Senior Sales Engineer
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Job Summary
In this role you will be the front-line face of our company managing high-value capital expenditure (CapEx) sales cycles. Your primary focus will be serving B2B clients across major food sectors including meat fish dairy cheese vegetable and potato processing. This position requires extensive travel during the week to client sites with only a few days spent in the office. You will be part of the Benelux team with full support from specialist and back office.
Responsibilities / Tasks
As Senior Sales Engineer Food Processing Solutions you
Generate Sales: Drive revenue by selling industrial food processing machines and full production lines.
Manage Pipeline: Lead the complete B2B sales cycle from prospecting to closing high-value deals.
Build Relationships: Develop and maintain deep trusted partnerships with key stakeholders and decision-makers.
Provide Consultative Selling: Analyze client production needs to recommend tailored high-efficiency application solutions.
Collaborate Internally: Work with engineering product and service teams to design technical project proposals.
Negotiate Contracts: Lead commercial and technical negotiations for complex long-term capital equipment contracts.
Analyze Markets: Monitor food industry trends competitor activities and emerging regional market opportunities.
Represent the Brand: Showcase products and network at major international food technology trade shows.
Your Profile / Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Food Technology Business or a related field.
Minimum of 58 years in front-line industrial B2B sales within food processing.
Deep understanding of meat fish dairy cheese vegetable or potato processing technologies.
Verifiable history of meeting or exceeding quotas for high-value machinery or CapEx sales.
Flawless negotiation presentation and verbal communication skills.
Willingness to travel extensively to client production facilities and factory sites.
Possesses exceptional interpersonal skills to navigate complex multi-layered client organizations.
Acts as a strategic partner to clients rather than a transactional salesperson.
Thrives in a competitive environment with long demanding sales cycles.
Comfortably translates complex engineering concepts into clear value-driven business benefits.
Demonstrates a high level of autonomy discipline and strong regional traveling stamina.
Our offer:
A competitive salary package including company car meal vouchers group insurance health insurance etc.
20 vacation days 12 ADV days (40 hours working week)
An international work environment and opportunity to work with top pharma customers.
GEA will invest in your personal development and support internal as well as external training programs for your further development.
Ability to work in an environment where innovation and change is part of the everyday cultre.
What happens once you have applied
You will receive an e-mail when your application has been processed.
One of our Talent Acquisition Partners will assess whether the application meets the qualifications of the position. If your application has been successfully reviewed you will be invited for an initial interview either virtually or in person. We usually make a decision after the second/third interview. Do not hesitate to contact our team at any stage of your application.
Did we spark your interest
Then please click apply above to access our guided application process.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
GEA makes an important contribution to a sustainable future with its solutions and services, particularly in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical sectors.
