Sales Area Manager - France South West

Together, we move the world—we’ve been doing it for over 100 years. At MAHLE, as a leading international development partner and systems supplier to the automotive industry, we pursue the objective of making mobility more efficient, more environmentally friendly, more convenient, and more economical. As part of our dual strategy, we are working both on the intelligent combustion engine for the use of hydrogen and other nonfossil fuels and on technologies for fuel cells and e‑mobility. MAHLE generated sales of €11.3 billion in 2025. Employing just under 65,000 people at 127 production locations and 11 technology centers, the company is represented in 28 countries (as at: 12/31/2025).

Your Contribution

As an Area Sales Manager, you drive commercial development in your region, manage distributor portfolios, and support sustainable revenue and margin growth while strengthening MAHLE’s market presence.

• Manage and grow a portfolio of distributors within your assigned territory.
• Achieve sales, margin, profitability, and recovery targets.
• Implement commercial actions including promotions, field visits, product push activities, and local negotiations.
• Identify growth opportunities and successfully introduce new products to the market.
• Implement the commercial strategy and support distributor sales teams through training, joint visits and commercial activities.
• Achieve sales, margin, profitability and customer satisfaction targets.
• Manage and grow a portfolio of customers, prospects and key accounts (negotiation, offers, follow‑up, recovery).
• Identify profitable business opportunities while safeguarding margins.
• Provide regular reporting, conduct market and competitor analysis, and recommend corrective actions.
• Cooperate closely with internal teams (Customer Service, Logistics, Marketing, Finance) and handle sector‑related disputes.

Your Experience and Qualifications

• Business degree (Bac+2 equivalent minimum) or at least 2 years of relevant commercial experience; automotive/aftermarket knowledge is a plus.
• Strong command of MS Office and confidence preparing commercial proposals.
• Excellent communication skills, customer orientation and ability to manage priorities.
• Organized, autonomous, strategic, team‑oriented and proactive, with strong commercial acumen.
• Willingness to travel frequently within the region.
• Fluent French; English is an advantage for collaboration within the Group.

Facts about the job

Entry level: Experienced hires

Part- / Full-time: Full Time

Functional area: Sales

Department: BU3 Lifecycle and Mobility

Location: Décines, FR