Remote Sales Engineer - Precision Manufacturing & Sourcing

Metal Market; France, Western Europe, Europe; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based compensation

Full flexibility

Berlin desk access

Back office support

Direct line to management

No unit-volume pressure

Job summary

Metal Market is seeking a Sales Agent / Technical Sourcing Partner to act as the technical and commercial link between French buyers and our Indian manufacturing partners. This remote, freelance role focuses on acquisition, RFQ qualification, and long-term framework agreements within the French mid-market.

You will translate customer requirements, assess manufacturing feasibility, and support prototype-to-series transitions while building strong relationships with design offices and purchasing

Qualifications

• Several years of experience as a sales engineer / project manager in metalworking, plant or machine engineering.
• Solid technical grasp of machining, casting, forming and surface finishing — you can look at a part and see where the manufacturing limits are.
• Experience in New Product Introduction / prototype-to-series transition is a plus.
• An existing network in the French industrial sector, or a proven ability to win B2B clients independently.
• Self-directed, entrepreneurial way of working — you're used to operating freelance and on your own responsibility.
• Fluent negotiation in French and English.
• Open to international sourcing as a complement to — not a replacement for — French value creation

Responsibilities

• Acquisition & account management of French mid-market clients (owner-operated machine builders, plant engineering firms, automotive and aerospace suppliers)
• RFQ qualification: read drawings, assess tolerances, materials and feasibility — and judge which parts are suited to Indian manufacturing and which are not
• Technical translation between customer requirement and supplier capability (cast housings → milling → plating / powder coating, bent / brazed tubing, sheet-metal assemblies, special alloys)
• Prototype-to-series support: first-article inspection, customer sign-off, transition into serial production
• Negotiation & relationship building for long-term framework agreements

Skills

Sales engineering

Metalworking

Machining

Casting

New Product Introduction

B2B sales

Negotiation

French-English

Networking

Job description

Metal Market is seeking a Sales Agent / Technical Sourcing Partner to act as the technical and commercial link between French buyers and our Indian manufacturing partners. This remote, freelance role focuses on acquisition, RFQ qualification, and long-term framework agreements within the French mid-market.

You will translate customer requirements, assess manufacturing feasibility, and support prototype-to-series transitions while building strong relationships with design offices and purchasing