Technical Business Manager F/H
We are looking for a Technical Business Manager for a key position within our French team. Your main mission will be to manage the entire commercial and technical process, from responding to tenders to final delivery, while ensuring customer satisfaction and the sustainability of our commercial relationships. This role requires dual competence: a solid technical understanding of valve products and a strong appetite for sales and negotiation. You will be the essential link between our customers, our German and Italian suppliers, and our internal departments. The position is a CDI, based in Salon de Provence, with a flexible teleworking policy after the integration period. Approximately 10 trips are to be expected within French territory during the year to meet strategic partners and customers. Environment You will join a small, close-knit, and collaborative team, where the spirit of mutual aid is fundamental. Management is based on trust, autonomy, and commitment, which are essential to the efficient functioning of a human-sized structure. You will work mainly with the following digital tools:
ERP Software: Axelor for administrative follow-up and order management. Office Tools: Mastery of Excel for analyses and initial modeling.
Our culture values simplicity, a direct approach, and strong professional ethics. Your ability to manage customer exchanges with calmness and professionalism will be a major asset in this environment where the advisory relationship takes precedence. Your missions Your role will consist of guaranteeing the fluidity and accuracy of our sales and business follow-up processes:
Rigorously analyze specifications and process all customer tenders, including framework agreements outside the AO process. Develop complete and competitive technical and commercial proposals, ensuring their alignment with project requirements. Perform technical feasibility checks in collaboration with internal and external experts. Accurately calculate cost prices, prepare quotes, and negotiate commercial and tech conditions.
To succeed in this demanding and stimulating function, your background must demonstrate a solid technical foundation combined with successful experience in the industrial B2B sales cycle. Technical skills and experience
You possess a solid technical education (type Bac+2/5 in mechanics, processes, or a field related to valves/valving). Ideally, you have significant experience (minimum 5 years) in a technical role in production or a design office within a similar industrial environment (oil, gas, chemistry, precision mechanics). Previous successful experience in developing commercial offers, sending quotes, or a pre-sales role is strongly desired. Managing tenders in a regulated context would be a decisive advantage. Mastery of English is indispensable to communicate effectively with our suppliers based in Germany and Italy.
Your personality is a key success factor in our structure.
You are recognized for your organizational skills, your rigor, and your commitment. You naturally adopt an advisory approach, valuing the relationship of trust with the client over the long term. Your simplicity and approachability facilitate exchanges, while your resilience allows you to manage the uncertainties of commerce with mastery. You are autonomous in managing your workload but know how to fully integrate into the team spirit.
"Even if you do not meet absolutely all the criteria, we will be delighted to speak with you if you recognize yourself in the essentials of this position. We attach particular importance to the diversity of backgrounds and are open to applications from people with disabilities." Benefits By joining GVS, you benefit from a strategic position within a high-value-added niche market, supported by the recognized quality of German products.
A stimulating work environment with strong recognition in the French market. Attractive remuneration, determined based on your profile and experience. A work environment promoting autonomy and direct impact on performance. A work rhythm allowing for a good balance, with controlled national travel. Evolution prospects within a solid group (BOEHMER).