ELA Container GmbH

Cologne, Germany

ELA Container GmbH

Professional

As of now

Full-time

1,600 employees in 18 locations around the world with a fleet of 60,000+ circulating containers. Since ELA’s establishment in 1972, our business has continuously been expanding, we are specialists in mobile room solutions. Our family-run company based in Haren (Ems), Germany, is growing at a fast pace and we are actively looking for qualified and dedicated team players to join us locally, internationally and beyond. ENG

Are you eager to rethink sales and sell real solutions instead of just products? Then bring your energy to us as an Area Sales Manager for the Greater Cologne Area (m/f/x) (ZIP codes 50, 52 & 53) and inspire customers with mobile space solutions that are truly needed. From consultation to closing the deal—you’re in full control.

Sound like your kind of thing? Then we should get to know each other! At ELA Container, exciting challenges, plenty of room for your development, and a welcoming culture where you’ll feel right at home await you.

Your future role

• Sales of mobile room solutions in container design
• Independent support and advice for existing customer relationships, including technical advice
• Acquiring new customers from various sectors and expanding our market position
• Conducting price and condition negotiations
• Active and continuous market observation and preparation of market and competition analyses

What you bring to the team

• A degree in economics, business administration, industrial engineering, training as a construction technician (m/f/x), or a comparable qualification
• Initial professional experience in sales as an Account Manager, Business Development Manager (m/f/x), or similar; experience in modular construction or the construction industry is desirable
• Technical understanding, ideally with a background in the construction or modular construction industry
• Willingness to travel 3–4 days per week within the assigned region
• Experience with Microsoft NAV, Salesforce, or SAP is desirable
• Excellent written and spoken German and English skills

Our Benefits – Because You’re Our Priority at ELA

• We want you to be optimistic about the future, which is why we support you with our company retirement plans and capital-forming benefits for your financial security.
• Company pension scheme
• We want you to be optimistic about the future, which is why we support you with our company retirement plans and capital-forming benefits for your financial security.
• Once ELA, always ELA. When you join our company, we want you to be a key member of the team, which is why we’ll offer you a permanent contract.
• We offer you flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home – if you’re not at the client’s location.
• Flexible work in field service
• We offer you flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home – if you’re not at the client’s location.
• We’ll provide you with a company car, which you can also use for private purposes.
• Company vehicle
• We’ll provide you with a company car, which you can also use for private purposes.
• We’ll provide you with a company phone, company laptop, and other technical equipment that you’ll need to work remotely and can use for private purposes.
• Equipping
• We’ll provide you with a company phone, company laptop, and other technical equipment that you’ll need to work remotely and can use for private purposes.
• We offer you company health insurance.
• Company health insurance
• We offer you company health insurance.
• We’ll provide you with a company phone (iPhone), which you can also use for private purposes.
• Business mobile phone
• We’ll provide you with a company phone (iPhone), which you can also use for private purposes.
• Our company fitness program: for just €30 a month, you can have access to thousands of gyms, swimming pools, and more throughout Germany, including unrestricted digital access.
• Corporate fitness
• Our company fitness program: for just €30 a month, you can have access to thousands of gyms, swimming pools, and more throughout Germany, including unrestricted digital access.
• We organize an extensive onboarding program for you at our headquarters in Haren (Ems), so that you can get to know the entire company, our products, and our employees..
• Initial training
• We organize an extensive onboarding program for you at our headquarters in Haren (Ems), so that you can get to know the entire company, our products, and our employees..
• We consider your driving time to the client’s location to be working time.
• Journey time equals working time
• We consider your driving time to the client’s location to be working time.
• We can offer you attractive bike leasing.
• Bike leasing
• We can offer you attractive bike leasing.
• The ELA Corporate Benefits portal offers attractive discounts on more than 1,500 brands from all relevant areas of life.