Sales Account Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Sales Account Manager

This position is Onsite / Hybrid based in Raleigh, NC, Charlotte, NC, or Portage, MI.

The Sales Account Manager – Energy is an integral member of our client's Industrial - OEM Americas sales team and is responsible for maintaining the regional relationship and business development of the assigned customer(s) (including responsibility for Profit & Loss) and steering the business.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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
• Work with the customer on all different product levels (standard products with configurations, adaptions, new customer specific development 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
• (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

REQUIREMENTS

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