Area Sales Manager Italy

About Our Client

My client is a Belgian manufacturer of technologies for the building sector : hotels, hospitals, industrial sites, retail chains - all of them need technologies designed at making door opening easy/aesthetic/hygienic/secured - that is what my client is offering. Started from a small Walloon company, it now is known across the world, counts more than 500 people and has activities also in the US & China. Very proud of their heritage of hard working and passionate talents, they still place attitude high in their selection criteria - being skilled is necessary, being a great person to work with is mandatory to join their team.

Job Description

As Area Sales Manager South, you'll be in charge of - picking up and further developing the commercial activities of the company on the South Market : 75% Italy, 25% southern European & North African countries - meeting with a great variety of prospects & partners (buyers, real estate developers, collectives, installers, distributors, users, prescriptors), keeping them up to date with the newest technologies, identifying new needs and collaborating with them at designing tailored solutions - participating to trade fairs & events, further expanding your network and the collaboration of the company - collaborating closely with the internal R&D & Product teams to develop applications tailored for your clients as well as bringing valuable market insight - collaborating closely with the Sales Management team at reporting on your market's trends, potential and insight

The Successful Applicant

To be selected for this vacancy candidates will need : - Min 5 years of field sales experience with some international exposure - experience in Italy is highly valued for this role - being FULLY fluent in Italian is mandatory for this role, higher intermediate levels in French & English are also necessary, any other language is a nice to have - a strong technical affinity or technical product background in your professional experience - a solid commercial drive & the ability to work efficiently on a multi-level market , with a great variety of stakeholders and in a project sales approach - ability to be present intensely during the first year in the office (4d/week) for the technical training in Liege (my client is happy to consider candidates willing to relocate to Belgium)- ability to travel up to 40% of the time
In additions to these hard requirement, my client values ATTITUDE.

• The right candidate for this role will be someone looking for PASSION in his/her job - this won't be your regular 9to5 office job.
• You'll be offered the chance to take over a high potential market, bring it your own insight to develop a coherent commercial strategy.
• You'll be supported by technical experts & in-house engineering department, admin & sales support teams in your work.
• You'll be invited to take an active part in the life of the company by bringing to all those you'll be working with in your ideas, your energy, your work ethics and your humor.

What's on Offer

The right candidate will receive : A Belgian permanent employment contract with unspecified length (CDI) A fixed gross monthly salary between 4 & 5k gross fixed/month, depending on your level of experience, level of experience in the Italian market and your identified potential for growth A variable part based on individual and group targets A company car and fuel card Traveling expenses paid Hospitalization and group insurances Meal vouchers and eco-vouchers Laptop & phone Continual development plan with high end technical training Long-term growth perspectives as the company values organic growth