Job description

Pioneer your career! Körber is the home for passionate people who innovate, collaborate, and love what they do. Entrepreneurial spirit is our joint DNA. We develop future technologies and support talents to deploy their skills and reach their full potential. Together, we aim to be the first to do the right thing at the right time. Join the home for entrepreneurs! The Senior Sales Manager will serve as the primary growth driver for our System Integration business across North America, taking direct accountability for identifying, developing, and closing high-value opportunities. This is an individual contributor role focused primarily on large-scale system integration projects within the warehouse and distribution sector, requiring a disciplined approach to pipeline development and strategic account management. Our company delivers complex, fully integrated solutions encompassing software, automation, controls, and enterprise system interfaces, including ERP connectivity. Each engagement is highly customized and project-driven, designed to help clients optimize their operations and supply chain performance at scale. In this role, the Sales Manager will be responsible for expanding our North American market presence, building and maintaining strategic customer relationships, and positioning the company as a trusted partner for advanced system integration solutions. The role demands a consultative sales methodology and the ability to lead commercially while also bringing real technical credibility to the solutioning process. Someone who can sit with executive stakeholders, then turn around and work shoulder-to-shoulder with engineering teams to shape complex automation strategies, challenge solution concepts, and help drive major pursuits over the line. They will work cross-functionally with engineering, software, and global product teams, including international stakeholders in Denmark and Portugal. Your role in our team • You will lead and manage strategic sales efforts for complex system integration opportunities across North America • You will identify, develop, and close new business opportunities across target industries including logistics, distribution, manufacturing, and retail supply chains • You will build and manage relationships with customers, strategic partners, consultants, and key decision-makers • You will own the full sales cycle, from prospecting and opportunity development through solution shaping, negotiation, and contract closure • You will partner closely with engineering and solution teams to develop competitive, customer-specific proposals • You will grow existing accounts through upselling, cross-selling, and long-term partnership development • You will maintain a strong sales pipeline and deliver against revenue and growth targets • You will travel approximately 50% across North America to customers, partners, and industry events Your profile • You have gained 10+ years of sales experience in intralogistics automation, warehouse automation, material handling, system integration, or related industries • Your Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or related field preferred • You have proven success in business development, account management within system integration, material handling, software solutions, or related industries • You have experience selling complex, customized, project-based solutions with long sales cycles Your experience in logistics, supply chain automation, manufacturing, or related industries is preferred • Strong consultative and solution-selling skills, with a track record of closing major opportunities • Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and cross-functional teams in developing solutions and proposals • Experience managing strategic customer relationships at multiple levels within client organizations • You have demonstrated ability to drive strategic business development and revenue growth through complex, consultative solution selling; provide commercial leadership with hands-on execution; build and negotiate executive-level customer relationships; and leverage strong technical and business acumen, cross-functional collaboration, and a global, customer-centric, results-driven mindset • Ability to travel domestically and internationally, as required by business needs • Must possess, or be able to obtain and maintain, all required travel documentation, including a valid passport where international travel is necessary • Must be able to lawfully enter and exit the United States and other countries required for business travel • Must not have any legal or regulatory restrictions that would prevent the issuance, renewal, or use of required travel documents, or otherwise limit the ability to fulfill the travel requirements of the role Eligible applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position. Your benefits • You will enjoy a flexible work environment that supports your work-life balance; we offer paid time off for parental leave and 22+ days off for personal time and holidays including a week-long winter holiday closure • You will have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance plans with FSA or HSA options, and a 401(k) plan with a company match up to six percent • You are provided with several company-paid benefits, including vision insurance, short and long-term disability and basic life insurance plans, and educational and employee assistance programs Your working environment at Körber We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity to all applicants. All hires to our team are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. It is our policy to give equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to legally protected characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state/provincial, and/or local law. This is a full-time, exempt position with a hybrid work schedule for individuals located within Atlanta, Georgia, Irving, Texas, or our Charlotte, NC offices. Employees in these locations are expected to work three days per week in the office. Individuals located outside of these areas will work remotely. Can you see yourself in this profile? Then Körber is the right place for you. We look forward to getting to know you! Equal opportunity employer We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity to all applicants. All hires to our team are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. It is our policy to give equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to legally protected characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state/provincial, and/or local law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience, please contact us via jobs@koerber.com . We work with selected partners and therefore ask recruitment consultancies to refrain from contacting us by mail or telephone. Disclaimer: The duties listed above are intended only as representation of the essential functions of this position. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change at the sole discretion of the employer. Nothing in this document alters an employee’s at-will employment status. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Individual compensation will be determined by various factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, experience, education, skills, location, and market and business considerations. Applications must be submitted via our career site. Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S., this position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship. #LI-Remote Apply now and join our team! Ready for your next step? Click on ‘ Apply now ’ to get started right away! As long as the position is advertised, you can apply at any time. We value diversity and therefore welcome all applicants - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic or social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity, and any other protected status. You can find out more about our culture here Culture at Körber - it's worth taking a look! If you have any questions or technical problems, please send us an e-mail to jobs@koerber.com . Alyssa Cuevas is the responsible person for this job advertisement. We work with permanent partners and therefore ask recruitment consultants to refrain from contacting us by e-mail or telephone. At Körber, we think long term and pursue objectives that apply across all of our business areas. In line with our vision of “Market Leadership through Technology Leadership,” we have defined our “Life 2035” goals for the next decade to ensure that Körber becomes the leading partner in our industries—Life Science, Supply Chain, and High-Tech Manufacturing—by 2035.Life 2035 is built on four pillars that define how we embrace our shaping role: Leadership, Innovation, Findependence, and Empowerment. Sustainably profitable growth and financial independence form the foundation for achieving our ambitious financial targets for the next decade. By 2035, we aim to achieve global revenues of €10 billion. You can find more at koerber.com

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Your role in our team
You will lead and manage strategic sales efforts for complex system integration opportunities across North America
You will identify, develop, and close new business opportunities across target industries including logistics, distribution, manufacturing, and retail supply chains
You will build and manage relationships with customers, strategic partners, consultants, and key decision-makers
You will own the full sales cycle, from prospecting and opportunity development through solution shaping, negotiation, and contract closure
You will partner closely with engineering and solution teams to develop competitive, customer-specific proposals
You will grow existing accounts through upselling, cross-selling, and long-term partnership development
You will maintain a strong sales pipeline and deliver against revenue and growth targets
You will travel approximately 50% across North America to customers, partners, and industry events
Your profile
You have gained 10+ years of sales experience in intralogistics automation, warehouse automation, material handling, system integration, or related industries
You have proven success in business development, account management within system integration, material handling, software solutions, or related industries
You have experience selling complex, customized, project-based solutions with long sales cycles
Strong consultative and solution-selling skills, with a track record of closing major opportunities
Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and cross-functional teams in developing solutions and proposals
Experience managing strategic customer relationships at multiple levels within client organizations
Ability to travel domestically and internationally, as required by business needs
Must possess, or be able to obtain and maintain, all required travel documentation, including a valid passport where international travel is necessary
Must be able to lawfully enter and exit the United States and other countries required for business travel
Must not have any legal or regulatory restrictions that would prevent the issuance, renewal, or use of required travel documents, or otherwise limit the ability to fulfill the travel requirements of the role
Eligible applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
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Your Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or related field preferred
Your experience in logistics, supply chain automation, manufacturing, or related industries is preferred

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