Head of Sales Rail

The head of sales has the overall responsibility for the management of the assigned business field in IEMEA CES Rail.

The head of sales defines and executes the business strategy for the assigned business field identifies and prioritizes all necessary activities of the team members and aligns all support functions (e.g. marketing application engineering customer logistics sales operations pricing PD operation) to ensure successful execution of the strategy as well as achievement of defined sales and profitability targets.

This position fully represents the business fields in EMEA with a high degree of complexity as customers include demanding OEMs end-users and service partners for highly engineered products and service solutions.

Key responsiblities:

• Developing sub-vertical business strategy (including growth and profit planning) defining and executing all necessary activities to ensure target achievement.
• Identifying and closing business opportunities based on thorough analysis of market customer and portfolio potentials.
• Representing business in relevant forums and initiatives (e.g. Growth Fields).
• Developing strategic sales plan as well as budgets and forecasts.
• Monitoring of monthly achievables (sales/margin order intake backlogs overdues).
• Definition of corrective actions in case of deviation to plan.
• Participating in SIOP process to inform operations about volume trends and capacity needs.
• Coaching and developing team members with emphasis on general sales as well as cross-selling and value selling skills.
• Understanding the market (portfolio volume channels) trends (commercial technological) and competitive landscape.
• Building up customer-specific knowledge identifying key decision-makers.
• Sharing customer intelligence providing/forwarding visit reports to management.
• Presenting business status and reports at regular Vertical Management meetings.
• Customer satisfaction development and improvement actions on Sub-vertical level.
• Establishing intensifying and maintaining strong trustful relationship with key decision makers at target customer(s).
• Leading (de-)escalation and negotiation processes and where necessary escalating issues to management.
• Establishing management dialogues and customer events (e.g. techdays strategy meetings) and following up on actions.

Qualifications :

• Degree in Engineering (Mechanical Industrial Automotive) or Business Administration Master
• >15 years in sales/key account management/marketing leadership role
• Ability to lead complex cross-functional projects and teams
• Previous leadership experience (min. 5 years)
• Previous participation in international projects and international business travel to customers partners projects
• Fluent English knowledge

Additional Information :

Personal Attributes: 

• Customer orientation & ownership mindset 

• Results-driven & problem-solving approach 

• Intercultural competence & team spirit 

• Adaptability & eagerness to learn 

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time