Sales Manager French-speaking Switzerland

The position

• You identify and acquire new customers and strengthen relationships with the existing clientele in the region over the long term
• You quickly identify market opportunities, define clear priorities, and determine the actions that promise the best results
• Drawing on your strong technical and commercial skills, you advise customers on complex turning solutions (live tooling and fixed tooling) and turn-milling
• In collaboration with the internal sales department, you prepare offers and conduct sales interviews and discussions on projects until the conclusion of the sale
• You actively manage order entries, manage the CRM with rigor, and closely monitor market developments

Your qualities

• You have a technical basic training, e.g., as a polymechanic, supplemented by continuing technical-commercial training
• You have several years of experience in the sale of capital goods requiring intensive advice, ideally in the production equipment or machine tool sector
• You possess in-depth know-how in subtractive machining, particularly in turning and turn-milling, and master the processing procedures, the machined parts, and machine requirements
• You work autonomously and in a structured manner and your attitude in approaching customers is proactive and enthusiastic
• You have a very good knowledge of French and a good command of German; knowledge of English is an asset

Your advantages

• You are in charge of a region with attractive commercial potential that you will develop autonomously
• You have a great deal of leeway which gives you the freedom to seize opportunities in a targeted manner and to establish your own priorities
• The position combines technical, sales, and project management in a demanding market environment
• Attractive employment conditions, with a company vehicle for private use, reimbursement of expenses as well as bonuses on turnover and a premium for the acquisition of new customers
• You work 100 % remotely and organize your working day flexibly from your sales region
• You work in a collegial environment with short decision-making paths, with clear competencies and involving great individual responsibility

Your new employer
INDEX Machines-outils (Suisse) SA

• INDEX Werke dominates the global market for the manufacture of CNC lathes and turn-milling centers
• The brands INDEX and TRAUB have been synonymous with quality and innovation in mechanical engineering for more than 110 years
• The company is present in 80 locations worldwide with five production plants and an international distribution and service network
• INDEX Suisse is a subsidiary of the company INDEX Werke whose headquarters is based in Esslingen, Germany
• INDEX has been active in distribution and service in Switzerland since 1921