About the Company
Our client is a globally recognized engineering and industrial solutions organization, delivering mission-critical products and services to customers across a wide range of industrial sectors. With an established international footprint spanning manufacturing, sales, and service operations, the company supports businesses in optimizing performance, reliability, and operational efficiency through innovative technical solutions.
The Role
We are seeking an entrepreneurial and commercially driven Area Sales Manager CZ & SK to lead business growth across the Czech Republic and Slovakia. This is a strategic territory leadership position with full responsibility for sales performance and profitability within the region.
As the company's dedicated commercial representative in the territory, you will operate in a highly autonomous capacity, managing customer relationships, partner networks, and business development activities across both countries. This is a remote, home-office-based position, with regular travel to customers, partners, and industry events throughout the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
While working independently in the market, you will be closely connected to a broader European organization, collaborating with colleagues across sales, engineering, operations, and leadership teams. Periodic travel to the company's European headquarters, manufacturing facilities, training centers, and regional meetings will form an important part of the role, providing ongoing product knowledge, business updates, and opportunities to engage with the wider organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive Commercial Performance: Deliver sales, margin, and profitability objectives across the Czech and Slovak markets.
- Channel Partner Management: Develop, support, and expand relationships with regional distribution and reseller partners.
- Business Development: Identify, pursue, and secure new opportunities with industrial customers, strategic accounts, and equipment manufacturers.
- Market Expansion: Analyze market trends, competitor activities, and customer needs to identify growth opportunities and increase market share.
- Consultative Sales Approach: Understand customer operational challenges and propose value-driven technical and commercial solutions.
- Strategic Planning & Execution: Develop territory plans, pricing strategies, and growth initiatives aligned with regional objectives.
- Forecasting & Reporting: Provide accurate sales forecasts, pipeline visibility, and market intelligence to European leadership teams.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with technical, service, operations, and corporate teams to ensure customer satisfaction and business success.
Candidate Profile
- Technical or commercial education, with exposure to engineering, industrial operations, manufacturing.
- Minimum 5 years of B2B sales experience in an industrial, engineering, manufacturing, technical solutions, or industrial services environment.
- Demonstrated success in managing distributors, partners, and direct customer relationships.
- Strong business development mindset with the ability to identify and convert new opportunities.
- Knowledge of the Czech and Slovak industrial markets and established professional networks would be a significant advantage.
- Fluent in Czech or Slovak, with strong English communication skills for collaboration within an international organization.
- Comfortable with frequent travel throughout the Czech Republic and Slovakia to visit customers, distributors, and business partners.
- Willingness to travel periodically within Europe for product training, sales meetings, strategic workshops, company events, and visits to manufacturing and operational sites.
- Ability to work effectively in a remote, home-office environment while maintaining strong collaboration with international teams.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation package including a performance-based bonus scheme.
- Company car and tools required for effective territory management.
- Comprehensive onboarding and ongoing professional development.
- High level of autonomy and decision-making responsibility.
- Opportunity to join a respected international engineering organization with strong growth ambitions in the region.