Job Description
ROLE SUMMARY
This is a hybrid position based at our location in Raleigh, NC, Gastonia, NC, or Portage, MI. No Visa sponsorships are available for this position. The Sales Account Manager - Off-Highway is responsible for maintaining the regional relationship and business development of the assigned customer (including responsibility for Profit & Loss) and steering the business.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Sales Account Manager is the representative of the customer voice within MANN+HUMMEL. As the main interface to the customer, especially for all commercial issues and needs to maintain the relationship to the customer (on several levels, e.g., purchasing, engineering), the Sales Account Manager will:
• Analyze the market and competitive situation and derive conclusions and actions (incl. marketing activities) for meeting the sales targets • Preparation of sales opportunities: establish customer intimacy, identify leads and opportunities based on commercial and technical aspects • Develop, support and execute the dedicated customer strategy and align with the industry strategy (via industry champions) • Work with the customer on all different product levels (standard products with configurations, adaptions, new customer specific developments, projects) • Initiate and lead the business acquisition process • Follow-up business opportunities even before receiving an RFQ or providing an initiative offer through the quotation and decision phase (won or lost order) until the product launch, if applicable and check the customer development afterwards • Customer specification: check feasibility regarding technical, commercial, legal and timing dimensions also by involving other relevant internal functions • Submit different kind of quotations (from standard parts to new developments) and negotiate individual pricing corresponding to the offer package • Negotiate customer specific contracts in alignment with legal department • Constantly check the fit between customers' expectations and demands and MANN+HUMMEL's offer (technical, commercial, ecological wise) including the documentation of deviations and negotiation with the customer • Analyze competitive situation in the market segment(s) the customer is active and compare the situation of MANN+HUMMEL and other market players at the customer on a regular basis
International/Global projects: involve all relevant functions and act as the interface between customer and internal functions to drive the project forward
Conduct won or lost order analysis for selected projects including the lessons learned with the corresponding team
Sales Account Manager will be part of a Global Key Account Management Team
Other duties as assigned
REQUIREMENTS
Education:
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business Administration or a related field
Experience:
• 3 years' minimum sales or customer facing engineering experience in heavy-duty /off-highway industry
Required Skills:
• Commercial, methodological and analytical skills • Pricing and contract negotiation, conflict management skills • Strong verbal, written and presentation communication skills • Must be able to travel up 60-70%, primarily domestic
Preferred Experience:
• Filtration industry experience
Are you full of ideas? Are you keen to take on responsibility and really achieve something? Then our doors are open to you. This company lives out its values, gives people the freedom to use their own initiative, and offers many development exciting opportunities and many exciting projects - all of which awaits you here.