Trainee Strategic Business (f/m/d) 50%

At Endress+Hauser, progress happens through collaboration. As a world-leading provider of measuring instruments, our more than 18,000 employees shape the future of process automation. Whether innovating and implementing new technologies as a team, collaborating on the development of new devices, or strengthening key relationships with various global industries: our work is based on building trusting relationships that help everyone succeed. As a family-run company, we look beyond short-term goals and work to create a future-oriented vision for our employees, our customers, and the world at large.

To strengthen our team, we are looking for a committed and analytically minded individual as a Trainee Strategic Business 50% for 12 months starting October 2026.

What is the role about?

Are you passionate about strategic issues, developing long-term customer relationships, and analysing markets and business potentials? Would you like to understand how sustainable growth arises through close collaboration with customers and internal departments? Do you enjoy working at the interface of sales, strategy, and business development?

Then you might be exactly the person we are looking for. In our trainee programme, you will learn the basics of Strategic Account Management and gain insights into the development and implementation of growth strategies for international key customers. You will work closely with experienced colleagues and gradually take on your own tasks and projects.

What tasks will you take on?

You will

• support experienced Strategic Account Managers in the care and strategic development of important customers.
• use modern sales, analysis, and collaboration tools to make workflows more efficient and support data-driven decisions.
• conduct market, customer, and competitor analyses as well as identify growth and business potentials.
• contribute to the creation and implementation of account plans and strategic customer concepts.
• support and actively shape strategy meetings and cross-departmental projects.
• coordinate activities between sales, service, product management, and other internal stakeholders.
• prepare presentations, reports, and decision-making bases and get to know the solution, product, and service portfolio of Endress+Hauser.

What do we expect from you?

You

• have a completed degree in business administration, industrial engineering, economics, or a comparable field.
• are interested in strategic sales, business development, and the development of long-term customer relationships.
• think analytically, recognise connections, and identify potentials and growth opportunities.
• work in a structured, independent, and solution-oriented manner and like to take responsibility.
• convince with strong communication skills, confident appearance, and enjoyment in collaborating with different stakeholders.
• have a strong affinity for digitalisation and working with the provided AI tools and possess very good German and English skills, both spoken and written.

What can you expect from us?

• We are a family-run company with great commitment and a sustainable vision.
• We value a balanced work-life balance and offer flexible working hours and the possibility of home office.
• We support sustainable mobility options such as public transport to make commuting easier for our employees.
• We promote lifelong learning through diverse training and development opportunities, internal knowledge transfer, and e-learning.