Sales Project Manager
Billions of people come into contact with Bhler technologies to cover their basic needs for food and mobility every day. For this, we develop the best process solutions along complete value chains and make full use of digitalization, for example with our digital platform Bhler Insights. It monitors, analyzes and adjusts industrial processes to make them more efficient. Digital solutions are the key drivers to reach our targets of reducing energy, waste and water usage in our customers' value chains by 50% by 2025. Two billion people each day enjoy foods produced on Bhler equipment; and one billion people travel in vehicles manufactured with parts produced with our machinery. Having this global relevance, we are in a unique position to turn today's global challenges into sustainable and good business in close collaboration with customers, academia and start-ups.
Bhler has two business pillars: Grains & Food solutions ensure safe and healthy food and feed. Advanced Materials contributes to the production of energy-efficient vehicles and buildings.
Value Nutrition is the global solution and technology partner for producers of animal feed, pet food, aqua feed, pasta and noodles, vegetable oil, cereals, and snacks.
- You implement the sales targets of the Business Unit "Human Nutrition" together with the local sales teams in the assigned regions.
- You advise the sales teams in the respective branches on technical, technological, and commercial issues and develop customer-specific concepts, involving internal and external specialists.
- You are responsible for the technical leadership and coordination of the sales process for pasta and extrusion plants byinvolving the local sales teams.
- You support, train, and further develop our local service and sales organizations in the assigned area.
- You acquire, develop, and maintain customer and business relationships and represent the company convincingly.
- You ensure the required market transparency (market potential, competitor activities, customer behavior, etc.) and communicate market needs and trends to product management.
- You understand the needs of our current and future customers, identify potential markets, and develop new solutions in collaboration with product management.
- You have a technical education (FH, university, or HF is desirable) as well as relevant commercial further education in business administration, marketing, or sales.
- You have professional experience in international sales of capital goods as well as knowledge in the food industry or in the field of process engineering or engineering.
- You possess strong intercultural competencies.
- You are a charismatic and entrepreneurial sales personality with strong customer orientation and multicultural understanding.
- You possess excellent communication skills, negotiation skills, and diplomacy.
- You have business-fluent German and English language skills. Additional languages such as French are an advantage.
- You are highly flexible and resilient, and willing to travel for approximately 30% of your working time.
- Career and personal development
- Cross-cultural working environment
- Employer-funded pension plan
- Canteen
- Parking area
- Good connections with public transport
- Employee benefits and discounts
- Profit-sharing
- Seniority bonus
- In-house Women in STEM program
- Women@MLS Network
- GenerationB Community
Didier Chtelat
Recruiting Partner
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