WTD - German Speaking Country Manager for Digital Business
Discussion
A business I am an investor in a business that is looking for a German speaker to drive the growth Germany. Spec below, please PM if of interest.
German Country Lead, Sales & Marketing I Based in Reading, maybe some flexibility on location for the right person
Salary neg.
Do you want to launch an innovative, creative and disruptive digital healthcare brand into Germany?
We care about lots of things; Health, Happiness, Quality of our Products and the Service to our Customers.
With our ever-increasing global success, we are strengthening its foothold within Germany. For this reason, and to support ever increasing demand, we are now looking to hire a Country Lead for Germany, to fully launch and manage Germany
Having discovered a passion for Product, Sales & Marketing, Commercial or Consumer Behaviour you will be ready to catapult your career to the next stage. Having graduated from university you will have become aware of your ability to influence buying decision through Sales, Digital and Marketing. Ideally you will have experience launching a product or brand into a market, driving sales through engaging with a community or customer base.
You will be able to bring your experience working in a commercial environment, where you will have worked closely to understand product margins, marketing budgets and launching products.
We are digital through and through and this role requires attention, development and success across Amazon Germany and the company’s German ecommerce websites
You will be required to work closely with Senior Management, Marketing and Supply Chain
You will be personally responsible for arranging, leading and representing the German business at German trade shows. Therefore, you will be energetic, confident and engaging in person, when engaging face to face with buyers, distributors and users of our product range.
You will have completed a Degree or MSc degree in a related field or worked in a role that has given you the opportunity to develop the skills required.
This is fantastic opportunity for you to fully launch a fast-growing brand into a country/market.
Clearly, due to the nature of the role you will be fluent in German, both oral and written. Ideally - having spent time living in Germany you will have a deep understanding of the economy and culture in Germany.
German Country Lead, Sales & Marketing I Based in Reading, maybe some flexibility on location for the right person
Salary neg.
Do you want to launch an innovative, creative and disruptive digital healthcare brand into Germany?
We care about lots of things; Health, Happiness, Quality of our Products and the Service to our Customers.
With our ever-increasing global success, we are strengthening its foothold within Germany. For this reason, and to support ever increasing demand, we are now looking to hire a Country Lead for Germany, to fully launch and manage Germany
Having discovered a passion for Product, Sales & Marketing, Commercial or Consumer Behaviour you will be ready to catapult your career to the next stage. Having graduated from university you will have become aware of your ability to influence buying decision through Sales, Digital and Marketing. Ideally you will have experience launching a product or brand into a market, driving sales through engaging with a community or customer base.
You will be able to bring your experience working in a commercial environment, where you will have worked closely to understand product margins, marketing budgets and launching products.
We are digital through and through and this role requires attention, development and success across Amazon Germany and the company’s German ecommerce websites
You will be required to work closely with Senior Management, Marketing and Supply Chain
You will be personally responsible for arranging, leading and representing the German business at German trade shows. Therefore, you will be energetic, confident and engaging in person, when engaging face to face with buyers, distributors and users of our product range.
You will have completed a Degree or MSc degree in a related field or worked in a role that has given you the opportunity to develop the skills required.
This is fantastic opportunity for you to fully launch a fast-growing brand into a country/market.
Clearly, due to the nature of the role you will be fluent in German, both oral and written. Ideally - having spent time living in Germany you will have a deep understanding of the economy and culture in Germany.
dibblecorse said:
I take it you've trawled all the Reading / Thames Valley tech firms with Bus Dev divisions, there are a myriad but their German speakers are their most prized assets, we struggle to hire German speakers into the Reading office and most are in London for us, also tech sales.
Thanks, yes trawling as we speak!Yes it seems like there's a lot of competition out there as a lot of our EU friends have understandably left the country.
Spreading the net high and wide hence PH post.
foliedouce said:
Thanks, yes trawling as we speak!
Yes it seems like there's a lot of competition out there as a lot of our EU friends have understandably left the country.
Spreading the net high and wide hence PH post.
Symantec Green Park are hemorrhaging people since the Broadcom takeover, we've interviewed most the good ones and Symantec overpaid to a degree so they all have inflated opinions of their true worth ....Yes it seems like there's a lot of competition out there as a lot of our EU friends have understandably left the country.
Spreading the net high and wide hence PH post.
dibblecorse said:
Symantec Green Park are hemorrhaging people since the Broadcom takeover, we've interviewed most the good ones and Symantec overpaid to a degree so they all have inflated opinions of their true worth ....
I'll get onto Sales Navigator now and see if I can find any of your leftovers 
Out of interest, what were they paying? In effect this is an internal sales job with the odd trip to a German trade show
foliedouce said:
I'll get onto Sales Navigator now and see if I can find any of your leftovers
Out of interest, what were they paying? In effect this is an internal sales job with the odd trip to a German trade show
Unfortunately based on my position here and my boss knows my PH credentials no way I can answer that, but you'll see a theme ... Out of interest, what were they paying? In effect this is an internal sales job with the odd trip to a German trade show
Pincherrn said:
Hi,
A bit unrelated but is being a German Speaker a valuable asset? I am a German Speaker having lived in Germany for 20 years but have never looked at German Speaker jobs but my work experience may not lend itself to any German Speaking roles.
Regards
Colin
I have some personal experience on this. I graduated from university in Languages (Russian and Serbo-Croat), after doing A-Levels in French and German. Without too much trumpet blowing my French and German were, and remain, pretty good. I went into Export Sales jobs in the 90s, and then IT Support jobs requiring languages thereafter. I found that in the real world jobs requiring language skills actually paid LESS than comparable jobs which didn't. Why? Well, my thoughts are that languages are seen as a female skill, and we all know what happens to women in the workplace when it comes to pay. They are also seen as an immigrant skill, again, these people get paid less, and even in the case of younger workers expect this situation. A bit unrelated but is being a German Speaker a valuable asset? I am a German Speaker having lived in Germany for 20 years but have never looked at German Speaker jobs but my work experience may not lend itself to any German Speaking roles.
Regards
Colin
I found my languages to be useful in getting jobs early in my working life, but experience I gained from those jobs has led me to more lucrative job choices which don't need languages (I've remained in IT and taken up Project Management), and I don't use them in work any more. Which is a shame, as I'd like to, but perversely they can be a barrier to earnings, whilst being a skill which can help in getting a job in the first place. I often get people say - wow, your language skills are amazing, you must be able to write your own cheque! Nope. Not in my experience.
I don't know what the OP is offering in terms of salary for this particular role - but I'd be surprised if the need for language skills actually meant the financial reward would be any higher than a comparable non-language job.
So German might help you get a job, but don't expect it to pay better than other work. All IMHO of course. Others may have different experience.
P.S I'm based in the Thames Valley if the OP wants to offer me 100k a year!
Edited by ElectricSoup on Monday 25th November 10:30
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