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As Territory Sales Manager for the North German region your focus will be on developing measurable results in our Mobile Solution Aftermarket Vertical (air, fuel, lube, coolant filters for diesel engines and mobile hydraulic). Regular travel (min 50%) across North Germany will be required.
Main objectives:
- Help current business distribution channels, to achieve the budget
- Provide technical and sales trainings in local language to Dealers and Endusers in Northern Germany
- Manage conflicts ensuring alignment with territory plan
- Develop and implement new business strategies and programs, to capture new dealers and increase the existing one’s sales
- Daily connect and cooperate with German team and other internal functions
- Regularly visit Customers and Prospects with the goal to gain market knowledge and create new business opportunities
Key responsibilities:
- Connecting and cooperating with local Senior Territory Manager and Sales team in order to implement actions and achieve area target
- Implementing sales programs in the assigned area by developing, with the dealers, field sales actions plan
- Providing technical support for dealers, in order to maintain their professional and technical knowledge
- Key Account Management of our existing customer to open New Revenue Streams
- Utilize your own skills and acumen to identify, target and succeed in New Business Opportunities
- Preparing reports as needed
- Ensuring that all commercial aspects of sales transactions are in the best interest of the Company
Your profile:
The selected candidate must be dynamic, self-motivated and target driven individual, with few years of sales experience and motivation to grow in sales. Ability to connect with people and exceptional customer service orientation is needed for the position, as well as self-confidence, integrity and the ability to perform well without daily supervision.
Key attributes:
- Technical degree or higher education
- Bachelor's / Master’s degree in a commercial area will be a plus
- First experience in a Technical Sales Role or as a Sales Engineer/Territory Manager in Automotive/Industrial
- Fluent German and good English (company language) is required
Job offer:
- Attractive salary offer with annual salary adjustments
- Christmas and vacation bonuses (13.72 salaries in total), as well as anniversary bonuses
- Company car for private use
- Possibility of (e-)bike leasing
- 30 days' vacation
- Company pension scheme with attractive employer contribution
- Great discounts via Corporate Benefits Deutschland GmbH
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
- Great opportunity for an outgoing, proactive and sales driven person to enter an expanding and evolving market for Mobile Solution Aftermarket DACH
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs like a 401(k) match, profit-sharing, and an employee stock purchase plan are positioned as meaningful components of total compensation. Company materials consistently frame retirement benefits within a broader Total Rewards offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program with mental‑health resources create a comprehensive health and wellbeing package. Healthcare is often characterized as decent and a core strength of the overall offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, and paid parental leave are explicitly included, alongside other company‑paid leaves such as bereavement, jury duty, and military leave. Some locations highlight multi‑week PTO from the first year, underscoring breadth of leave options.
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Donaldson Company helps solve some of the world's most complex filtration and contamination control challenges, and is one of the largest global providers of unique filtration technologies and high-quality filters and parts. Our filtration technologies and products are used every day, in a variety of industries and environments, including aerospace, agriculture, construction, food and beverage, manufacturing, mining, power generation, transportation and many more. Key to our success, our 14,000 employees support customers at sales, manufacturing and distribution centers from over 140 locations on six continents. The filtration market continues to grow. Customers' needs for filtration solutions continue to evolve. And the opportunities for our products and our people continue to expand.
