Sales Engineer

LU-VE Group; Breda; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Professional growth opportunities

Training programs

Job summary

LU-VE Group in Breda, Netherlands, seeks an Industrial Cooling Area Manager to lead the sales team in the Benelux region. You will be responsible for turnover, assigned clients, and product sales from multiple factories, reporting to the Managing Director.

The role requires a technical background and ability to travel. Key duties include pre-sales support, market development, client relationship management, and regular market reporting.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of technical sales and business development in industrial cooling or related sectors.
• Experience in international sales management in matrix organizations.
• Fluent in English; another foreign language is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide pre-sales technical assistance and define technical-commercial solutions for customers.
• Identify market and customer requirements; develop and execute growth strategies for orders and profitability.
• Establish and maintain relationships with customers; perform regular visits and reporting.
• Monitor market trends and competitor behavior; report on quotation and project potential.
• Collaborate with credit department to manage customer payments and adjust credit limits as needed.

Skills

Sales management

Business development

International sales

Customer relations

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Department: Sales, Marketing and Communication

We are looking for an Industrial Cooling Area Manager to join our sales team in the Netherlands commercial branch in Breda.

The role reports to the Managing Director Cluster Benelux & UK

Location: Breda, Netherlands

Mission of the role

The Area Manager is responsable for realizing the commercial objectives of the Industrial Cooling business in the assigned Area.

They will be responsible for the turnover, clients assigned and the product sales from all factories where Industrial Cooling products are manufactured.

Role and responsibilities:

• Provide pre-sales technical assistance, defining technical-commercial solutions to customers;
• Identify market / customer requirements and specifics, develop and execute the strategies and tactics for growth of orders and profitability in the agreed sales territory;
• Establish new and maintain existing relationships with customers;
• Regular customer visits and reporting;
• Drive creative solution to minimize the importance of price and maximize the differentiated values of product;
• Being aware and share any important information about market trend;
• Monitoring competition behavior;
• Monitoring customer payments behavior in collaboration the credit department, adjusting the credit limit according to the situation;
• Report regularly on market trends, competition strategies and customer behaviors which may affect business strategies and on quotation & project potential;
• Experience in the field of heat-transfer, or air heat-exchangers would be a plus.

Who are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and competences:

• Experienced self-standing Sales manager delivering solutions and managing business development in the assigned area;
• Technical education or bachelor's engineering degree;
• At least 3/5 years of professional experience in Technical Sales and Business Development in companies directly or indirectly operating in the Industrial Cooling business, renewable business, energy business, EPCs...;
• Proven Experience in international sales management and motivation working in matrix organization;
• Fluent in English both written and oral (a second foreign language will be a plus);
• Willingness to travel and an ability to work under own initiative;

What We Offer

• The opportunity to join an international, dynamic and continuously evolving environment;
• Professional growth and career development opportunities within the company;
• Ongoing training and development programs;

The indicative gross annual salary (GAS) for this position ranges between €70.000,00 - €75.000,00 depending on the candidate's experience and seniority level. The compensation package also includes a company performance bonus.

We offer a chance to grow and develop your own expertise within our Company. You will join our community, where people really shine. We look forward to building our future with you.