Key Account Manager (m / f / d)
Lear Corporation, Great Heath, Coventry
Key Account Manager (m / f / d)
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Lear Corporation, Great Heath, Coventry
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 4 days ago, 26 Sep | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Full Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Account Manager to join our sales team within our Seating division. You will be based in our Engineering Center looking after JIT projects.,
- Responsible for commercial ownership of complete seat programs. Negotiate series projects and contracts with customer on from Buyer to Senior Management level
- Liaison with internal sales and program management team to ensure alignment
- Interface with Costing team to ensure timely and accurate quotes
- Customer relationship management - OEM Buyer / Purchase Manager / Lead Engineers / Module Leaders / Piece Cost Engineers / Vendor Tooling Cost Engineers
- Manage negotiation and closure of commercial issues in timely manners
- Manage sales account with P&L responsibility, cost and pricing management and profitability ownership from project inception through to SOP
- Deliver program(s) with committed financial metrics
- Maintain internal reporting
- Support business case approvals
- Report out program commercial status to senior level
Experienced automotive tier 1 Account Manager - ideally with a background in complex, high value commodities - trimmed assemblies/interiors a plus - Highly developed commercial acumen, be a motivated self-starter and willingness to take the lead and not afraid to make a decision
- Experience in tracking price changes, maintaining accurate records of changes including margin impacts
- High level communication and organisational skills
- English - Advanced proficiency
- 10% of Travel time (EMEA & US)
Lear For You We work hard for the people who work for us. We champion our teams and foster collaboration, inclusion, respect and excellence. Because we want to be more for you. A path to a better career. A better future. Our teams have invented groundbreaking technologies, manufactured millions of products and earned a long list of awards. Year after year, we're named one of the World's Most Admired Companies. They're the secret to our success-empowered, inventive and inclusive. Passionate about their craft. Driven to succeed. Because we win together. Are you ready for a better career? A better future?