Account Manager- Schaumburg, Illinois #12445

Job Title: Account ManagerDepartment: AutomotiveReports to: Sales DirectorJob Summary:As an Account Manager, you will support automotive T1/T2 customers with semiconductor products, managing multiple clients and suppliers to meet all customer requirements. This role demands excellent timeline management, business acumen, and professional communication skills. Travel is required a few times a month.Duties/Responsibilities: Manage a customer program life cycle from design, PPAP, safe launch, SOP, PCN, allocation and/or EOL by customer and by parts number. Conduct high level technical discussions with engineering to increase new opportunities. Can obtain program information from a customer to manage production pipe line (supply & demand) or new business opportunity. Manage customer programs information in Excel & PowerPoint in timely manner. Update monthly automotive market. Understand semiconductor supplier and customer market environment including acquisitions to maintain our company's position in a distribution market. Ability to work with Material Planners to manage processing quote, customer forecast/orders, based on supplier lead time. Experience with facilitating trucking, expediting, pushing-out or cancelling P/O depending on customer requirements. Ability to manage supply and demand without creating short-supply or dead-inventory based on customer FCT. Ability to manage line down situation. Ability to manage aging inventory. Understand and manage all N.A. automotive logistics requirements including WMS, Label, barcode, and traceability to meet customer needs Experience negotiating and managing RFQ & cost reduction based on customer programs to meet customer requirements. Analyze and calculate cost, resales, profitability and/or usage. Manage profitability during a cost negotiation. Ability to negotiate annual cost reduction between customer and supplier to increase sales & profitability. Ability to propose appropriate RFQ Ability to create and accurately and organize customer data leveraging Excel. Update daily & weekly activities without delay in timely manner. Update, review and manage Weekly POS, BKLG, INV to meet a company goal. Update, review and manage monthly, quarterly, yearly forecast with suppliers. Manage process including PPAP, PCN, Failure analysis, 8D and/or quality documentation between supplier and customer working with quality team to meet customer requirements. Support PCN partnered with the quality team. Provide high level technical assistance with material verification resolution, specification or drawing exceptions. Ability to manage all quality related issue based on a customer requested timeline. Ability to summarize all business opportunities both verbally and in writing. Must travel mainly throughout the mid-west, eastern region and Mexico. Additional time may be required determined by customer/supplier needs.Required Skills/Abilities: Experience: 3-5 years in the semiconductor industry, with a focus on automotive accounts (a bonus), preferably in an account management role. Industry Knowledge: Proficient in understanding and articulating the role of distributors and executing responsibilities within the semiconductor and automotive markets. Risk Management: Strong aptitude for risk management, aligned with the semiconductor QCDD standards. Ability to understand & perform managers request in timely manner. Be team orientated. Ability to manage all internal/external email, phone call, or message without delay to keep our position strong in timely & professional manner. Ability to manage all traceability data in Excel and/or PowerPoint. Global communication in different time zone mainly Japan required.Education and Experience: Bachelors degree or equivalent diploma 3-5 years in the semiconductor industry, with a focus on automotive accounts (a bonus), preferably in an account management role

Salary : $65,000 - $95,000