Business Development – Sales Manager, Composite Systems
Lindauer DORNIER GmbH
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Lindau • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Build and manage the global sales network for our composite products
- Acquire new customers and nurture existing client relationships
- Maintain direct contact and a collaborative partnership with leading companies in the fiber-reinforced composites industry
- Identify market and technology trends and derive new business opportunities
- Present our product line at international trade shows and during customer meetings – in German and English
- Prepare and negotiate technical and commercial contracts
- Actively contribute to product strategy and market development
- Work closely and cross-functionally with specialist departments
Requirements
- University degree or vocational training in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Sales Engineering or Business Administration
- Relevant professional experience in sales (ideally in plant engineering) and enthusiasm for developing new business areas
- Good knowledge of lightweight construction and composite/fiber-reinforced material technologies, or strong motivation to develop expertise in this future-focused field
- Very good German and English skills; additional languages are an advantage
- High self-motivation, strong organizational skills, excellent communication skills and a confident demeanor
- Willingness to travel worldwide (approx. 80%)
Benefits
- A family-owned company characterized by respectful interactions, reliable collaboration and regular employee events
- Attractive compensation including Christmas bonus and vacation pay, company pension plan and additional benefits such as Corporate Benefits and Wellpass
- Flexible working hours, the option for mobile/remote working (excluding production areas) and 30 days of annual leave plus special leave to support work–life balance
- Individual training and development opportunities for targeted professional and personal growth
- Company health management, a subsidized staff canteen, free car and bicycle parking and e-bike charging facilities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Mechanical EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringSales EngineeringBusiness Administrationlightweight constructioncomposite materialsfiber-reinforced materialscontract negotiationmarket developmentbusiness strategy
Soft skills
self-motivationorganizational skillscommunication skillsconfident demeanorcustomer relationship managementcollaborationpresentation skillsnegotiation skillscross-functional teamworkenthusiasm for business development