Sales Manager (Automotive)

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We are looking for a Sales Manager, to our company to be located in Gebze with the required skills listed below;

·         Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering university,

·         Minimum 10 years’ experience including 2 years in management in sales at a Tier 1/2 or OEM automotive supplier to the Global OEM’s,

·         Having knowledge and experience in financial matters,

·         Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and experienced in solution generation,

·         Creating an inspiring team environment as a good team player in an open communication culture,

·         Customer oriented, strong negotiation skills,

·         Experienced in APQP Project Management,

·         To able to deal with a complex, large number of  Tier 1/ OEM’s,

·         Fluent in English and /or German spoken and written,

·         Proficiency in MS Office applications and preferably Microsoft Ax or SAP.

JOB DESCRIPTION

·         Ensuring overall accountability for the sales development and customer satisfaction for all OEM’s,

·         Develop Sales budget/plan and to follow short/long term target realization,

·         Responsible for competitive market trends and provide SWOT analysis,

·         Interact with the OE buyers in order to reinforce the marketing strategies of the company, identify opportunities for new businesses and identify customer needs, including engineering developments at the OEM / OES customers,

·         Manage sales activities with existing / new Customers in order to improve company Turnover and targets,

·         Analyse project incomes and profitability to drive higher financial results,

·         Coordinate in-time request of RFQ’s coming from all OES/OEM customers, develop strong relationships with those customers,

·         Create alternative solutions for the open issues with the customers,

·         Actively participate projects; from quotation phase until start of production following the APQP guidelines.