Sales Representative (m/f/d)

GEKA; Backnang; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday

Supplementary health insurance

Company pension

Bike leasing

Home office option

Job summary

GEKA, based in Backnang, is seeking a dedicated full-time sales representative (m/f/d) to cover central Germany and grow the customer base in technical trades, garden supplies, hardware, and plumbing sectors. You will travel across your territory, advise customers, and manage quotations while expanding long-term relationships.

The role includes an induction program, flexible travel, and opportunities to present products at trade fairs.

Qualifications

• Multiple years of field sales experience in technical trades or garden supplies.
• Strong technical understanding and a passion for solution-oriented sales.
• Strong negotiation, advisory, and customer relationship skills.

Responsibilities

• Sell our product range within the assigned sales territory in central Germany.
• Acquire new customers and develop long-term business relationships in relevant sectors.
• Provide expert advice, support, and maintenance of existing customer relationships.
• Prepare and follow up on quotations and achieve sales targets.
• Travel independently to manage the territory and attend trade fairs.
• Present new products and contribute ideas to the team.

Skills

Field sales

Technical understanding

Negotiation skills

Customer focus

Communication

Education

Vocational training or degree (technical)

Tools

MS Office

Mobile devices

Job description

As a leading manufacturer in the premium segment of brass fittings, watering equipment, hose trolleys and much more, with an international focus and based in Backnang, we are currently looking for a dedicated full-time sales representative (m/f/d) to join our team.

You will start with a comprehensive induction programme, during which you will familiarise yourself with our products, services and systems. You will then be ready to provide professional and technical support to our existing and prospective customers and to further expand your sales territory, which covers central Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Thuringia, Saxony, and parts of Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg).

• You will be responsible for selling our product range within the sales territory
• You will acquire new customers and be responsible for establishing and developing long-term business relationships in the technical trade, garden supplies, hardware and building materials, as well as plumbing and industrial sectors
• You will provide expert and enthusiastic advice, support and maintenance of existing customer relationships
• You will prepare and follow up on quotations
• You will achieve your sales and turnover targets with your characteristic drive
• You enjoy travelling and manage your sales territory independently
• You will present new products and represent us at trade fairs
• You actively contribute your own ideas
• You will be based in Backnang, but will also spend several days a month in your sales territory
• Completed vocational training or a degree, with technical experience
• Several years’ experience, including in field sales, preferably in the technical trade or garden supplies sector
• Technical understanding and an affinity for our products, as well as enthusiasm for the solution-oriented sales of our products and services
• Flexibility and willingness to travel
• High level of customer focus, strong negotiation skills, advisory expertise and the ability to work independently
• Professional demeanour, strong communication skills and a friendly manner
• Talent for building and maintaining networks
• Motivation, commitment and initiative
• Proficiency in using MS Office products and mobile devices
• Responsible roles and projects within a dedicated team
• A fair and transparent salary structure and bonus payments
• 30 days’ holiday on a 5-day week
• Supplementary health insurance arranged by us
• The option to arrange a company pension scheme through us
• The opportunity to lease a company bike
• Flexibility through the option to work from home