Market Development Manager Process Industries (f/m/d)

at  Klber Lubrication

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Klüber Lubrication, a company of the Freudenberg Group, is the global leader in speciality lubrication with manufacturing operations in North and South America, Europe and Asia, subsidiaries in more than 30 different countries and distribution partners in all regions of the world, supported by our HQs in Germany. We are passionate about innovative tribological solutions that help our customers to be successful. We supply products and services, many of them customized, in almost all industries from automotive to the wind energy markets.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Completed engineering degree or commercial degree with strong technical background
• Minimum 5 years work experience in Process Industry
• Ideally experience in Sales, Marketing, Key Account Management in an international environment
• Experience in working in a matrix organization, ideally on local and global level
• Ability to influence without formal authority
• Excellent business English skills (written and verbal), additional languages preferred
• Ability and willingness to travel extensively (ca. > 25% of time)
• Entrepreneurial self-starter, willing to challenge the status quo
  The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

• Global sales responsibility for Process Industry
• Lateral leadership of sales and service colleagues in subsidiaries within matrix organization
• Strategy development and execution to enable sales teams to grow in focus applications/products/customers and increase market share
• Management of global growth initiatives to replace competition
• Evolution of value selling argumentation and training for sales team
• Application and product training, consulting and support for sales teams, end-users and OEMs
• Scouting of success stories from the regions and global multiplication
• Strong collaboration with Application Engineering, Tribology, R&D, Product Management and Marketing to bring superior solutions to market