Regional Sales (m/f/d) , France

Yamato Scale is a leading Japanese machinery manufacturer with a history spanning over 100 years. The company has an excellent reputation in weighing and packaging technology and supplies some of the most prominent companies in the food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. With a broad network of branches and partner agencies, Yamato Scale is represented worldwide and valued by its customers as a reliable partner.

The European headquarters is located in Willich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, and serves customers across the continent as well as in North African countries.

To support our growth trajectory, we are looking for qualified and motivated employees for our location in Paris, who want to shape the future of the company with us!

You can look forward to an exciting field of work, characterized by international exchange and diverse challenges. Our team is distinguished by low employee turnover, a positive work environment, and respectful interpersonal interactions.

After successful onboarding, you will independently take on the following tasks:

• Be fully engaged and responsible for customer development in specified country/Region for full range of Yamato Products including but not limited to :
  • Multiheadweigher ( Dataweigh )
  • Checkweigher and other product inspection equipment ( MD/X-Ray )
  • Semi-automatic Weigher ( SDW, TSDW )
  • Static Scale
• Follow up the leads/inquires , make clear understanding of customer requirements, work together with technical support and sales team to present appropriate offer proposals to the customers.
• Make best effort to achieve yearly sales target and make contribution and support to achieve the branch yearly sales target.
• Depending on customer requirements,  if 3rd party equipment requested, be responsible to work with 3rd party suppliers to present system proposal to the customer.
• Be responsible to follow projects from order to installation/commissioning and to collect last payment from customers.
• Support service team/commercial team/financial team to communicate with customer for any related subjects upon request.
• Prepare monthly reports including 3-month forecast and sales activity report to branch manager.
• Constantly looking for developing new customers / opportunities with various approach ( cold call, customer visit, exhibition, etc )
• Participate exhibition and customer demo/trial/training in France, and also in other countries if requested.
• Arrange regular customer visits to get as much as possible the direct communication with customers.
• Utilize sales tool ( Sales Force ) to properly record customer information and personal sales activities ( meetings/visits, etc ) , and make best effort to develop customer database.   

• More than 5  years sales experience in the field of automation machine for food production
• Proficiency in French at a negotiation level
• English intermediate
• Commitment, dedication, and resilience
• Proficiency in MS Office; knowledge of SAP is an advantage
• Independent, meticulous, and responsible working style
• Strong service orientation and team spirit
• Friendly, confident demeanor as well as reliability

• An interesting role in a successfully growing company with performance-based compensation
• 25 vacation days
• RTT 12days based on this years working days(=214days).
• A company car, also for private use
• The opportunity to work in an internationally active company
• A team-oriented work environment and comprehensive onboarding
• A permanent employment contract

Have we sparked your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your compelling application documents, including your earliest possible start date and salary expectations. Of course, all the data you provide will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.

For questions about the position or the application process, please feel free to contact Mr. Shuhei Kaneko:

Email: shuheikaneko@yamatoscale.com

Become part of our team and bring your strengths to an international and dynamic environment! We look forward to hearing from you!