Sales Account Manager – Off-Highway

This is a Hybrid position at our location in Portage, MI or Raleigh, NC or Gastonia, NC.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Sales Account Manager is responsible for maintaining the regional relationship and business development of the assigned customer (including responsibility for Profit & Loss) and steering the business.

• Sales Account Manager is the representative of the customer voice within MANN HUMMEL
• Act 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)
• 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 35%, primarily domestic

Preferred Experience:

• Filtration industry experience

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $90,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 3 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Travel requirement:

• Travel

Application Question(s):

• Do you have experience in pricing, contract negotiation, and conflict management?
• Will you now or in the future require a Visa sponsorship to legally work in the United States?
• Do you have Off-Highway sales experience specific to the Construction & Agriculture industries?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• sales or engineering in heavy-duty /off-highway industry: 3 years (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Gastonia, NC 28054: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Gastonia, NC 28054