Job Description

Your Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

  • Execute sales activities to achieve commercial objectives for assigned market segments (territory, sector, customers, or product line).

  • Contribute to RFQ and budget planning; forecast revenues and customer prospects.

  • Understand product strategy (especially E-mobility) and advise internal/external stakeholders on applications and variations.

  • Collaborate closely with PMs and KAMs to secure engineering-based sales opportunities.

  • Engage deeply in customer projects with PM, track profitability, and implement corrective measures for deviations.

  • Analyze market trends; report on technologies, customers, and competitors.

  • Develop customer relationships; manage acquisition and negotiations.

  • Align with cross-functional teams globally; support all sales-related activities.

  • Prepare, conduct, and finalize negotiations on products, quantities, and pricing.

  • Monitor and report sales performance metrics for continuous improvement.
  • Main Tasks


    Business Acquisition

  • Process customer inquiries and quotations.

  • Classify, register, and prepare inquiry documents.

  • Create risk level assessments (RLA) with Engineering, Production, and Legal.

  • Clarify and track open details with customers/KAM, engineering, plants, purchasing, etc.

  • Validate product calculations and pricing.

  • Prepare RFQ documents; negotiate and escalate issues promptly.

  • Track deadlines and communicate with customers/KAM.

  • Participate in internal/external project meetings; support Gateway reviews.

  • Monitor project profitability; define corrective measures.

  • Set and track customer-specific milestones with engineering and KAM.
  • Strategic Planning & Sales Strategy

  • Gather customer, market, and competitor intelligence.

  • Manage customer portfolio (contracts, terms, conditions).

  • Conduct won/lost analysis and assess sales strategy impact.

  • Plan turnover and sales forecasts; monitor deviations.

  • Coordinate activities for projects and serial production.

  • Develop strategies for new markets, customers, and products.
  • Other Tasks

  • Maintain customer contact; monitor delivery reliability.

  • Handle customer requests via portals.

  • Review cost breakdowns and value analysis; present to customers.

  • Approve credit/debit notes per guidelines.

  • Guide and supervise internal sales staff, field staff, apprentices, and interns.

  • Resolve open points with relevant departments.

  • Support and coordinate customer complaints and launch control.

  • Manage client development plans in alignment with GKAM and BU.

  • Support market analysis and product portfolio definition.

  • Define and implement product strategies; align BU/UB with client needs.

  • Initiate pre-acquisition activities; provide technical leadership for client teams.

  • Your Qualifications

    Soft Skills ・ Goal orientation: Recognizes and respects the targets of his internal and external business partners and is able to defend the Divisional targets in the region. ・ Entrepreneurial thinking: Focus on defined targets and project profitability. ・ Analytical skills: Consolidates market and competitive information, understands relationships and impact on Divisional business. 
    ・ Strong conceptual skills: Recognizes application oriented business opportunities and drives the related projects towards realization. ・ Intercultural skills: works close in cross regional and multi-cultural teams.

    Education and Experience

    ・ University degree, ideally with a technical background (e.g. mechanical/electrical engineering, business administration and engineering), or experience in similar sales / KAM position. ・ Process orientation and adherence. ・ At least 2 years of experience in sales, key account or project management/application engineering, ideally experience in the automotive business. ・ Strong sales and communicative personality ( communication in the matrix, strong network). ・ Strong communication skills incl. Business English skills. ・ Willingness to travel and work in international teams.

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