Account Manager

Driving the future of automotive. Were Lear For You.

Lear a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems enables superior in-vehicle experiences for consumers around the world. Lears diverse team of talented employees in 38 countries is driven by a commitment to innovation operational excellence and sustainability. Lear is Making every drive better by providing the technology for safer smarter and more comfortable journeys. Lear headquartered in Southfield Michigan serves every major automaker in the world. Further information about Lear is available at or on Twitter @LearCorporation.

Following its establishment in 2012 Plzeň has grown into our fastest-growing Engineering Development Center in Europe. The center focuses on the design and development of Lear products including complex seating mechanisms and structures foams coatings plastics and trim components. The vision for Plzen is not to work as an internal supplier for our European business units but to develop into a leading Design and Development Center working on projects for all major European OEM customer groups from concept phase through to delivery.

Your responsibilities:

• Preparing and negotiating product offers and following up on change requests
• Developing offer strategies to meet project goals / monitoring project results
• Constructive collaboration with the project team (development purchasing operations and program management)
• Price review and maintenance
• Internal reporting
• First point of contact for the customer for the project
• Competitor monitoring and analysis

Your qualifications:

• Successfully completed degree in economics or engineering or alternatively commercial/technical training
• Professional experience in the automotive industry preferably in purchasing sales program management or development at an automotive supplier or OEM
• Due to the international orientation of the company business fluent English skills are required
• Ability to work in a team and communication skills in an international environment
• Economic thinking and customer orientation
• Negotiation skills and independent working style
• Willingness to travel occasionally within the country and abroad
• Ideally German speaking

Benefits:

• Attractive salary

• Flexible working hours
• 5 weeks of vacation
• Bonuses for life and work anniversaries
• Commuting allowance
• Meal allowance
• Contribution of employer for pension insurance
• Free-time vouchers Sodexo/Pluxee Flexipasses
• Discounted T-Mobile tariffs for you and family members
• Multisport card and Makro card