Country Manager France (H/F)

Client

With about 1000 employees in 12 locations worldwide, our customer is the development and production partner of choice for industry in Europe, America and Asia. They aim to extend our technological lead and thus further strengthen our market position. They are looking for dedicated individuals passionate about this technology who will pursue these goals with us and who are able to respond to new challenges flexibly. They offer exciting career prospects and an attractive benefit package.

Poste

You are the ideal candidate for the job if you really want to make a difference and strive for personal advancement. Can you use autonomy and a creative environment to make your ideas come true? Then do not hesitate to send your application in English which should state your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.

Your Responsibilities
- Manage and grow relationships with customers, prospects and key players in the Region
- Ensure growth of business above market average
- Develop named key account customers headquartered in the Region together with your ASMs
- Drive the digital transformation
- Ensure margin targets (average above target prices) and expense targets to meet operating result targets set for the Region
- Manage receivables by establishing best possible payment conditions and enforcing them
- Participate in our customer business planning to represent the Region's requirements
- Provide regular and comprehensive feedback on market trends and competitive actions
- Feedback of customers' and prospects' expectation into our customer organization
- Provide regular and accurate forecast for financial planning and production planning Forecast (order entry, revenue)
- Manage staff (ASMs) in the Region including conducting Annual Reviews/Half-Year Reviews agreeing on objectives, to perform as a team and cooperate well with other functions within our customer
- Interface to the délégué du personnel

Profil

Your Background
- Education to degree level in either mechanical engineering, computer science or similar career
- Proven sales experience of 5 or more years in selling high tech investment products, also capable to generate sales projects by using cold acquisition, ideally in Addive - - - Manufacturing
- Experience as a people manager
- Experience in agile methods
- High level of self-motivation and able to motivate his team
- Team player and good communication skills
- Role model in supporting our customer values
- Target-oriented and able to work independently, based on the our customer vision, values, goals set in annual plans as well as the results of various decision-making groups, e.g. Regional Managers Meeting
- Flexible and able to adapt easily the changing environments
- A personality representing our customer in the public and towards customers
- Fluent business English