Sales Representative

Cross Border Recruitment; Düsseldorf; Hybrid; EUR 57.000 - 68.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A global trading house is seeking a Sales Representative to join their steel department in Düsseldorf. The ideal candidate will be responsible for promoting sales, managing key customer relationships, and analyzing market trends to shape product and project development. Experience in sales and negotiation, along with strong English and German communication skills, is essential. This role offers a competitive salary of up to €68K, complemented by good benefits and the potential for hybrid working.

Leistungen

Good benefits

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of sales experience in the industry.
• Fluent in English and German; Japanese is advantageous.
• Good knowledge of sales and negotiation techniques.

Aufgaben

• Communicate with customers and suppliers.
• Prepare offers and calculate costs.
• Manage credit and transaction risks.
• Conduct business trips for customer visits.

Kenntnisse

Sales and negotiation techniques

Communication skills

Fluent in English

Fluent in German

MS Office

SAP

Problem-solving

Multicultural business experience

Interest in production technologies

Tools

SAP

Jobbeschreibung

Stellenbeschreibung

A global Japanese trading house is currently recruiting a Sales Representative to work in their steel department in Dusseldorf.

In this role, you will be responsible for sales promotion, handling existing customers, searching new business opportunities, customer and suppliers.

The job position requires the ability to watch market trends and to make conclusions for direction of product and project development as well as to find potential investment opportunities.

Sales activities include not only physical products but also financial services such as trade financing and aluminium price hedging (via derivative transactions).

A key responsibility of this role is analysing customer creditworthiness and managing transaction risks.

TYPE : Permanent, full-time

WORKING HOURS : 37.5 hours a week, core hours 11am-3pm / 2 days WFH

SALARY : up to €68K depending on experience, plus good benefits

START : August 2025

LOCATION : Dusseldorf, Germany

Sales representative Main Responsibilities

• Communication with customers and suppliers
• Cost calculation and preparation of offers
• Aluminium price hedging and currencies
• Preparation and negotiation of frame agreements and NDA's
• Control and application for credit lines for customers
• Credit and transaction risk management
• Technical discussion with customers and suppliers for product qualifications and claims
• Business trips and regular visits to customers and suppliers, attending the exhibitions
• Finding potential investment opportunities

Sales representative Ideal Candidate

• At least 5 years of sales experience in the industry and ● ● Good knowledge of sales and negotiation techniques
• High communication skills
• Fluent English and German language skills
• Japanese language skills would be advantageous
• Good skills in MS Office, Power Point and SAP
• The knowledge about metallurgy and battery industry would be advantageous
• Experience in multicultural business and working environment affinity to technical issues and interest in production technologies
• Well organized and taking self-driven initiative
• Independent problem solving and proposing solutions
• Capable to work under time pressure on several projects simultaneously
• Good team player
• All applicants for the Sales representative must have the right to work in the country as the Company is not able to offer visa support.
• We regret that we cannot accept applications from Working holiday visa, Graduate or Student visa holders.