Sales Development Manager - Automotive Industry (f/m/d) - Technischer Vertrieb, IT

Responsibilities

• Strategic, operational and technical responsibility for the corresponding car segment (planning units/assemblies).
• Worldwide application technology support for members of the automotive team.
• Designing, implementing and coordinating national and international marketing activities
• (Key) Account Management
• Strategic and operational planning on an annual basis (including inputs for the forecast)
• Price negotiations (global and local)
• Lateral leadership of the account team
• Business development & Project management (new product developments, sales projects, special projects), in particular development of the basis for decision-making on the project results
• Obtaining market information and identifying potential

Qualifications

• Graduate engineer (technical university, university of applied sciences), preferably specialising in mechanical engineering, industrial engineer, business economist or equivalent knowledge and skills acquired in practice
• Several years of experience in the field of sales&application, marketing, product management – preferably in the automotive industry
• Good command of both written and spoken English and German
• Willingness to travel (approx. 30 %)
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Professional, customer-oriented attitude
• Cooperative and convincing behaviour
• Passionate about working in interdisciplinary and multicultural teams