Business Development Manager Connectors for Transportation & Industrial – EMEA

About ITT: At ITT, we have a clear purpose as an organization – to provide our customers with cutting-edge solutions to help solve their most critical needs across key global end markets. Our continuous improvement mindset drives our commitment to evolving our capabilities as a multi-industrial technology, manufacturing and engineering leader. With a strong global footprint of more than 100 facilities, we are well positioned to solve critical challenges for our customers around the world. Our locations include manufacturing facilities and global service capabilities in 35 countries. Through these worldwide operations and building on our heritage of innovation, our approximately ~11,000 team members partner with our customers to deliver enduring solutions that make a lasting difference and help the world move forward. ITT is headquartered in Stamford, CT, with sales in approximately 125 countries. The company generated 2024 revenues of $3.6 billion.

• Motion Technologies: (Revenue of $1.4B; headcount of ~ 4,000; operates in 13 countries) manufactures brake components and specialized sealing solutions, shock absorbers and damping technologies primarily for the global automotive, truck and trailer, public bus and rail transportation markets.
• Industrial Process: (Revenue of $1.4B; headcount of ~3,400; operates in 30 countries) manufactures engineered fluid process equipment serving a diversified mix of customers in global industries such as chemical, energy, mining, and other industrial process markets and is a provider of plant optimization and efficiency solutions and aftermarket services and parts.
• Connect and Control Technologies: (Revenue of $0.8B; headcount of ~ 3,800; operates in 10 countries) manufactures harsh-environment connector solutions, critical energy absorption, flow control components, and composite materials for the aerospace and defense, general industrial, medical, and energy markets.

Positionsübersicht

Location: Weinstadt or remote

• You develop new business opportunities in the transportation and industrial markets (e.g. rail, heavy vehicles, energy) and act as a regional interface for market and industry trends in the EMEA region
• You take the lead in developing new business opportunities, and design-in projects – either directly with strategic customers or in close cooperation with the sales team and our distribution partners
• You also build and actively maintain sustainable relationships with strategic customers and relevant industry stakeholders
• You work closely with product management, sales, and product development to drive growth initiatives
• You present our products, technologies and capabilities to existing and potential customers by demonstrating value‑proposition and expertise in interconnect technologies.
• You identify opportunities to expand our product portfolio and contribute with structured customer feedback as well as market and competitive analysis
• You coordinate the implementation of strategic growth initiatives
• Last but not least, you master the New Business Opportunity Management process and use our CRM system as well as the associated reporting tools

Positionsanforderungen

• You hold a degree in mechanical engineering, electrical/electronic engineering or have a comparable qualification
• You have several years of professional experience in business development, technical sales or product management, ideally in the connector industry or a related industry
• You are familiar with design‑in, spec‑in and buying processes in the connector industry
• You can demonstrate success in developing and executing new business opportunities
• You bring strong technical understanding and can communicate complex topics clearly
• You are a self‑organized, communicative personality with high initiative, team spirit and leadership skills
• You keep track even in complex projects, work in a practical and solution‑oriented manner, and bring strong organizational talent and customer focus
• You are willing to travel at least 50% of your working time for customer visits within the EMEA region
• You have excellent German and English language skills; a third language (French or Italian) would be a strong plus