Head of Service Sales
Key Skills
Job Description
Company Description
Together with 7.300 colleagues worldwide, we are the strategic lifecycle partner for the pharmaceutical, biotech, and food industries. With seamless processes, innovative technologies, and sustainable solutions, we help our customers achieve their goals. For example, we ensure that vaccines are safely filled and that tablets can fully release their active ingredients. Your favorite chocolate and snacks are also sustainably packaged with our help.
Syntegon Packaging Solutions B.V., located in Weert, is part of the Syntegon Group. In Weert we are Center of Competence for vertical form, fill and seal machines within the Syntegon Group. Here we develop and produce technologies for a wide range of food and non-food products, including stand-alone machines and system solutions with various process steps from weighing and dosing to vertical bagging, cartoning, case packing, and palletizing.
Apply now and become part of our team!
Job Description
As the Service Sales & Installed Base Manager, you will drive profitable growth by maximizing revenue from our installed base. Working closely with the after-sales team, you will focus on high-value customers, developing strategies that increase service sales while enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty. Your role combines customer insight, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver targeted service offerings across service agreements, spare parts, maintenance, upgrades, and modernizations.
Key Responsibilities
You will take ownership of installed base revenue growth and customer success, with responsibilities including:
- Strategic Revenue Generation: Identify high-potential customers, prioritize resources, and execute strategies to increase aftermarket sales.
- Installed Base Optimization: Maintain and analyze data on machines, service history, and customer profiles to target high-value accounts effectively.
- Collaboration & Alignment: Support the after-sales team with insights, tools, and clear priorities to align activities with revenue goals.
- Customer Relationship & Satisfaction: Build and maintain strong relationships with key accounts, coordinating with sales, technical support, and field service to deliver seamless customer experiences.
- Performance Tracking & Reporting: Monitor service sales, installed base health, and customer satisfaction, using insights to refine strategies and maximize revenue.
Qualifications
We are seeking a results-oriented professional with technical expertise, analytical skills, and a track record in service sales or aftermarket management.
You bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
- 5+ years in service sales, aftermarket management, or technical sales in industrial equipment or packaging machinery.
- Strong knowledge of machines, service requirements, and lifecycle management.
- Ability to analyze customer data, identify opportunities, and drive sales growth.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams, particularly after-sales and service organizations.
- Excellent communication skills in English (German is a plus) and willingness to travel for customer visits and team collaboration.
Additional Information
- Flexible working hours, a fitness subscription, a bicycle plan, and a profit-sharing scheme.
- A great, collegial work atmosphere with enthusiastic and professional colleagues.
- A substantial amount of responsibility and autonomy in your role.
- A wonderful on-site canteen in Weert, located in a recently renovated building.
Core Responsibilities
You will drive profitable growth by maximizing revenue from the installed machine base through strategic planning and high-value customer engagement. Additionally, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to align service offerings and monitor performance to ensure customer satisfaction.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Business Administration. A minimum of 5 years of experience in service sales, aftermarket management, or technical sales within the industrial or packaging machinery sector is required.
Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Fitness subscription
- Bicycle plan
- Profit-sharing scheme
- On-site canteen
About SYNTEGON
Industry: Machinery Manufacturing
Company size: 501-1,000 employees
Telstar is a leading global brand of aseptic process solutions. The company, part of Syntegon, specializes in the development of GMP consultancy, engineering & construction projects, and integrated process equipment for companies associated with life & health sciences markets (pharmaceutical & biotechnology, healthcare, cosmetic, veterinary, and food & beverage industries), as well as hospitals, laboratories & research centres. Telstar operates in over a hundred countries and has production plants in Spain and China and ten consultancy and engineering services centres, and commercial offices all over the world.