What's the role?
This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in developing a career with a global, world-leading brand! As an Account Manager you will be providing high level customer consultation in a professional field sales based role and working within a high performing diverse team.
This is no ordinary sales job, as ours is a uniquely high performing and supportive working culture.
Who is Hilti?
If you are new to the industry, you might not have heard of us. We provide leading-edge tools, technologies, software and services for the global construction sector. We have a proud heritage, built over 75 years, and a worldwide reputation for pioneering products and exceptional service. With some 30,000 people in more than 127 countries, we are a great place for you to show us your worth as you learn, grow and carve-out your career.
What does the role involve?
The purpose of the role is to create value in the allocated account's portfolio through effective design and implementation of individual account strategies to build long term, sustainable and profitable relationships with the customer. The role involves professional field sales and high level customer consultation in the defined territory within the target industry. The job holder needs to provide efficient solutions and technical support to customers and represent the Hilti brand in the market place.
Scope: Anchor job in Account Manager structure.
We have an excellent mix of people and some of our best account managers joined us with little or no construction experience. Success at Hilti is down to teamwork and ability, no matter what your background.
What do we offer?
We’ll give you everything you need to excel in your role, including your own car full of tools and one-to-one coaching. You’ll enjoy a rare combination of autonomy and camaraderie, as you’ll manage your own diary while being part of a friendly team.
We’ll give you lots of responsibility, including your own portfolio of customers, and these might be trades experts, project managers or company leaders. From there, we’ll trust you to do whatever it takes to deliver outstanding results. Go the extra mile and we’ll reward you with unrivalled training, development and career opportunities as soon as you’re ready for the next challenge and you would be willing to relocate internationally if needed.
Day to day, you’ll report to your area sales manager, who will also be there to help you manage your career.
What you need is:
- Technical mindset and understanding of dynamics in construction business
- You have a bachelor’s degree in Engineering ideally and business savvy
- Ability to work with a multi-level approach and to communicate effectively with all organizational levels
- At least one-year prior experience in customer service and/ or sales working directly with customers, preferred
- Fluent English
- Driving license, category B is mandatory
- Strong analytical skills, communication and interpersonal skills
- Commitment, courage and competitive drive
- A thirst to learn and challenge yourself
- Flexibility to travel
Why should you apply?
Show us what you’re made of and we’ll offer you opportunities to move around the business – to work abroad, experience different job functions and tackle different markets. It’s a great way to find the right match for your ambitions and achieve the exciting career you’re after.
We have a very thorough people review process unlike any we know of in any other business. We can pair talent with opportunities - developing our people in their current roles or challenging them to work in new ways or in new places. It’s how we find the right fit, further our teams personally and professionally, get the best value for each employee and increase job satisfaction. Additionally, we offer you a wide range of benefits as listed above and the chance to work in a Gold rated company from the international sustainability rating agency EcoVadis. We thereby rank among the top five percent of more than 90,000 companies evaluated by EcoVadis worldwide.
Hilti is an equal opportunity employer
