory.
The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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