Head of Sales / Head of Sales Mechanical Engineering; Energy / Process Engineering (m/f/d)

EICKHOFF Personal GmbH is an owner-managed staff service company based in Düsseldorf. The focus of our work is the direct placement of specialists, executives and engineers, as well as the transfer-oriented transfer of workers from technical and commercial professionals to predominantly producing industrial companies from the Rhineland. Our client is an internationally recognized Hidden Champion in the field of industrial high-temperature solutions for thermal process technology. With around 400 employees worldwide, the company develops and implements tailored key components for energy-intensive industries such as cement, steel, glass, chemistry and petrochemicals. The systems are used where extreme temperatures, highest process stability and maximum energy efficiency are required - the company stands for technically demanding, individually designed solutions with an international project character. The organization is medium-sized, technologically leading in its segment and clearly growth-oriented. Decisions are direct, responsibilities are clear. No managing leadership is sought, but an entrepreneurial thinking personality that recognises market potential is actively developed and continues to expand international sales strategically. Head of Sales / Head of Sales (m/w/d) Energy / Process Engineering

Drive growth – not manage. You transform the existing sales approach into an active, market-oriented growth strategy – internationally, fact-based and structured. Leadership & further development. You take on the disciplinary and professional responsibility for a four-member team and develop this performance-oriented. Market development outside Europe. 99% of the business is outside of Germany, a large part outside the EU. You build agents networks, identify new industrial fields and open up new markets. Responsibility for the entire supply process. From specification and costing to contractual negotiations, you are responsible for demanding, technically shaped projects – in close cooperation with international stakeholders. Result responsibility for the Business Unit. You are responsible for sales, margins and strategic achievement within your product range and control them on the basis of transparent forecasts and market analyses. Representation at international level. You are present with customers, trade fairs and conferences – as a technical savings partner and strategic decision-makers.

Technical substance. Studies in mechanical engineering, energy or process engineering or chemical process engineering or comparable. Experience in industrial project business. Multiannual experience in international sales or project management of investment goods in need of declaration (ideally customized solutions, EPC environment, plant engineering). Leadership & motivation. You understand themselves as coach, strategist and driver – clearly in the objective, binding in the implementation. International competence. Negotiating German and English, intercultural sensitivity and readiness to travel 50–60 % worldwide. Personality. You consciously leave the comfort zone, think entrepreneurial, act structured and bring along the certain “dynamics”.

Entrepreneurial design space. You take over a strategically relevant leadership position with clear result responsibility and direct line of report to a very experienced and dynamic “Director Strategy & Sales”. Clear development perspective. The role is designed in the long term and offers the possibility, with appropriate performance, to take over extended overall responsibility. International project environment. You operate in a global market with demanding customers from energy-intensive key industries and high technical differentiation. Medium-sized structure with consolidated stability. Short decision-making, clear responsibilities and at the same time the security of an established, internationally anchored group of companies. Professional framework conditions. Attractive, performance-oriented remuneration including variable components, flexible working time models as well as the possibility of mobile work. Long-term perspective. High staff retention and growing structures stand for stability, continuity and sustainable growth. .