Contract Manufacturing · Germany ↔ India
Sales Agent / Technical Sourcing Partner (m/w/d)
🇩🇪 Germany · Freelance · Commission-Based
Location
Remote — Germany
Engagement
Freelance · Commission-based
Industry
Machining · casting · forging · sheet metal
Focus
Precision manufacturing · German Mittelstand
About us
CM MetalMarket connects industrial buyers with a network of 50+ certified Indian precision manufacturers (CNC machining, casting, forging, sheet metal, injection moulding — IATF 16949, AS9100, ISO 9001). Our differentiator is the casting + machining + finishing bundle from a single source — exactly the niche the large platforms avoid.
We grow through personal, technically grounded relationships with the German Mittelstand — not through anonymous portals. For that, we're looking for an experienced sales engineer who speaks the language of both the design office and purchasing.
Your role
You are the technical and commercial link between German buyers and our Indian manufacturing partners:
- Acquisition & account management of German mid-market clients (owner-operated machine builders, plant engineering firms, automotive suppliers)
- RFQ qualification: read drawings, assess tolerances, materials and feasibility — and judge which parts are suited to Indian manufacturing and which are not
- Technical translation between customer requirement and supplier capability (cast housings → milling → plating / powder coating, bent / brazed tubing, sheet-metal assemblies, special alloys)
- Prototype-to-series support: first-article inspection, customer sign-off, transition into serial production
- Negotiation & relationship building for long-term framework agreements
Your profile
- Several years of experience as a sales engineer / project manager in metalworking, plant or machine engineering
- Solid technical grasp of machining, casting, forming and surface finishing — you can look at a part and see where the manufacturing limits are
- Experience in New Product Introduction / prototype-to-series transition is a plus
- An existing network in the German Mittelstand, or a proven ability to win B2B clients independently
- Self-directed, entrepreneurial way of working — you're used to operating freelance and on your own responsibility
- Fluent negotiation in German and English
- Open to international sourcing as a complement to — not a replacement for — German value creation
What we offer
- Performance-based compensation with a share of gross profit (GP-share model) — above-average earning potential on recurring orders
- Full flexibility: you decide location, hours and workload — an ideal complement to existing self-employment
- Office space in Berlin available whenever you want a base to work from or to meet clients
- No pressure on unit volume, but on the quality of relationships — we build long-term accounts, not one-off deals
- We handle back office, supplier management and quality assurance — you focus on the technology and the customer
- Direct line to management, short decision paths
Apply for this role
Send us a short note on your background and one or two typical projects you've handled. We reply personally to every application.
Prefer to email us directly?
Send your CV and a short note to Roman@metal-market.in with sudhanshu@metal-market.in in CC.