Head of Sales Jobs in Technical Sales

Technical Sales Board currently lists 20 open positions for Head of Sales professionals in technical and industrial sales, posted by 19 employers. 0% of these roles are field-based with regular customer visits, 30% are hybrid, 70% on-site and 0% fully remote. 4 of these positions are hunter roles with a clear focus on winning new business.

Technical Sales Board lists technical and industrial sales jobs only – no retail, no call centre, no software subscriptions. Every ad is classified by role, industry, country and city, by sales style from hunter to key account, by territory, travel share and required languages, and ads that have expired disappear the same day. What you see here is what is open right now.

A head of sales leads the sales organisation of a manufacturer or technical distributor – regional and area managers, key account managers and inside sales – and reports to the managing board.

A head of sales leads the people who carry the number. The job is part coach, part closer: weekly pipeline reviews, joint visits on decisive deals, recruiting and developing area and key account managers, and turning a strategy into territories, targets and a bonus plan that works. Most employers expect several years of own field success in a comparable product world before the first leadership role, plus a steady hand with CRM discipline and forecasting.

By industry, most of these jobs come from Machinery (4), Industrial Technology (4), and Building Technology (4).

Machinery and plant engineering is the home of capital equipment sales: machine tools, packaging and process lines, special-purpose machines. Sales cycles are long, deals are large and technical credibility decides.

Few of these ads state a salary. Industrial employers often discuss pay in the first interview – our salary benchmarks show what to expect: More on median, range and source: what a Head of Sales earns across Europe.

A company car is mentioned in 20% of the ads, variable pay in 20%.

Among the employers with the most open positions are DuPont, Agathon, Alzchem, Baumer, and Bürkert. 75% of the ads come from manufacturers, 20% from distributors and trading companies and 5% from service providers.

The languages employers ask for most are English, German, and Spanish. 0% of the positions are aimed at experienced professionals, 100% carry leadership responsibility and 0% are open to career starters. Travel is part of the job: 10% of the roles involve a high share of travel, 10% a moderate one.

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