Machinery Sales Director Jobs in DACH

Technical Sales Board currently lists 1 open position for Sales Director professionals in Machinery in DACH, posted by 1 employer. 0% of these roles are field-based with regular customer visits, 0% are hybrid, 0% on-site and 100% fully remote.

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.

DACH covers Germany, Austria, and Switzerland – one search instead of 3 separate ones, which is how most sales territories are cut anyway.

Sales directors own the commercial strategy of an industrial business unit: targets, pricing, channel mix and the team that delivers them. Most positions ask for a track record in leading international sales organisations for technical products.

Employers hiring a sales director look for someone who has already run a sales organisation through a change: a new market, a new channel, a reorganisation after an acquisition. Expect to own the revenue plan, the pricing corridor and the structure of the team, to report to the managing director or the board and to be measured on order intake, margin and forecast accuracy. Industrial companies value directors who still visit key customers themselves and who can discuss a machine concept or a service contract without calling for an engineer.

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.

Buyers of machines and plants decide in committees: production, engineering, purchasing and management all have a say, and a project can take a year from first contact to order. Sales people in this industry manage tenders and specifications, reference visits and factory acceptance tests. Typical employers are mid-sized, family-owned manufacturers with a strong export share – which is why language skills and willingness to travel appear in most ads.

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 Sales Director earns across Europe.

The languages employers ask for most are English. 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: 100% of the roles involve a high share of travel, 0% a moderate one.

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