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Sales Manager Professional (f/m/d)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • University degree and at least 5 years of professional experience in the B2B cleaning industry, ideally with a solid network and market exposure in Switzerland.
  • Deep expertise in the professional cleaning segment, B2B business models, and related business processes (sales, finance, logistics, marketing).
  • Strong commercial and strategic mindset, including solid understanding of financial KPIs and alignment with the Freudenberg Guiding Principles.
  • Initial people-management experience with excellent communication, negotiation, change-management and stakeholder-influencing skills; fluent in English.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and supervise the associated team, including people leadership development and talent succession planning, with direct responsibility for distribution partners in Switzerland/Germany and selected strategic customer accounts.
  • Lead and coordinate sales activities to achieve turnover and defined sales performance KPIs, aligning structure, channels and target groups with End-User Field Team and Key Account Management.
  • Contribute to sales planning, forecasting and monitoring of yearly, quarterly and monthly sales and gross profit; collaborate with Controlling for TBM management and with logistics for demand planning (SOP).
  • Own distributor accounts, including negotiation of central conditions (pricing, rebates, targets), and lead/support distributors in sales/marketing activities; attend negotiation meetings and business reviews.

About the company

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Freudenberg Group

Plastics & Rubber Manufacturing

Freudenberg is a global technology group that strengthens its customers and society long-term through forward-looking innovations. Together with its partners, customers and research institutions, the Freudenberg Group develops leading-edge technologies and excellent products and services for about 40 markets and for thousands of applications: seals, vibration control components, technical textiles, filters, specialty chemicals, medical products and the most modern cleaning products. Strength of innovation, strong customer orientation, diversity, and team spirit are the cornerstones of the Group. The 170-year-old company holds strong to its core values: a commitment to excellence, reliability and pro-active, responsible action. In 2022, the Freudenberg Group employed more than 51,000 people in some 60 countries worldwide and generated sales of more than €11.7 billion. Learn more about us and visit our digital home at freudenberg.com and read the stories that make us Freudenberg.​ Visit and follow us at www.freudenberg.com https://www.instagram.com/freudenberg.group/ www.youtube.com/FreudenbergGroup www.facebook.com/freudenberggroup *** Netiquette *** We look forward to receiving your comments and posts. On behalf of all users, we ask for constructive contributions, mutual respect, courtesy and tolerance. All contributions will be checked and we reserve the right to delete contributions. This applies in particular to unlawful content, incorrect statements, advertising for third parties, spam or slander. In addition, we reserve the right to remove comments that are otherwise inappropriate or incorrect. Contributions made by external users do not necessarily reflect Freudenberg’s opinion. Please find our data protect information here: https://www.freudenberg.com/fileadmin/downloads/english/2020-11_DataProtectionInformation_SocialMedia_EN.pdf

Company details

Company typeXLarge
IndustryPlastics & Rubber Manufacturing
Company size10001

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Responsibilities:

  • Leading and Supervising the associated team (incl. people Leadership development, Talent & Succession Planning) with direct responsibility for distribution partners in Switzerland/ Germany as well as selected strategic customer accounts
  • Leading and Coordinating the Sales Activities in terms of Turnover and defined Sales & Performance KPIs according to the Strategy in terms of structure, channels and target group with close cooperation with End-User Field Team and Key Account Management
  • Strong contribution in Sales Planning, forecasting and monitoring of yearly, quarterly and monthly sales and gross profit, close cooperation with Controlling for TBM management, as well as close cooperation with logistics for demand planning (S&OP)
  • Account responsibility for distributors incl. negotiation of central conditions (pricing, rebates, targets, etc.), incl. lead and support the distributors in terms of sales & marketing activities, and attend negotiation meetings and business reviews
  • Frequent Activity monitoring and Sales Review via C4C and frequent review / sales reporting with the National Sales Manager by given Standards & Protocols

Qualifications:

  • University degree and at least 5 years of professional experience in the B2B cleaning industry, ideally with a solid network and market exposure in Switzerland.
  • Deep expertise in the professional cleaning segment, B2B business models, and related business processes (sales, finance, logistics, marketing).
  • Strong commercial and strategic mindset, including solid understanding of financial KPIs and alignment with the Freudenberg Guiding Principles.
  • Initial people‑management experience combined with excellent communication, negotiation, change‑management and stakeholder‑influencing skills.
  • Analytical, team‑oriented and self‑driven work style, with the ability to lead teams and operate independently; fluent in English.

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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