Job Description

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The 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 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 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 intra logistic automation project
• Your bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field is 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
• You have strong consultative and solution-selling skills, with a track record of closing major opportunities
• You have experience managing strategic customer relationships at multiple levels within client organizations
• You can collaborate effectively with technical and cross-functional teams in developing solutions and proposals
• Your experience in logistics, supply chain automation, manufacturing, or related industries is preferred
• Demonstrated success in strategic business development, consultative solution selling, and growing key accounts through executive relationship management, negotiation, and commercial leadership
• Strong technical and business acumen in integrated systems, with the ability to collaborate across cross-functional and global teams while delivering customer-focused, results-driven outcomes

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 working environment at Körber

Körber is shaping the future of end-to-end supply chain automation across Europe, North America, and Asia with our cutting-edge material handling solutions and system integration expertise. Set new industry standards and champion customer-centric services and solutions with our dynamic Automation team based in Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA.

This is a full-time, exempt position with a hybrid work schedule. Candidates located within 30 miles of our Sandy Springs, Georgia, office or within 50 miles of our Irving, Texas, office are preferred and will be expected to work onsite three days per week. Candidates located outside of these areas are eligible to work remotely.

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 of up to six percent
• You are provided with several company-paid benefits, including vision insurance, short and long-term disability, basic life insurance plans, and educational and employee assistance programs

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 [email protected]. 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.

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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 [email protected]. 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.