Key Account Manager - Mainstream

Posted on behalf of

Britishvolt

Our client, a leading force in battery technologies, dedicated to supporting the future of electrified transportation and sustainable energy storage, is currently looking for a Key Account Manager to join their innovative team! The successful candidate will be responsible for developing quality longstanding relationships with the OEM customers, creating, and driving a strategy for the customer account(s) that provides business growth.

The Key Account Manager will:

• Create new business opportunities within existing customers and with new customers.
• Coordinate the creation of relationships between the organisation and customers at an executive level.
• Process RFQ’s and lead the preparation of bids for new business.
• Manage and quote running changes.
• Gather customer, market, and competitor intel to shape the company’s strategy.
• Support commercial and finance departments when necessary for order processing and overdue invoices.
• Manage annual pricing negotiations and create price breakdowns.
• Contribute to the annual budgeting and long-term forecasting, personal input to guide the business on anticipated customer volume.
• Work with the legal department to present and negotiate contract T&C’s.
• Oversee the weekly reports and accounts.

The Key Account Manager will have:

• Successful track record of securing strategic sales of engineered systems or components to automotive OEM’s,
• Experience of strategic account management with leading OEM(s).
• Previous experience in engineering or cost estimating.
• Hands-on work and leader behaviour, who promotes a lean culture and focuses on action.
• Proficient in all forms of Microsoft office products.
• Ability to adjust to changes and alterations promptly and efficiently.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Experience in negotiation.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in an occasionally high-pressure environment.
• Experience with (Hybrid) Electric Vehicles and/or high voltage or low voltage Li-ion battery systems would be an advantage.

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