Sales Manager: Building Envelope & Timber

About the job

Our client is a traditional, cooperatively organised service provider in the Swiss construction industry with around 850 employees. Here, long-standing industry experience meets fresh ideas. The culture is open, fair, honest and down-to-earth. Characterised by trust, personal responsibility and genuine scope for creativity. Together, they work actively to shape the future of the construction industry.

Your Role

• You are responsible for market development and sales in the area of building envelope & timber in the Eastern region
• You lead and develop the internal and external sales team (8-10 employees) with clarity and commitment
• You deliberately expand existing customer relationships and acquire new customers for long-term partnerships
• You advise customers competently and develop suitable solution offers for their construction projects
• You help shape the product range and pricing in close cooperation with category management
• You negotiate on equal terms with decision-makers and actively accompany relevant construction projects
• As a member of the management team of the Eastern sales region, you coordinate closely with the management of Building Envelope & Timber Switzerland as well as with other regions and specialist departments
• You represent and contribute to professional associations and expert committees

Your Profile

• Technical basic training in the field of timber construction, e.g. joiner, carpenter
• Sales management school or a comparable business administration qualification
• Several years of sales experience, ideally in timber construction, building envelope or building materials trade
• Several years of leadership experience
• Sound specialist knowledge in timber construction, building envelope or industry-specific products
• Strength in market development, customer development and new customer acquisition
• Confident handling of sales, margin and sales key figures
• Entrepreneurial thinking, sense of responsibility as well as assertiveness and result orientation
• Fluent German skills, additional languages, especially Romansh, are a plus

What Awaits You

• Targeted internal and external training opportunities
• Attractive social benefits with own pension fund; two thirds of the pension fund contributions are paid by the employer
• A modern infrastructure
• A company car for private use
• At least 25 days of holiday

Interested?

Then we look forward to receiving your application documents. The mandate is exclusively managed by swisselect. For further information about the position and the application process, Robert Hollinger will be happy to assist you at 079 468 13 34.