Sales Agent / Technical Sourcing Partner (H/F)

Metal Market; France; 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

Sales Agent / Technical Sourcing Partner (H/F)

Location

Remote — France

Engagement

Freelance · Commission-based

Focus

Precision manufacturing · French industrial firms

CM MetalMarket connects industrial buyers with a network of 100+ certified Indian precision manufacturers (CNC machining, casting, forging, sheet metal, injection moulding — IATF 16949, AS9100, ISO 9001). Our differentiator is the casting + machining + finishing bundle from a single source — exactly the niche the large platforms avoid.

We grow through personal, technically grounded relationships with French industrial and machine-building firms (mécanique industrielle) — not through anonymous portals. For that, we're looking for an experienced sales engineer who speaks the language of both the design office and purchasing.

Your role

You are the technical and commercial link between French buyers and our Indian manufacturing partners:

• 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

Your profile

• 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

What we offer

• Performance-based compensation with a share of gross profit (GP-share model) — above-average earning potential on recurring orders


• Full flexibility: you decide location, hours and workload — an ideal complement to existing self-employment


• A desk at our Berlin hub whenever you want a base in Europe or a place to meet clients


• No pressure on unit volume, but on the quality of relationships — we build long‑term accounts, not one‑off deals


• We handle back office, supplier management and quality assurance — you focus on the technology and the customer


• Direct line to management, short decision paths