Area Sales Manager

Semperit is an internationally-oriented corporate group that develops, produces, and distributes highly specialized rubber products in five different segments. Semperit is known in the market for its high-quality products and has distribution partners in more than 100 countries.

We are now expanding the sales team in the SEMPERFLEX segment, which develops, manufactures, and markets hydraulic and industrial hoses worldwide. Semperflex is Europe's largest hose manufacturer with factories in Austria and the Czech Republic, as well as global locations in China and Thailand. The position of Area Sales Manager for Western Europe is currently vacant in this team, with main markets including France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal.

**Area Sales Manager - Western Europe (France, Italy, Spain, Portugal)**

**Key responsibilities**:

- Execute market strategy in one of the top regions of Semperflex
- Active order acquisition and intensive customer management to grow sales turnover and sold quantities
- Market intelligence, ongoing market research including the update of Sales Funnel and knowledge in CRM database (_SalesForce_)
- Identification of new potential customers and growth of supply share at existing customers
- Travel planning in an efficient way, incl. proper customer visit preparation and reporting
- Troubleshooting, price negotiations and adjustments, claim setting, major daily issues
- Organization of factory visits with our customers
- Close cooperation with our customer service and product management

**Who we are looking for**:

- Technical or commercial education (HTL, University, University of applied science)
- Min. 3 years working experience in B2B sales, ideally in Europe and /or international
- English: fluent. French and/or Italian: fluent. Any other foreign language is an advantage
- Structured and well organised working approach
- Self-driven and affinity for numbers
- Ability + ambition to develop career further in mid-term
- Driving License
- Willingness to travel in Sales Region "Western Europe" (~60% of working time)

**We offer you**:

- An international environment with production sites in Europe (Austria, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary), Asia (China, India, Malaysia, Thailand) and America (USA).
- Good development opportunities and comprehensive further training are guaranteed.
- An interesting challenge with attractive general conditions within the Semperit Group.
- Modern digital working tools with laptop and iPhone
- Flexible working hours and home office
- Company car

**Location**:2632 Wimpassing (70 km south of Vienna) for approximately 1 day per week

**Gross yearly salary**: from EUR 70.000 including sales bonus - higher rates dependent on professional qualifications and experience

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