What you can expect
The Sales Manager Italy South‑Center will play a pivotal role in driving the company’s business growth by acquiring new customers and further developing the assigned portfolio, with a particular focus on the Fleet sector, leveraging a comprehensive multi‑service approach across the South‑Center Region.
The main responsibilities will be:
1. Acquire new corporate customers, primarily medium and large enterprises, with a strong focus on the Fleet sector.
2. Identify business opportunities by managing hot leads and proactively building your own pipeline of potential clients.
3. Develop and expand the customer portfolio within the assigned geographical area.
4. Independently manage the full sales cycle, fostering long-term and trust-based customer relationships.
5. Support existing customers with a consultative approach, including delivering tailored insights through customized data analysis.
6. Conduct up-selling and cross-selling activities across the full range of DKV products and services.
7. Participate in business trade fairs and industry events to strengthen market presence and generate leads.
8. Maintain a daily field presence, ensuring close customer contact and deep market understanding.
What makes you stand out
Qualifications
9. Proven B2B sales experience (minimum 5 years), gained within a structured organization, ideally with strong exposure to on‑field sales and new customer acquisition.
10. Strong negotiation capabilities when engaging with corporate clients, demonstrating confidence and professionalism.
11. A proactive, self‑driven mindset, consistently oriented toward achieving and exceeding targets.
12. Excellent command of MS Office tools (Teams, Excel) and hands-on experience with CRM systems.
13. Willingness to learn and evolve, especially in the area of AI-driven tools and processes.
14. Genuine enthusiasm for field work and availability to travel regularly across the assigned region.
15. Bachelor's degree.
16. Ability to communicate effectively in English.
Your Attitude
17. Strong, solution‑oriented mindset, with the ability to approach challenges calmly and constructively.
18. Proactive attitude, eager to actively contribute to the company’s success and take initiative without being prompted.
19. High levels of commitment, accountability, and adaptability, especially in dynamic or fast‑changing environments.
20. Self‑motivation and resilience, maintaining focus and energy even under pressure or when facing setbacks.
We are looking forward to your application and to applicants who enrich our diverse culture! Regardless of age, gender, origin and sexual identity and orientation. Severely disabled applicants will be given preference if equally qualified. This position can be full-time or part-time (min. 30h/week). DKV Mobility is looking for the best talents and knows that these are not always available on a full-time basis. Many of our employees work part-time or in flexible working models. Please talk to us about the flexibility you need during the application process.
Why DKV Mobility? Here are five good reasons...
At DKV Mobility, we are team players - because we are only successful together! #teamofteams
You should feel welcome with us from the very beginning!
We've been growing for about 90 years
How we do it? We keep adapting our products and business model to meet changing customer needs. That's how we stay mobile and master every challenge the future holds.
There are also many other good reasons to work at DKV Mobility. For example, we offer you comprehensive company health management, parent-child offices (from 2023) and support you in leasing your eBike through our partner Jobrad!
We attach great importance to work-life balance.
We stand for the compatibility of family and career! That's why we offer flexible working hours and family-friendly working time models. In addition, we rely on a balanced mix of on-site meetings and home office.
We support you in your development
We offer you optimal conditions to familiarize yourself so that you can quickly find your way around and become a part of the team! To further your personal development, we offer you access to a modern learning environment - independent of time and location. This way you can also face the challenges of tomorrow!
We live „Lead in Green“
You want to drive the energy transition? Then you've come to the right place! We want to be the leading provider of sustainable products and services in our industry. Through our 2021 Green Pledge, we have committed to 1.) becoming a climate-positive company by 2023 and 2.) helping our customers reduce the carbon intensity of their fleet by 30% by 2030 compared to 2019.
We are a certified employer
Our employees trust us. As an employer, we regularly receive awards from independent institutes, e.g. as Top Employer Germany and as Great Place to Work!