The Sales Account Management Professional is responsible for achieving significant long term sales growth and customer satisfaction along with managing the overall customer relationship with the assigned accounts. This employee will work as a primary contact for assigned accounts, including engineering, purchasing, quality, manufacturing and other areas. This employee coordinates involvement of other team members as needed. Responsible for all business development and sales at assigned accounts and achieving significant sales and profit growth to meet or exceed goals set by the Sales Manager while achieving superior supplier ratings.
General Responsibilities
Leads the direct sales process and achieving sales targets
Responsible for visits to current and potential clients
Leads the performing of routine account management activities
Submits short and long-range sales plans and prepares sales strategies utilizing available marketing programs to reach nominated targets
Ensures that clients receive high quality customer service
Ensures smooth commercial and logistical processes for deliveries to our customers
Supporting customer-specific developments and an active shaping of technology-oriented cooperation with the customer
Main interface between the customer and our internal development, application, service, and order processing departments
Fulfilling customer’s needs by understanding application, demand, competition and by organizing internal and local resources to provide the best solution to the customer
Establishing and maintaining a personal network with key decision makers in customer’s organization
Experience / Qualifications
A university degree required (i.e. Bachelor’s degree) or equivalent relevant work experience
Several years of experience with customer relation, preferably as Key Account Manager
Sales spirit with the push to make complex projects successful
Thorough technical understanding and interest in new technologies and markets
Technical knowledge of high voltage and charging components ideally in the automotive/vehicle industry is a strong plus
Willingness to travel internationally (ca. 20 %) and flexibility to adjust some communication to different time zones of customers
Must be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to handle multiple competing tasks and demands but also being able to work self-dependent
Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation in both German and English
Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) and ideally SalesForce
Strong interpersonal & collaboration skills to work effectively with all levels of the organization, including suppliers and/or external customers within a global matrix organization
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Note to applicants for positions in the United States:
Sensata Technologies, Inc. (US) is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.
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Sensata Technologies, Inc. (US) participates in E-Verify. View the E-Verify posters https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf