Regional Sales Manager - GBT Auto South (F/M/D)

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• Drive regional sales growth through structured customer engagement, opportunity management, and timely deal closure.

• Develop and execute strategic account plans for OEMs, Tier‑1s, and key customers, review performance and growth potential regularly.

• Build strong, multi‑level relationships across engineering, procurement, quality, and leadership functions.

• Position Klüber’s value proposition using technical expertise, application knowledge, benchmarking data, and ROI‑based selling.

• Leverage Klüber’s test rigs, OEM approvals, and application capabilities to deliver differentiated product and service solutions.

• Lead commercial negotiations within approved pricing and margin frameworks, managing risks and ensuring compliance.

• Maintain high‑quality CRM pipeline discipline to support forecasting, reporting, and sales governance.

• Support and develop channel partners by improving pipeline quality, technical capability, and adherence to territory and pricing norms.

• Monitor market trends, competitor activity, and OEM developments; identify opportunities for new approvals and aftermarket growth.

• Identify new product or application opportunities, support trials, and provide structured market and competitor intelligence.

• Ensure effective order‑to‑cash execution, issue resolution, and high standards of customer service.

Qualification & Experience

• Engineering degree with a full‑time MBA.

• Minimum 15 years of B2B technical/industrial sales experience, preferably in Automotive.

• Proven experience managing OEMs, Tier‑1 customers, and channel partners in South India (TN, KA, AP, TG, KL).

• Strong commercial acumen, negotiation skills, and value‑based selling expertise.

• Proficiency in Tamil, English, and Hindi.

• Willingness to travel extensively within the region.

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