Sales Manager Key OEM

Position

Sales Manager Key OEM

Location

Auburn Hills MI

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Job Purpose

The Sales Manager is responsible for directing the sales activities in North America region for multiple product lines within one of BorgWarners key division for a major customer. Has knowledge of the organization the business and sales strategies. Participates in the development and implementation of the sales and customer strategies and staffing model. This includes maintaining some key client relationships and managing and training a team of sales staff. While coordinating with cross-functional departments within the business unit the Sales Manager owns the customer strategy and is accountable for the growth profitability and customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

• Represent the business unit to our customers in a highly professional and ethical manner promoting product leadership in component and systems technology.
• Monitors market dynamics including customer and competitor developments and funnels relevant information to the appropriate Product Business Director for consolidation in our market sensing process and develops sales forecasts and monitors market trends throughout the year for use in monthly forecast adjustments.
• Develops (with input from cross-functional teams) and deploys comprehensive customer and pricing strategies that improve the profitability and growth of the business unit and are market driven.
• Articulates a clear understanding of our market share competitive position and profitability at each assigned account.
• Develops and deploys the customer interface strategy (points of contact frequency) and builds strong rapport with key decision makers developing coaches and sponsors at our key accounts while managing and motivating a supporting team of account managers and Customer liaison personnel.
• Develops proactive new business opportunity (NBO) plans tracking and recording progress toward sales objectives.
• Takes ownership of total customer satisfaction providing global coordination on customer issues monitoring our performance on key supplier metrics and pursuing corrective action plans as appropriate.
• Assures account teams compliance with contract review procedures and the business units commercial policies.
• Responsible for thorough development plans training coaching and supervision of subordinates.
• Maintain close liaison with sales performance and recommend appropriate advertising publications product training and/or merchandising programs to aid in the attainment of sales objectives while keeping pace with current policies and programs and evaluating the effectiveness of these programs.
• Oversee the preparation and dist. of informational material to media reps.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with distributors and customers.
• Manages and participates in the development and scheduling of special projects such as trade shows public relations events contests promotions etc.
• Business proposal development (price strategy etc.).
• Proposal presentation / closure with customer.
• Coordination of activity with Engineering / Operations.
• Identify customer plans.
• Target price and customer requirements.
• Train personnel in successful account management methods.
• Drives the Sales budget stretch targets and strategy for the Specific customer in North America.

What we are looking for

• B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering
• English Language
• Greater than 10 years sales or engineering experience.
• Automotive industry experience required (10 years minimum)
• Excellent contacts to automotive customer
• Position requires the ability to communicate and interact effectively with individuals other departments customers and vendors
• Experience in project/program/customer management and leading and motivating a team

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