Sales manager
Soleras Advanced Coatings is a leading global provider of solutions for the deposition of thin film coatings (components, targets, coaters & software), for example energy efficient glass, thin film display, thin film PV, electrochromics, thin film battery and web coatings. Our products and solutions possess a high degree of complexity while they operate at the heart of the thin film industry. Soleras Advanced Coatings has a global manufacturing footprint with design, R&D, service, and sales organizations spread across the US, Europe and Asia. Soleras is certified in ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 18001.
Join us and help raise the bar for thin film coating.
How can you make the difference
- To support our sustainable and growing business opportunities, we are looking to enforce the sales team with an EMEA Sales Manager for our multinational customers (B2B).
- By taking responsibility and grow our business at existing and new customers within given geographical regions and end markets.
- You secure the long-term customer relationships for the recurrent consumables business of targets (used as coating materials), including after sales services.
- You explore new businesses for the newly developed technologies.
- Your passion for technology is the driver to identify the opportunities at your customers for new investment or upgrade projects of PVD coating lines.
- You are working together with various stakeholders (internally and externally) from the identification of the opportunity to the final successful sales closing.
- You are actively involved and responsible for generating and fulfilling your portion of the business plan.
- You have the skills to make the customer select Soleras as his key supplier for his large value investment for sputter equipment and coater software.
Preferred qualifications
- You have a master degree or equivalent and you have minimal 5 years’ experience in a technical and/or commercial B2B position.
- You have a commercial attitude, combined with very good technical insight and interest to clearly understand and learn the technical aspects and benefits of our products. This will be fully supported by a dedicated onboarding process. Experience in the domain of Sputter Hardware or the vacuum industry is a plus.
- You are a hands-on, entrepreneurial team player, working within a global sales team supported by a full technical staff.
- You are frequently present at the Belgian office and production site. For customer visits you are flexible to travel for ca. 50% of your time (most commonly travel during the working weeks).
- You are fluent in English. Knowledge of French language is a plus.
Why Soleras
First and foremost, we are machine builders, sharing a passion for technology in a high-tech and dynamic environment, but above all, sharing the core belief that everyone of us contributes to making ‘the difference’.
We have extensive training programs to kickstart your journey and provide a pleasant working environment focused on flexibility and little structural hierarchy.
We offer
- International work environment.
- Flexibility.
- Competitive remuneration with extra-legal benefits.
- Attention to good work-life balance.