Key Account Manager Automotive

For more than 80 years, our client’s engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.

Responsibilities :

• Identifying new business opportunities
• Review of customer contracts in close coordination with the legal department
• Providing crucial information for internal planning processes
• Full responsibility for the implementation of projects in all phases - you will lead both internal and external teams.
• Significantly involved in the development and implementation of regional growth plans
• Definition of tactical measures for specific customer accounts
• Identifying and managing new business opportunities and developing customized products to meet customer requirements
• Building and maintaining long-term customer relationships
• Responsibility for preparing financial justifications, presentations and offers as well as negotiations for specific projects
• Pricing of existing business with a particular focus on profitability and contracting with customers.

Requirements :

• Completed (technical) degree
• Fluent German and English
• Several years of professional experience in (technical) sales
• Knowledge of the automotive industry
• Customer experience with a German OEM is an advantage
• Willingness to travel to our customer's location (approx. 2 days per week)