Senior Sales Manager Italy (m/f/d)
Your mission Execute the business plan to achieve ambitious sales targets while ensuring sustainable growth. Identify, approach, and win new clients across Italy, expanding our market presence. Represent the company at key automotive events and build strong industry networks. Report regularly to headquarters in Cologne, sharing insights and progress. Your profile Degree in Business Administration, Management, Entrepreneurship, or a related field. Proven success in B2B sales; experience in the automotive software industry is a strong advantage. Willingness to travel frequently across Italy; valid driver’s license required. Business fluent in Italian and English. Highly motivated, flexible, and independent, able to adapt quickly to new challenges. Strong relationship-building skills and a results-driven mindset. Why us? Strategic Impact: Play a defining role in establishing our Italian presence – your work will directly shape the company’s growth in this market Performance Culture: An agile, fast-paced environment where results matter and your ideas turn quickly into action Collaboration with Leadership: Work closely with our Executive team and influence high-level decisions from day one Growth & Development: Dedicated mentoring, coaching, and international career perspectives to grow with the company Flexibility & Team Spirit: Remote-friendly setup, workation options, and international team events with a true scale-up spirit About us We, Aufinity, are a Cologne-based FinTech Scaleup and pioneer for digital payment solutions in the automotive sector. In 2018, we created bezahl.de, the first all-in-one platform for digital payment management in the automotive trade. With our product, we optimize internal payment processes and help our customers save valuable time and costs in the back office. At the same time, we enable car dealership groups to offer a fully digital payment process with various payment methods - including specialized payment methods for large sums - for the first time.