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Sales Recruitment Agency Greece

JN Recruitment is the boutique sales recruitment agency for Greece trusted by machinery, industrial technology and recycling companies. We find the Country Managers, Heads of Sales and Sales Managers who open the Greek market — searched in Greek, closed on Greek terms.

  • Technical sales placements from Athens to Thessaloniki, Patras to Heraklion
  • 100% technical sales — machinery, industrial technology & recycling
  • Greek-language executive search with Greece-specific salary benchmarks
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Our niches
  • Machinery & plant engineering
  • Industrial technology
  • Recycling & environmental technology
2–4 weeks

to your first shortlist of qualified Greek candidates

6–10 weeks

from briefing to signed contract — typical for Greece

100% focus

technical sales roles — no generalist recruiting

30+ markets

European markets covered, Greece among the fastest growing

Sales headhunter Greece

Your sales headhunter for the Greek market

Greece is one of Europe’s most underestimated growth markets for industrial suppliers. EU recovery funding is modernising factories, ports and utilities at record pace, the waste and recycling sector is being rebuilt around EU circular-economy targets, and from Athens to Thessaloniki buyers still decide the traditional way: in Greek, in person, on trust.

That is why generalist job boards rarely deliver in Greece. As a specialised sales headhunter for Greece, we approach proven technical sales professionals directly — people who carry a network of plant operators, importers and distributors, and who have sold capital equipment through Greek decision cycles before. Every search is run in Greek, every candidate is interviewed against your niche, and every shortlist comes with verifiable track records.

Whether you need a first Country Manager to enter the market or a Head of Sales to professionalise an existing Greek team: our executive search for sales leadership in Greece is built for one outcome — revenue responsibility in the right hands.

Positions we fill

Sales positions we recruit in Greece

From the first commercial hire in the market to a full national sales organisation — these are the technical sales roles our recruitment agency fills in Greece, each screened for genuine hunter mentality.

Head of Sales Greece & South-East Europe

Leads and professionalises an existing Greek sales organisation — often with regional scope including Cyprus and the Balkans — from pipeline discipline to key accounts.

Sales Manager Greece

Hunts new OEM and end-customer business nationwide: trade fairs, distributor management and direct sales of machinery and industrial technology.

100+ companies expanded successfully with our placements

Market knowledge

Hiring sales talent in Greece: what employers should know

Recruiting in Greece follows its own rules — from salary structure to notice periods. The essentials we brief every client on before a Greek search starts:

14

Salary payments per year

Greek private-sector salaries are customarily paid in 14 instalments — twelve monthly payments plus a Christmas bonus and half-payments at Easter and in summer. We always quote annual gross so your Greek offers stay comparable with the rest of Europe.

1–4

Months of notice — tenure-based

Statutory notice for white-collar employees scales with tenure and tops out around four months — and employers can shorten it further against severance. Compared to the German three-to-six-month standard, a Greek hire is usually on board fast.

6

Months of probation

Indefinite contracts are the standard for professional roles, with a probationary period of up to six months for qualified specialists — enough time to see your new Sales Manager in front of real customers.

75/25

Typical base-to-variable split

Greek industrial sales packages usually run 70–80% fixed salary, with a company car standard in field sales. Pure-commission models will not attract serious technical sales talent in Greece — proven candidates expect a solid fixed base.

Salary benchmarks

Sales salaries in Greece: current benchmarks

What does sales talent cost in Greece? Annual gross salaries in EUR for technical sales roles in machinery, industrial technology and recycling — 14 payments consolidated, company car not included:

Position Base salary OTE (on-target earnings)
Country Manager Greece €70,000 – 95,000 €90,000 – 125,000
Head of Sales Greece €60,000 – 85,000 €80,000 – 110,000
Sales Manager Greece €45,000 – 60,000 €55,000 – 80,000
Business Development Manager €35,000 – 50,000 €45,000 – 70,000
Area / Regional Sales Manager €35,000 – 48,000 €45,000 – 62,000
Technical Sales Engineer €32,000 – 45,000 €40,000 – 55,000

Source: JN Recruitment placement and interview data, industrial B2B sales, Greece. Athens and Thessaloniki price 10–15% above the national range.

Greece Q&A

Sales recruitment in Greece: frequently asked questions

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As a boutique sales recruitment agency for Greece, we run the full executive search for technical sales roles: direct approach of proven candidates, structured interviews and reference checks in Greek, salary benchmarking against the Greek market, and support through offer negotiation and signing. Every mandate is handled end-to-end by the consultant who took your briefing — no CV databases, no job-board reposting.

We fill technical sales and sales leadership roles across Greece: Country Manager Greece, Head of Sales, Sales Manager, Area Sales Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Business Development Manager and Technical Sales Engineer. Typical mandates are the first or leading commercial hire of a machinery, industrial technology or recycling company entering the Greek market.

Exclusively industrial B2B niches: machinery and plant engineering, packaging and processing technology, automation, industrial components, and recycling and environmental technology — a sector Greece is currently rebuilding around EU circular-economy targets. This focus means we already know the candidates, salaries and competitors in your Greek niche.

Generalist agencies in Greece cover every function from finance to shipping crews — and the technical sales talent you need rarely answers their adverts. A specialised sales recruitment agency for Greece starts every search with an existing network of Country Managers, Heads of Sales and Sales Engineers in your niche, knows the realistic salary for each role, and can judge a track record in capital-equipment sales rather than just matching keywords on a CV.

Our offices are in Germany, Poland and Cyprus — and for Greece that is a real advantage: searches are run by Greek-speaking consultants from our Larnaca office who work the Greek-speaking market daily. Direct approach and interviews in Greek, references checked with Greek industry contacts, and candidate meetings by video or at the sector’s trade fairs.

You typically receive a first shortlist within 2–4 weeks, and most Greek positions are signed within 6–10 weeks. Notice periods work in your favour: statutory notice scales with tenure but rarely exceeds a few months, and employers can buy it down against severance — so a Greek hire often starts months earlier than an equivalent hire in Germany or Austria.

A Sales Manager in Greek industrial B2B typically earns €45,000–60,000 base and €55,000–80,000 on-target, annual gross. A Country Manager Greece reaches €90,000–125,000 OTE, a Technical Sales Engineer €40,000–55,000. Greek salaries are customarily quoted in 14 payments and field roles almost always include a company car — we benchmark every mandate before the search starts.

Yes — English proficiency among Greek professionals is among the highest in southern Europe, and it is a standard requirement in our Greek searches that we verify in every interview. Day-to-day selling, however, happens in Greek: plant operators and technical buyers expect negotiations in their own language, which is exactly why we search in Greek rather than filtering for English CVs.

Yes — that is the typical starting point of a market entry. Your first Greek hire can be employed through an Employer of Record, a local payroll setup or an existing EU entity while your Greek subsidiary is being established. We advise on what top candidates in Greece will accept and structure the offer accordingly.

All of them. Most mandates centre on Athens and Thessaloniki — home to the majority of Greek industry and distribution — but we regularly place field-based sales roles in Patras, Larissa, Volos, Heraklion and across the islands. Greek technical sales is largely home-office and territory-based, so we recruit where your customers are — not just where the airports are.

Across Europe

One sales recruitment playbook, every European market

The same specialised technical sales search opens every market on the continent — pick the country you are expanding into.

Hiring in several markets at once?

Hiring at leadership level? Our executive search practice:

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Fill your key sales roles across Europe — now.

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Jonas Strambach – Director & Senior Recruiter, JN Recruitment
Our mission is simple: placements that open new markets.
Jonas Strambach Director & Senior Recruiter, JN Recruitment
Jonas Strambach – Director & Senior Recruiter, JN Recruitment

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