Renata Consumer Area Sales Manager

About Renata

Renata is a Swiss specialist in micro-battery technology, distinguished by the precision, reliability, and discretion that define the country’s finest watchmaking ecosystem. As an employer, the company offers a refined industrial environment where engineering excellence, quality craftsmanship, and long-term responsibility converge. Its teams contribute to components that power timepieces, medical devices, and advanced electronic applications worldwide, requiring meticulous standards and a culture of continuous improvement. Renata appeals to professionals who value technical mastery, collaborative expertise, and the quiet prestige of working behind some of the most exacting products in modern precision industries.

Role & Responsibilities

• Assume commercial responsibility for an international sales territory and sustainably develop existing customers and distribution partners.
• Identify market potential, new customers and suitable distribution partners, and actively drive business development in the territory.
• Manage the territory’s commercial performance, tracking sales volume, revenue, budget, forecast and agreed sales targets.
• Prepare quotations and conduct price and contract negotiations within approved pricing and terms policies.
• Monitor market and competitor developments, identify opportunities and risks at an early stage, and share relevant market intelligence with the sales organization.
• Monitor open orders, supply bottlenecks and critical product references, coordinating customer requirements with Sales Administration, Planning, Logistics and the Consumer Sales Line Manager.
• Ensure structured reporting on business development, forecast, risks, opportunities and required measures in the territory.
• Represent Renata at international trade fairs, customer visits and industry events, and support relevant marketing and sales activities.

Qualifications

• Commercial or technical education, ideally supplemented by further training in sales, marketing or business administration.
• Several years of B2B sales experience, preferably in an international environment.
• Experience managing and developing distributors or international sales partners is an advantage.
• Good technical understanding and an interest in industrial or technical products and solutions.
• Strong customer and service orientation, with an independent, structured and entrepreneurial approach to work.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills, with a confident and professional manner.
• Written and spoken German and business-fluent English are essential.
• Additional languages, particularly Spanish, French, Italian or Portuguese, are a strong advantage.
• Willingness to travel internationally regularly, approximately 20–30%.

Skills

Experience

Several years of B2B sales experience, preferably in an international environment; distributor or international sales partner management and development experience is an advantage.

Education

Commercial or technical education; further training in sales, marketing or business administration is ideal.

Benefits

International sales responsibility with direct influence on the development of markets and customers; a varied and challenging role that welcomes initiative and new ideas; scope to shape the international Consumer Sales organization; a motivated, collaborative team; and an open culture characterized by direct communication and mutual respect.

Culture

Renata fosters a refined, collaborative workplace where precision, creativity, and attention to detail guide every aspect of the employee experience. The brand values professionals who combine entrepreneurial spirit with a commitment to excellence, offering an environment where talent can grow through trust, responsibility, and shared ambition.

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