JOB DESCRIPTION
Sales Manager
What can you expect?
Adient (NYSE: ADNT) is a global leader in automotive seating. With 70,000+ employees in 29 countries, Adient operates more than 200 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual foam, trim and metal components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into millions of vehicles every year. For more information, visit www.adient.com.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Set up quotations in cooperation with Engineering, Costing, Purchasing and Operations as well as order Negotiations and Change Management
- Follow-up on costs and offers
- Develop and take care of business contacts with all customer departments
- Active communication regarding potential improvements / innovations regarding products and processes (towards customer; internal)
- Support customer relationship strategies within assigned projects
- Execute strategy for long term customer satisfaction, market share, retained sales and overall sustained growth
- Observe and analyze customer demands and market development (chances and risks) to cluster possible programs to optimize the positioning of Adient products in the market
- Develop strong customer and peer relationships that deliver value to the company and provide increased confidence/desire to work with Adient
- Aftermarket business
- Claim management
- Technical / Process / Cost skills for Complete Seat, Metal, Plastics, Foam, Trim, Headrest
- Leading of acquisitions
- Prepare slides for management decisions
Which qualifications are we looking for in potential employees?
- MS Excel Advanced level
- Knowledge of Mercedes Benz systems - advantage
- 5-10 years in a customer-facing position.
- Commercial/ technical knowledge
- Understanding of production/ quality processes within Automotive Industry
- Knowledge of Sales and Marketing / Finance (business case) / costing background /desirable
- Fluent English language - required
- Fluent German Language - highly preferred
- Ability to communicate and implement customer specific strategies
- Ability to proactively interpret emerging customer needs and communicate competitive positioning and product gaps to the organization
- Leadership skills to manage internal departments to get data for change management
Adient is committed to equal employment opportunity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As a true global company, our leaders and employees come from various cultures across the world. Our diversity is a source of inspiration enabling us to achieve our goals and build an inclusive company culture.
We are looking forward to receiving your application including your earliest availability date. If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dagmar Sováková on +421 910 828 746.
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What We Do
Adient is a global leader in automotive seating. With approximately 77,000 employees in 32 countries, Adient operates 202 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into more than 19 million vehicles every year.
