Vertriebsmitarbeiter im Außendienst - m/w/d, Für das Verkaufsgebiet Nordrhein-Westfalen, PLZ-Regionen
About the job
- A degree or well-founded technical or commercial vocational training is required.
- Experience in field sales with demonstrable sales success is required, ideally involving complex technical products.
- Proficiency in modern territory-management and sales-control approaches and supporting tools, including customer relationship management and business-intelligence analysis tools, is required.
- A strong digital orientation is required.
- Strong analytical and conceptual abilities and a systematic working method are required.
- A hunter, can-do, and hands-on mindset is required.
- Strong social competence is required.
- Provide competent support to selected specialist trade customers in the sales territory through qualified technical and sales consultation and conduct product training.
- Maintain and further develop the existing customer base through systematic market, customer, and competitor analyses.
- Drive targeted sales of the company's quality products.
- Expand the company's market position through systematic acquisition of new customers.
- Continuously observe and analyze market, customer, and competitor developments.
- Actively and systematically acquire new customers and consistently develop new market potential to achieve sustainable revenue growth.
About the company
SOMFY Group designs and manufactures motors, controls, and connected systems for openings and closures in homes and buildings. Its products automate shutters, blinds, curtains, gates, garage doors, and other access points, combining mechanical movement with electronic controls. The group serves manufacturers, installers, building professionals, and household users through an international network of brands, production sites, and distribution operations. Its connected-home offering lets occupants coordinate equipment, adjust living conditions, and manage access or security from digital interfaces. Founded in 1969, SOMFY Group is headquartered in Cluses, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Cluses, France
Founded
1969
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What believers are saying
- Commercial entry route: the German apprenticeship rotates trainees through purchasing, accounting, marketing, sales, and human resources.
- Remote allowance: Overkiz in Annecy advertises ninety remote days annually, including four weeks away from home.
- Sales equipment: BFT's UK area-manager package includes an electric company car, laptop, tablet, and phone.
What critics are saying
- Academic requirement: the German apprenticeship asks for strong upper-secondary or university-entry school qualifications.
- Specialist experience: the Overkiz senior embedded role requires ten years developing Linux systems in a Yocto environment.
- Territory travel: BFT's South West England sales position requires extensive travel and regular overnight stays.
What makes SOMFY Group unique
- Shared problem-solving: quality teams use short-interval management and the eight-discipline method to improve performance across entities.
- After-sales model: group brand Répar'Stores repairs and upgrades shutters, awnings, and garage doors to extend product life.
- Interoperability strategy: connected platforms support major voice ecosystems, while the group participates in Zigbee, Thread, and Matter alliances.
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