FUCHS SCHMITT GmbH & Co. KG

Area Sales Manager, Field Sales

FUCHS SCHMITT GmbH & Co. KG

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Nürnberg • Germany

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About the role

  • Advise and support grocery-retail (LEH) customers in your territory as the competent contact for spices in the Nuremberg and Ansbach region
  • Onboard, provide technical and disciplinary leadership, and motivate your team, including arranging cover and vacation planning
  • Build and maintain long-term, partnership-based relationships with decision-makers in the grocery retail sector
  • Analyze and manage sales KPIs and distribution rollouts, and implement targeted measures to leverage customer-specific potential
  • Coordinate shelf agreements and plan new store set-ups in close collaboration with customers and the refit team
  • Agree and implement secondary placements to support sales promotions
  • Monitor the market and ensure POS excellence
  • Conduct regional meetings and training sessions and support recruiting processes

Requirements

  • Completed commercial vocational training, preferably in the FMCG sector or retail
  • Solid industry knowledge in grocery retail and regional networks (e.g., district manager, store manager, or sales manager)
  • Ideally some leadership experience and an understanding of KPIs
  • Good knowledge of common MS Office applications
  • Driving licence and willingness to travel and stay overnight
  • Friendly demeanour, strong team and communication skills, commitment, and cost awareness
  • Negotiation skills and assertiveness when engaging with negotiation partners in the role of Area Sales Manager (m/f/d)
Benefits
  • 29 days’ vacation + Christmas Eve & New Year’s Eve off
  • Bonus and overtime arrangements
  • Option to work remotely
  • Company car, including private use and fuel card
  • Development, training and continuing education offers (e.g., a wide range of courses on Fuchs Campus and tailored options)
  • Regular, open feedback rounds
  • Regular sports & health programs and corporate fitness (e.g., Hansefit)
  • Bicycle leasing
  • Company-wide informal first-name culture from day one
  • Support for work–family balance
  • Subsidy for children’s holiday care
  • Discounted purchases in the Fuchs Group online shop
  • Attractive employee discounts
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
sales KPIsshelf agreementsstore set-upscustomer-specific potentialnegotiation skillsleadership experience
Soft Skills
team skillscommunication skillscommitmentcost awarenessfriendly demeanourassertiveness
Certifications
commercial vocational training