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The Key Account Manager manages a strategic Power Generation Equipment OEM customer, with the role evolving to include a second strategic account. In this position you will be responsible for managing and developing broad relationships with the OEM's team(s) and collaborating with Donaldson’s engineering and product development groups.
This job is based in Leuven. Internal candidates from other EMEA locations are also welcome to apply for this position.
Responsibilities:
- Provide world class service while maintaining and building long-term relationships with customer(s)
- Maintain exceptional track record with the customer(s) by providing flawless on time delivery of RFQ responses and projects, continuing our standard of delivering high quality solutions, and providing fair and consistent pricing
- Act as primary contact for customer, which includes traveling to customer locations to solidify relationships, determining specific customer needs, and mastering application and business requirements
- Optimize sales and profits consistent with business objectives by formulating and implementing long/short range sales, program, product, and pricing strategies and plans
- Initiate, participate in, and direct presentations, negotiations, business proposals, product demonstrations, and other communications designed to drive sales
- Coordinate account management efforts with our global entities, customers and affiliates by supporting product delivery, including the coordination of cross-functional and global teams, to ensure customer needs are met
- Develop and utilize sound technical understanding of company products, technologies, and capabilities to aid in the selling process and project management
- Develop and maintain market share information and competitive data for Power Generation and Oil & Gas markets
- Evaluate projects/programs for strategic fit, potential risk, financial feasibility, technical capability, manufacturability, and presents viable opportunities to management for final project/program approval
- Participate in and lead a wide range of special projects, typically focused on continuous improvement, business processes, and global team collaboration tools
- Provide project quotations to customer under tight timelines
- Lead commercial interaction for customer CCRs and field issues
Minimum Requirements:
- 5+ years of sales, customer service or equivalent industry experience
- Consistent achievement of goals
- Strategic planning and tactical implementation skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
- Demonstrated ability to use good public relations skills, including having a professional impact and being able to present to groups or individuals in a persuasive manner
- Strong mechanical/technical aptitude and ability to learn new technologies through product-driven training programs
- Established ability to use accounting concepts to assess the implications of financial decisions/actions as they relate to business opportunities
- Willingness to travel approximately 10-15%, potential for global travel
Preferred Requirements:
- Education: Master's or Bachelor's Degree
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in Italian
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of sales, customer service, or equivalent industry experience
- Consistent achievement of goals
- Strategic planning and tactical implementation skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
- Ability to communicate persuasively and present to groups or individuals
- Strong mechanical or technical aptitude and ability to learn new technologies
- Ability to use accounting concepts to assess financial implications of business decisions
- Willingness to travel approximately 10–15%, including potential global travel
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in Italian
Donaldson Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Donaldson Company and has not been reviewed or approved by Donaldson Company.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs like a 401(k) match, profit-sharing, and an employee stock purchase plan are positioned as meaningful components of total compensation. Company materials consistently frame retirement benefits within a broader Total Rewards offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program with mental‑health resources create a comprehensive health and wellbeing package. Healthcare is often characterized as decent and a core strength of the overall offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, and paid parental leave are explicitly included, alongside other company‑paid leaves such as bereavement, jury duty, and military leave. Some locations highlight multi‑week PTO from the first year, underscoring breadth of leave options.
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What We Do
Donaldson Company helps solve some of the world's most complex filtration and contamination control challenges, and is one of the largest global providers of unique filtration technologies and high-quality filters and parts. Our filtration technologies and products are used every day, in a variety of industries and environments, including aerospace, agriculture, construction, food and beverage, manufacturing, mining, power generation, transportation and many more. Key to our success, our 14,000 employees support customers at sales, manufacturing and distribution centers from over 140 locations on six continents. The filtration market continues to grow. Customers' needs for filtration solutions continue to evolve. And the opportunities for our products and our people continue to expand.
