AHT CleanTec Sales/Commercial Engineer (m/f/d)

AHT CleanTec Sales/Commercial Engineer (m/f/d)

About the job AHT CleanTec Sales/Commercial Engineer (m/f/d)

Title: Sales/Commercial Engineer (m/f/d)
Location: Overath, Germany (Bonn/Overath area)
Employment: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: €45,000–€60,000 gross + commission structure
Travel: 30–40% (customer sites, tradeshows, prospecting)

About This Role

You’ll be our first in-house Sales/Commercial person—not just handling orders, but building our sales organization and growing into Sales Director over 3 years as we scale from 25 to mid-size company.

This is not a generic sales job. This is a founding position for someone who builds a sales organization from scratch.

Your Responsibilities
Year 1: Build the Pipeline

• Independently manage RFQ (Request for Quotation) from identified prospects
• Follow up on customer inquiries and relationship building over long sales cycles (6–18 months)
• Cold outreach and prospecting across Germany and Europe
• Technical support in customer conversations (with our Engineering team)
• Participation in tradeshows and industry events
• Pipeline management and forecasting
• Build and lead a small sales team (2–3 people)
• Define sales strategy for hydrogen and syngas markets
• Customer representation on major projects
• Negotiation and deal closing
• Training development for new sales staff

Your Profile
Required:

• Minimum 5 years sales experience (B2B preferred, technical background advantageous)
• Independent & proactive: You work well without constant supervision
• Resilient: You can handle rejection and stay motivated over long sales cycles
• Communicative: Fluent English; German (min. B2 toC2 German spoken and written)
• Fast learner: You can quickly understand technical products
• Willing to travel: 30–40%

Preferred:

• Sales engineering or technical sales background
• Experience with long sales cycles (industrial projects, not SaaS)
• Knowledge in renewable energy, energy systems, or power plant technology

Why AHT CleanTec?

• Decentralized energy solutions. Sustainability is non-optional.
• Technology: Twin-Fire Gasification—patented, proven, with real orders
• Small team, big impact: 25 employees means your decisions shape company direction.
• Career path: Start as individual contributor, grow with the company to Sales Director.
• Stability + growth: Publicly listed, proven technology, strategic partnerships, upcoming projects.

Clean Energy is not an Option – It is the Foundation!