KEY ACCOUNTS SALES MANAGER, HALF SHAFT AND CV JOINT

KEY ACCOUNTS SALES MANAGER HALF SHAFT AND CV JOINT

THE PACKAGE

- Base salary $150000

- Target bonus 15% rising to 30% maximum: target total cash of $172500 up to $195000

- Company car

- Full benefits suite: medical dental and 401k

- Based in Troy Michigan

A global Tier 1 driveline manufacturer is building out its North American OEM business from its Troy office and needs someone to lead that charge from the front.

This is not a farming role and it is not an RFQ response desk. The mandate is to open doors before the RFQ exists.

WHAT YOULL BE DOING

- Targeting OEM platforms and opening relationships before formal sourcing activity begins

- Getting the company registered and qualified with purchasing and supplier development teams

- Shaping the RFI stage and positioning for future bidder lists

- Leading the quotation the cost breakdown and the commercial negotiation

- Driving opportunities through to nomination program award and launch

- Protecting and growing existing OEM accounts including cost recovery on tariffs raw materials and engineering changes

WHAT THEYRE LOOKING FOR

- Around seven years or more in automotive OEM sales business development key account management or on the buy side in purchasing sourcing or commodity management

- Direct half shaft CV joint or driveline experience strongly preferred

- Real current relationships with purchasing sourcing and engineering at the Detroit Three the Japanese and Korean transplants or both

- Genuine fluency in cost breakdowns piece price tooling and margin because the commercial negotiation is yours to lead

- Authorisation to work in the United States

The incentive is weighted heavily toward new program nominations 60% of it with profitability and commercial recovery making up the rest. The first year target is $20 million in awarded annual sales. That tells you exactly what success looks like here and it tells you this is a role for a hunter.