Country Sales Manager
About the job
- A completed engineering-related or business-related university degree, or an equivalent qualification.
- Several years of experience in sales and business development.
- Initial experience with leadership responsibilities.
- Industry knowledge and technical understanding of HVAC, ideally focused on refrigeration or heat pumps.
- Strong communication and negotiation skills in German, English, and French; work experience in Switzerland is preferred.
- An empathetic, solution-oriented approach and strong team orientation.
- Develop and implement sales strategies for the industry, food retail, and service business areas in the Swiss market.
- Conduct market and competitor analyses and identify new business opportunities.
- Lead, develop, and manage performance targets for the five-person sales team.
- Manage key accounts and build and maintain long-term customer relationships.
- Negotiate national and international framework agreements.
- Support strategic special projects.
- Use Salesforce CRM systems for analysis, reporting, and optimizing sales processes.
- Represent the company at trade fairs and in marketing activities.
- Industry knowledge and technical understanding in HVAC, ideally focused on refrigeration or heat pumps.
- Work experience in Switzerland.
About the company
CCR Commercial Refrigeration designs, manufactures, installs and services refrigeration systems for food retailers and industrial facilities. Its range includes refrigerated cabinets, freezers, counters, compressor racks, condensing units, heat exchangers, chillers and heat pumps. The company combines equipment engineering and production with turnkey project delivery, controls, maintenance, modernisation and digital support. Its European and Asian operations serve different store formats and industrial sites, with products intended to manage temperature while reducing energy use and operating costs. CCR Commercial Refrigeration is headquartered in Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Nieuwegein, Netherlands
Founded
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Leave includes extra sick days: the Prague operations-manager vacancy advertises 25 vacation days and three sick days.
- Homeworking is permitted: the Kassel key-account-manager listing explicitly marks home-office availability.
- Project ownership spans delivery: the Abingdon manager role leads refrigeration projects from contract award through commissioning.
What critics are saying
- Travel takes substantial time: the Prague operations role expects about 30% of working time within the Czech Republic.
- Visa sponsorship is unavailable: the Abingdon refrigeration-project-manager vacancy explicitly excludes sponsorship eligibility.
- Two languages are required: the Kassel sales vacancy requires good spoken and written German and English.
What makes CCR Commercial Refrigeration unique
- Ownership links CCR to Haier: the official site identifies the refrigeration business as part of Haier Smart Home.
- Manufacturing spans two regions: CCR operates three European factories and one Asian factory.
- Customers have a usage-based option: CCR's refrigeration-as-a-service model charges monthly for refrigeration performance instead of upfront equipment investment.
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