Head of Sales Central Europe (a)

About the job

• You are responsible for the sales development of one of our most important regions and set clear impulses for profitable growth as an initiator.
• You consistently drive market activities to achieve targets in the respective countries with a pronounced hands-on mentality.
• As a trusted sparring partner, you build sustainable relationships with key customers and proactively develop the relevant industry segments for the entire Baumer portfolio.
• You increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the sales organisation within the given processes.

• A completed engineering degree (FH/University) with business management training as well as solid know-how in international B2B component business.
• Proven leadership and sales experience in larger international industrial companies, ideally in automation and component business.
• A winning leadership personality: analytical, holistic thinking, pragmatic action, and with self-motivated drive and a good dose of resilience to master challenges.
• Strong enthusiasm for intensive operational sales work and direct customer contact at all levels.
• Fluent German and English skills - clear, convincing and audience-appropriate communication.

• Infrastructure & Equipment: Depending on the location, there are free parking spaces, changing rooms with shower facilities, discounted clothing and other advantages.
• Catering: We provide affordable, good catering, special offers for night shifts and for in-between there are fruits and mineral water.
• Work-Life Balance & Family: We support families and design working hours as flexibly as possible. And very importantly: unforeseen incidents and difficult times also have a place with us.
• Events: We also like to celebrate events. For example, at our legendary summer parties or the joint Christmas celebrations. Or on our team outings. And we are also quite competitive in sports events.
• Care & Bonuses: We say thank you for long-standing company loyalty or special commitment in job recommendations externally. We appreciate special effort and give something back.
• Health: We have high standards in occupational safety and support our employees with health offers to stay fit and healthy.
• Social Benefits: Depending on the location, we support our employees with attractive conditions for pension, accident and special leave.
• Young Talent: We equip our professionals of tomorrow with top training. Besides that, there are other experiences best made when young. Joint camps with various sports and group activities, for example.
• Knowledge & Learning: In addition to language courses, we offer company-specific further training depending on the professional field. And so that one hand knows what the other is doing, we enable assignments in other work areas.
• Discounts & Reductions: Depending on the location, our employees benefit from special conditions and discounts in the areas of sport, leisure and clothing.

The Baumer Group is an internationally leading manufacturer of sensors and measuring instruments for factory and process automation. We owe this success to our approximately 2,800 employees worldwide, who are always searching for the best solutions for our customers with passion, expertise and commitment.