District Sales Manager Automotive Replacement, Poland
Date: Apr 15, 2025
Location: Legnica, Dolnoslaskie, PL, 59220
Company: Gates Corporation
Are you inspired by challenging the status quo? Do you thrive in collaborative environments that drive results? If so, Gates could be for you.
Gates is a leading manufacturer of application-specific fluid power and power transmission solutions. We push the boundaries of material science to engineer solutions that continually exceed customer expectations.
Let's simplify it, think belts and hoses. Found in motorcycles, conveyor belts, cars, tractors, blenders, vacuum cleaners, bicycles, & 3D printers just to name a few. Because why not do it all?
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- You will be responsible for selling Gates' products in a geographical area. Research customer needs and develop application of products and services in an effective manner to determine market strategies and goals for each product and service. Take responsibility for and making every effort to resolve communication, trust and respect concerns and problems. Implement strategies to accelerate growth of new and additional products and/or new markets. Monitor competitive environment to identify opportunities and countermeasures to address competition. Has primary accountability for the performance and revenue results in a geographical area and additional accountability for strategic initiatives; manages established accounts in a specified geographic area.
- You'll be managing the expenses & budget related to the assigned territory.
- You'll be working: Externally: current customers, potential new customers and their customer base, Internally: Gates' departments, including marketing, product management, pricing/ finance, customer service
- You'll need to be able to translate corporate goals on EMEA level into local strategies and specific market actions
Keys to Success
- Diplomacy, technically interested, availability, punctuality, product knowledge, discretion, personality, organization skills, self motivator / self starter, market knowledge, the ability to solve problems and to communicate on every level are indispensable in order to do this job properly.
- Being methodical, dynamic, having a positive attitude, a good sense of analysis and required solutions, inquisitiveness and a sense of responsibility are also required.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- No supervisory responsibility
Requirements and Preferred Skills
- 8-10 years of experience
- Linguistic skills; Polish and English, any other language is a plus.
- Minimum secondary education (preferably higher) in the field of business and/or mechanical engineering.
- Working fully remotely and in irregular working hours system
- Business Trips will be up to 50% of working time.
WHY GATES?
Founded in 1911 in Denver, Colorado, Gates is publicly traded on the NYSE. While we might operate in a vast amount of time zones we operate as 'One Gates' and have a common goal of pushing the boundaries of materials science. We invest in our people, bringing real-world experience that enables us to solve our customers' diverse challenges of today and anticipate those of tomorrow.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Gates is an Equal Opportunity and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of race, sex, color, religion, age, disability, pregnancy, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other consideration defined by law.
The noise level in the work environment is typically moderate to loud. Temperatures can vary depending on weather conditions and can be extreme. Gates is managed in accordance with OSHAS requirements and requires all employees to wear steel-toed shoes, safety glasses, and a hard hat.