About us

Join our innovative team at SCHOTT as an International Graduate Sales & Business Development (m/f/d)!
We are looking for a graduate within our strategic business field Fireplaces with a global and innovation focused mindset to strengthen our Sales team at our site in Mainz. Within our 18–24 month International Graduate Program, we offer a professional career start in a fast paced international business environment. The position will be filled at the earliest possible date.

Your Contribution

• Handle customer inquiries and prepare quotations, including pricing and feasibility checks.
• Support Key Account Managers in day-to-day customer management, negotiations and complaint handling.
• Take ownership of selected recurring Sales and Business Development activities, including CRM, sales planning, and sales steering tools.
• Analyze sales, customer and pricing data and support the preparation and implementation of price adjustments.
• Contribute to strategy, market and competitor analyses as well as selected business development and cross-functional projects.
• Gain hands-on experience across key business functions, including Product Management, Application, Quality, Supply Chain, Controlling and Strategy, while continuing to contribute to ongoing Sales responsibilities.

Your Profile

• A successfully completed Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Industrial Engineering or a related field.
• Initial experience through internships, working student roles or studies abroad; experience in Sales, Business Development or an international B2B environment is a plus.
• Strong communication and customer orientation combined with a structured and proactive working style.
• Analytical thinking and confidence in working with data; confident use of MS Office particularly Excel and PowerPoint; experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP) is an advantage.
• Very good German and English language skills; additional languages are a plus.
• High level of initiative, team orientation and willingness to take responsibility and curiosity to learn across different business functions.

Your Benefits

SCHOTT’s openness to promote your further development is just as great as our additional benefits. Ranging from active health management via flexible working hours and hybrid work all the way to corporate pension plans: everything geared to suit your goals and needs. Discover a special corporate culture where everyone has the opportunity to develop their entire potential.

At SCHOTT, you can expect a unique corporate culture where we emphasize equity, diversity, and inclusion. We know: motivated and committed employees are the precondition for the success of our company.

International assignments; Exclusive employee benefits/discounts; Holistic corporate health management; Subsidized pension plan

Please feel free to contact us

You can expect interesting tasks and challenging projects, as well as motivated and friendly teams in fields that influence our future. Do you want to be successful with us? Then, please send us your application: SCHOTT AG, Human Resources, Eva Lemke, +496131661994

*At SCHOTT, it’s your personality that counts – not your gender, your identity, or origin.