Area sales Manager for Small Scale Spray Dryers

Description

Are you ready to develop business opportunities in international markets, while supporting more sustainable industrial processes? And would you like to translate technologies into customer value with real-world impact? Then join GEA and take ownership of your own markets while collaborating closely with experienced specialists in sales, engineering and application development worldwide. GEA Group – Engineering for a better world You’ll be based at GEA’s Global Technology Centre in Søborg. The team consists of eight experienced colleagues who manage the full sales journey, from the very first customer dialogue to the signed contract. GEA is a world-leading process engineering group offering equipment and project solutions. The portfolio includes technologies relevant for the Chemical and Pharmaceutical industry as well as for the Food and Dairy industry. For the Business Line Chemical & Pharma, we are seeking a new international Area Sales Manager to join our team handling Small Scale Spray Dryers.

About GEA

• GEA is one of the largest suppliers for the food and beverage processing industry and a wide range of other process industries. Approximately 18,000 employees in more than 60 countries contribute significantly to GEA’s success – come and join them! We offer interesting and challenging tasks, a positive working environment in international teams and opportunities for personal development and growth in a global company.

• Why join GEA

• GEA is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will therefore receive consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, race, color, religion, world view, national origin, genetics, disability, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other protected characteristic required by applicable law. Applicants with disabilities are welcome and will be given special consideration if they are equally qualified.

Your profile and qualifications

• Hold a degree in chemical or mechanical engineering, and you have solid work experience within the field.

• Are familiar with production process and equipment applied in the Food, Pharmaceutical or Chemical industry and can translate this into attractive plant design and quotation

• Have a successful track record within technical project sales and possess the necessary cross-cultural understanding and language skills to plan and carry out complex sales process internationally. You are also expected to have the necessary business understanding to handle negotiations independently.

• You have a collaborative mindset and understand how to engage virtual international teams drawing relevant expertise into your projects across GEA and the customers’ organization.

• You are mastering English at high level in writing as well as verbal and you are mastering IT programs in the MS Office portfolio (especially Excel, Power Point & Word) and are used to work with administrative tools (SAP, CRM systems etc.)

Your responsibilities and tasks

• Manage sales pipelines and actively participate in customer visits.

• Support customers transforming their requirements into drying solutions.

• Calculate prices, write quotations, and follow up.

• Present the solution(s) and advantages.

• Conduct commercial and technical contract negotiations.

• Participate in tests of potential solutions for your customers at our test facility.

• Conduct market research and represent GEA in international exhibitions and conferences