Hella

Account Manager - Automotive Lighting - EVs

Hella$90K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related field
  • 5+ years of sales experience in automotive lighting
  • Familiarity with full automotive lighting product range (exterior and interior)
  • Experience working with NEVS customers, especially Tesla
  • Strong interpersonal and motivational skills for cross-functional collaboration
  • Interest in innovative and complex technical products

Responsibilities

  • Drive lighting sales for NEVS customers
  • Partner with Program Management to develop customer strategy
  • Maintain a robust customer network to align needs with company goals
  • Lead account acquisitions and ensure profitable growth
  • Manage pricing and reimbursements for projects, addressing deviations proactively
  • Steer activities across functions to achieve comprehensive solutions

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedules and flexible hours
  • Industry-leading health benefits program
  • Lucrative paid time off policy
  • Competitive 401K matching
  • Extensive career and training opportunities
  • Annual bonuses
  • Onsite wellness center and workout facilities
  • On campus restaurant and employee coffee/water services
  • Team and company-wide events
Full Job Description
Account Manager - Automotive Lighting - EVs
Location Northville, USA

YOUR TASKS

Forvia Hellais seeking its next great Account Manager - Automotive Lighting EV to join our team. The primaryfunction of this role will be to partnerwith external OEM customers to obtain lighting program awards. This individualwill be joining a well established and growing global team that is helping tomove the automotive market forward.

DailyResponsibilities
  • Drive Exterior and Interior Lighting sales for NEVS customers.
  • Partner with Program Management to define the customer strategy for product groups.
  • Maintain a strong customer network to identify customers' needs, align with company strategy and coordinate the activities.
  • Lead acquisitions and ensure the profitable growth of the account. During series development you are responsible for the commercial and contractual part of the Engineering Change Management.
  • Plan and execute prices and reimbursements of your projects. In case of deviations, you actively trigger the needed actions to ensure the budget.
  • Actively steer the activities across all functions to achieve a solution considering all interests

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, or related field
  • 5+ years of sales experience in a similar position within the automotive lighting industry
  • Understanding of the full automotive lighting product scope, including exterior and interior systems (e.g., headlamps, rear lamps, ambient lighting, electronic modules) is a plus.
  • Experience working with NEVS customers and established customer network (primarily Tesla)
  • Open-minded personality, easy to approach, and able to motivate and inspire cross-functional teams
  • Strong interest in selling highly innovative and technically complex products

Why ForviaHella?
  • Hybrid work schedules and flexible core hours
  • Industry leading health benefits program
  • Lucrative PTO policy
  • Competitive 401K matching
    Extensive career and training opportunities
  • Annual Bonuses
  • Onsite Wellness Center / Workout Facilities
  • On campus restaurant as well as employee water and coffee services
  • Team and company wide events
  • And much more!

Please feelfree to apply if you do not meet 100% of the positional requirements. ForviaHella is dedicated to the development and future advancement of all of ouremployees.

Even if you do not meet all our requirements, do not hesitate to apply to us, because the further development of our employees is very important to us and opens up a wide range of opportunities for you in our company.

Please send us your application via our career portal, stating your salary requirements and earliest possible starting date, with the reference number req18420.

HELLA Corporate Center USA, Inc.
Eric Spence

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About Hella

Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. is an internationally operating German automotive part supplier with headquarters in Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia. The company develops and manufactures lighting, electronic components, and systems for the automotive industry. It also has one of the largest trade organizations for automotive parts, accessories, diagnosis, and services within Europe. Hella is one of the top 50 global automotive suppliers, and one of the 100 largest industrial companies in Germany. Worldwide, it employs about 40,000 people in more than 100 locations in over 35 countries. More than 5,800 engineers and technicians work in research and development within the company.
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