Why this role matters

The automotive industry is at a turning point. Rising cost pressure, demand volatility, labor shortages, and increasing product complexity are exposing the limits of classical, hardware-centric automation. At the same time, software, AI, and IT–OT integration are redefining how factories operate and compete.
Wandelbots provides the Physical AI platform that enables automotive OEMs and suppliers to leapfrog from rigid automation to software-defined, AI-driven production systems - using and upgrading their existing assets. Reporting to: Head ​of Sales.

As Enterprise Sales Representative - Automotive, you will be at the front line of this transformation:

• Winning new enterprise customers
• Establishing Wandelbots as astrategic platform partner
• Turning Proofs of Value intolong-term framework agreements
• Building trusted, executive-level relationships that scale over time

You own the end-to-end enterprise sales process for automotive OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, and selected Tier-2 organizations:

• Identify and win new strategic customers in automotive manufacturing
• Position Wandelbots as a platform for competitiveness, not a point solution
• Lead complex sales cycles from first engagement tomulti-year platform adoption
• Lay the foundation for long-term Customer Success–led expansion

What you will do

1. Enterprise New Business Development

• Prospect, qualify, and develop new enterprise accounts in automotive manufacturing
• Engage with CxO, production, operations, IT, and digital manufacturing leaders
• Understand customer strategy, pain points, and competitive pressure
• Translate industry challenges intoplatform-level value narratives

2. Consultative, Platform-Led Selling

• Lead customers from first discussion to Proof of Value (PoV)
• Design PoVs with a clear path to scale and standardization
• Position Wandelbots as the IT–OT backbone for future automation
• Move customers from PoV to framework and platform agreements

3. Value & Business Case Ownership

• Build and defend business cases with clear P&L relevance
• Articulate impact on:
  • Cost, efficiency, flexibility, and resilience
  • Time-to-market and scalability
  • Risk reduction and asset utilization
• Ensure executive alignment aroundlong-term platform value

4. Cross-Functional & Partner Collaboration

• Work closely with:
  • Head of Sales
  • Marketing
  • Customer Success
• Project.Studio and our ecosystem delivery partners
• Involve ecosystem partners when required to ensure customer success
• Maintain clear ownership and trust in co-selling situations

Experience & Background

• Proven enterprise sales experience in:
  • Software and/or
  • Platform and/or
  • SaaS / PaaS solutions
• Strong exposure to IT and OT environments
• Track record of selling into automotive manufacturing ecosystems
• Experience leading customers from:
  • Proof of Value
  • To framework agreements
  • Into long-term, value-driven relationships
• Ideally, you are based in one of the following regions: Rhine-Main, Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart or Cologne/Bonn

Industry & Domain Knowledge

• Deep understanding of:
  • Manufacturing, production, and logistics processes
  • Automotive OEM and supplier structures
  • OT realities on the shopfloor
• Ability to bridge business, IT and OT conversations

Sales Skills & Mindset

• Comfortable with long, complex enterprise sales cycles
• Strong executive communication and storytelling skills
• Structured, disciplined, and value-oriented
• Curious, resilient, and motivated to sell change - not just software

What success looks like in this role

• New automotive enterprise logos won
• High-quality PoVs with clear expansion potential
• Framework agreements and recurring platform revenue
• Strong executive sponsorship at customer side
• Seamless handover into Customer Success and long-term growth

• You sell platform relevance, not commodity automation
• You help shape the future of automotive manufacturing
• Your deals matter at board and P&L level
• You work with leading OEMs, suppliers, and partners
• You grow with a company on a clear trajectory toward IPO

EASY-TO-USE-ROBOTICS FOR EVERYONE

Imagine a world with more room to unleash our unique cognitive strengths at work. A world where all people – whether craftsmans, blue-collars worker or engineers – have access to automation technologies that perform inhuman, monotonous and high-precision tasks much more efficiently than we do.

At Wandelbots, we're fundamentally reshaping the way to work with robots. We eliminate the complexity and develop easy-to-use solutions to speed up automation and empower everyone to work with industrial robots and beyond.

Mission

2017 founded, Wandelbots employs more than 100 people from 14 countries today. From our headquarters in Dresden Germany, we are giving our heart and soul to follow our mission, to empower everybody to easily work with robots.

Our Culture

Wandelbots’ team culture is deeply driven by our purpose and values. We love autonomy, high fives, and every kind of cake. We celebrate team efforts and learning moments. We grow through feedback and honor kindness and empathy. We build waterslides and invent anti-racism campaigns. We are creative, innovative and blessed with a can-do attitude. We truly believe that robots love people, so we just do love them back.