Area Sales Manager (f/m/d)

Working at Freudenberg: "We will wow your world!" This is our promise. As a global technology group, we not only make the world cleaner, healthier and more comfortable, but also offer our 51,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive individually. Be surprised and experience your own wow moments.
Klüber Lubrication, a company of the Freudenberg Group, is the global leader in speciality lubrication with manufacturing operations in North and South America, Europe and Asia, subsidiaries in more than 30 different countries and distribution partners in all regions of the world, supported by our HQs in Germany. We are passionate about innovative tribological solutions that help our customers to be successful. We supply products and services, many of them customized, in almost all industries from automotive to the wind energy markets.

Some of your Benefits

• Company Car: Benefit from a company car every time you drive.
• Corporate Events: We celebrate success as a team, because only together can we achieve our goals.
• Employee discounts: Opportunities for deals on products and services.
• Personal Development: We offer a variety of trainings to ensure you can develop in your career.
• International Opportunities: Grow in your career through international exchange and global job opportunities.

Traxit Wire Lubrication, a brand of Klüber Lubrication GmbH, is the specialist for high-performance lubricants for the wire drawing industry. We are one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-quality products. With our 140 years of experience and tribological know-how, we set new standards in the global wire drawing industry.

Hybrid Work

You support our team as

Area Sales Manager (f/m/d)

Responsibilities

• Exclusive marketing of Traxit products at Klüber Lubrication GmbH
• Independent consulting and support of our wire drawing customers in French-speaking countries (France, North Africa)
• Acquiring orders, securing and developing business
• Sales responsibility for your own Traxit sales territories
• Determination of processing priorities to achieve the planned sales growth
• Determining market potential and target groups
• Product and target group-oriented acquisition
• Initiation of Traxit product developments and new application possibilities
• Volume and sales planning as part of operational planning and reassessment
• Product and company presentation as well as participation in trade fairs and visits to exhibitions

Qualifications

• Successfully completed commercial or technical training and/or successfully completed engineering or technical studies
• Technically sound knowledge, preferably in the wire industry or metalworking sector
• Several years of professional experience in sales, ideally in field sales
• Professional customer and sales-oriented attitude
• Strong communication and contact skills as well as an entrepreneurial mindset
• Proficient in the use of modern IT applications
• Willingness to travel regularly (up to 50%)
• Good knowledge of French and English, other languages an advantage

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.