Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

Account Manager DTNA

Zf Friedrichshafen Ag • $95K — $115K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Sales, Business, Engineering, Marketing, or a related field
  • 6+ years of experience in OE sales or a related field, preferably with a technical background
  • Strong strategic and critical thinking skills
  • High-level negotiation skills and ability to work independently
  • In-depth knowledge of the automotive industry and market trends
  • Solid understanding of business and financial principles

Responsibilities

  • Manage profit and loss for assigned customer domain
  • Lead the sales team for the designated customer within the KAE account team
  • Represent the voice of the customer for domain-related topics
  • Develop and execute customer strategy for the assigned domain
  • Negotiate terms for the assigned domain within set boundaries
  • Handle escalations for the assigned domain before involving KAE
  • Contribute to market and competition analysis for the assigned domain
  • Cultivate and maintain customer relationships for the assigned domain

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with a diverse array of North American customers
  • Engagement in strategic growth plans
  • Involvement in a closely knit team environment
  • Exposure to the entire ZF product portfolio
  • Potential for professional development in a leading automotive company
Full Job Description
Req ID 91770 | Auburn Hills, United States ZF CV Systems North America LLC

Job Description

About the team: The Account/Sales Management Team is a closely knit community and supports a diverse array of North American customers and encompasses the entire ZF product portfolio. The Account Manager for this role will be primarily focused on new acquisitions in steering, driveline, braking, ADAS, air supply, or suspension systems and assisting with the strategic growth plan set forth by the Key Account Manager. The key success to this role will be understanding the customer's perspective and satisfying their expectations while performing the necessary steps within ZF's process to achieve that.

What you can look forward to as an Account Manager:
  • Profit and loss responsibility for the assigned domain at the customer within agreed boundaries
  • Sales Team Lead for the assigned domain/customer within the KAE account team
  • Represents VOC of domain/customer related topics
  • Owns and executes customer strategy within the assigned domain/customer
  • Leads negotiations for assigned domain within agreed boundaries
  • Manages escalations for assigned domain/customer prior to KAE involvement
  • Provide input for market analysis and non-technical competition analysis for assigned domain/customer
  • Drives customer relationship for assigned domain/customer


Your profile as an Account Manager:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Sales, Business, Engineering, Marketing or another relevant field
  • 6+ years of progressive experience in OE sales or a related sales field. Engineering and/or technical background preferred
  • Strategic and critical thinking required, with the ability to draw a vision for the account
  • High level of authority with strong negotiation skills. Ability to work independently
  • Deep understanding of automotive business, market trends, and innovation
  • Deep understanding of business, financials, and the overall market

*Ability to travel 10% to 20% of the time (annually)

Be part of our ZF team as Account Manager DTNA and apply now!

Contact

Hannah Cline



About Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

ZF Friedrichshafen AG is a German car parts maker headquartered in Friedrichshafen, in the south-west German region of Baden-Württemberg. Specialising in driveline and chassis technology as well as active and passive safety technology, the company has a global workforce of around 160,000 with approximately 260 locations in 41 countries. In 2019, ZF achieved sales of ?36.5 billion. ZF is one of the world's largest automotive suppliers and a leading technology company for mobility.
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