Industry Development Manager Wood Composite

Location: Germany - Remote; extensive travel across the EMEA region required.

Company

hirify.global is part of the Freudenberg Group, with the role representing Chem-Trend in customer and industry engagements.

What you will do

• Develop the wood composites business across EMEA and drive profitable growth.
• Manage and expand existing key accounts while developing new customer opportunities.
• Create market and sales strategies and translate them into effective actions.
• Support customer projects and product trials in collaboration with Technical Service and R&D.
• Build long-term relationships with customer stakeholders, distributors, and sales partners.
• Monitor market trends, customer needs, and competitive activity, and represent Chem-Trend at customer meetings, trade shows, and industry events.

Requirements

• Experience in technical sales, business development, or key account management within the wood composites industry.
• Strong commercial understanding, negotiation skills, and a focus on profitable growth.
• Customer-focused, entrepreneurial, self-motivated, and results-oriented approach.
• Ability to understand complex situations and solve challenges with a customer-centered mindset.
• Comfort working internationally and collaborating across functions.
• Fluent English and willingness to travel extensively across EMEA are required.

Nice to have

• Additional European language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time remote work from Germany.
• International collaboration across the EMEA region.
• Equal-opportunity workplace committed to diversity and inclusion.