**Eaton Life Safety Division is looking for** **a Business Development Manager – DACH region** **Job location - prefarable southen part of Germany** **Job profile:** **Business Growth – Ensuring revenue ambition** + Drive business development in the DACH region, forecast accuracy, and achieve strategic goals by leading key customers through the entire business cycle. + Manage, Grow and Execute on a pipeline of new and existing accounts and opportunities. + Develop, execute, and oversee a business strategy that prioritizes growth and positive customer ratings. + Actively seeks out Life Safety Service business opportunities that can boost revenue and help the company attaining his challenging goals. + Use financial techniques to improve sales revenue (pricing optimization, cost control, budget allocation, financial analysis) **Strategic Initiatives** + Focuses on Trade Sales growth through effective sales management and demand generation. + Drives proactive sales campaigns installed base data management. + Supports implementation of regional service contracts, agreements with key account customers, allocation of inquiries within the region, ensuring fast response to customers. **Market, Customers and Competitors** + Market intelligence, be an expert on CI customers, how they buy and their buying criteria; be an expert on competition and how to differentiate against them. (data driven decisions). + Maintain positive professional relationships with clients. **Internal Interactions** + Identifies new service business opportunities and acts as the leader for promoting the implementation together with Country Services Sales Managers and Country Sales Organizations. + Develop market-based strategies, growth initiatives to drive growth together with Country Service Sales Managers and Country Sales Organizations. + Partners with multiple departments to drive measurable results that benefit service business in the Commercial Infrastructure area. **We would like you to bring:** + Bachelors’ degree or equivalent, preferably in Engineering or Business + Strong experience in business development for the services (ideally in building infrastructure – installation/maintenance) + Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams in the development and implementation of initiatives. + Experience in dealing with and conducting negotiations with customers. + Experience in attending exhibitions/conferences and conducting presentations. + Market and technology savvy + Strong communication skills, fluent in German and English + An entrepreneurial mindset able to influence stakeholders. + Self-directing and self-motivating. + An active change agent who is willing to take an appropriate amount of risk. **We offer:** + Being part of a company that has been in business for more than 100 years, is well known in the industry, and has a major impact on the energy industry + Work in a company that is commitment to Inclusion & Diversity and Sustainability + Annual mentoring program, Eaton University, a reward, and recognition system + Ongoing Learning and Career Development Opportunities in a global company. Build your career and apply internally for our open positions worldwide + Strong, agile and diverse team locally and globally + Strong processes and state-of-the-art systems and tools + Structured employee development processes, open feedback culture with development plans + Detailed induction support and well-structured onboarding + Balance your work and life with a hybrid worktime model Eaton is a leading manufacturer of class leading self-contained or centrally powered luminaires to central battery and automated test systems. Eaton’s emergency lighting portfolio is designed to save lives in the most demanding industrial, public and commercial environments. \#LI-KF1