Director Defense and Strategic Sales (alle Geschlechter), Waldrich Siegen GmbH & Co. KG
Core
Develop and implement a program-oriented market expansion strategy, specifically expanding Defense activities and positioning the Herkules Group as a key supplier for high-critical manufacturing technologies.
Role type
Director, Defense and Strategic Sales
Builds
Complex, multi-year projects in naval drive systems, gear and shaft manufacturing, and heavy mechanical components for national and European defense programs.
Domain
Industrial machinery manufacturing (large machine tools) and Defense/Security
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Strategic judgment, negotiation skills at top-management and government levels, experience in complex large-scale project implementation, ability to manage complex sales, tendering, and procurement processes, understanding of industrial manufacturing processes in large machine tool construction, knowledge of drive systems and gear technology, experience in sales of complex capital goods or industrial key technologies, secure handling of public procurement processes and regulatory requirements.
Preferred skills
Network with OEMs (Naval/Land), shipyards, system houses, industrial partners, authorities, ministries, and military decision-makers, experience in program-driven structures and consortium models, entrepreneurial mindset, high self-responsibility, high travel readiness, willingness to undergo security clearance.