Key Account Manager Jobs in Technical Sales in Germany

Technical Sales Board currently lists 13 open positions for Key Account Manager professionals in technical and industrial sales in Germany, posted by 13 employers. 23% of these roles are field-based with regular customer visits, 54% are hybrid, 15% on-site and 8% fully remote. 3 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.

Key account managers look after a small number of strategic customers – frame contracts, annual price negotiations and an international account team – and grow the share of wallet.

Key account managers develop a small number of large customers – OEMs, groups or international accounts. They negotiate frame agreements, coordinate project teams across plants and countries, defend prices in annual talks and look for the next application inside the account. Employers expect commercial maturity, patience for long decision processes and the standing to speak to purchasing, engineering and management alike.

Few of these ads state a salary. Industrial employers often discuss pay in the first interview – our salary benchmarks show what to expect: For comparison: official statistics (Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Entgeltatlas)) put the median gross pay of the occupation group closest to Key Account Manager in Germany at €72,216 per year; the middle half earns between €51,672 and €95,160. More on median, range and source: Key Account Manager salary in Germany.

A company car is mentioned in 15% of the ads, variable pay in 15%.

Most positions are based in or around Munich (2), Glatten (1), Hamburg (1), Hamm (1), and Kippenheim (1).

Looking beyond one country? The same search for the whole region: Key Account Manager Jobs in Technical Sales in DACH.

Among the employers with the most open positions are ARI-Armaturen, BWT, DENIOS, FEW Automotive Group, and FRAMOS. 92% of the ads come from manufacturers, 0% from distributors and trading companies and 8% from service providers.

The languages employers ask for most are German and English. 100% of the positions are aimed at experienced professionals, 0% carry leadership responsibility and 0% are open to career starters. Travel is part of the job: 15% of the roles involve a high share of travel, 23% a moderate one.

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