At Clarios, we are producing the world’s best batteries, essential for the evolving future of transportation. Our advanced, low-voltage batteries and smart solutions power nearly every type of vehicle and are found in 1 of 3 cars on the road today. Ready to drive sales growth and strategic impact at Clarios across the EMEA region and beyond? Take on the challenge and join our Sales team as a (Senior) Sales Manager!
Power your future with Clarios and explore the possibilities with us.
As (Senior) Sales Manager (m/f/d), you will play a key role in driving business growth and expanding Clarios’ presence across EMEA and beyond. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and executing sales strategies for our products, solutions, and services with our customers. You will identify and pursue market opportunities, define and implement strategies to maximize content per vehicle, improve margins, and grow market share.
The position will be based in our EMEA Headquarters location in Hanover, Germany.
What you will do
As (Senior) Sales Manager (m/f/d), your responsibilities will include:
Managing mainly existing businesses with strong focus on customer support.
Prepare and present business cases, strategic recommendations, and management reports to senior leadership.
Act as the primary commercial interface between customers and internal stakeholders, including Engineering, Quality, Program Management, Supply Chain, Operations, and Finance.
Monitoring market trends, own commercial negotiations, pricing discussions, quotations, and contractual agreements with customers.
Lead and coordinate international cross-functional teams without direct disciplinary authority to achieve business objectives and ensure flawless project execution.
Executing strategic sales and action plans aligned with business goals and market dynamics, while owning all commercial KPIs and leading negotiations for assigned OEM customers.
Influence strategic customer relationships with leading Tier-1 automotive suppliers in close collaboration with Business Development and Engineering teams.
Representing Clarios at Tier 1 customer events as well as at industry events occasionally.
Strengthen brand visibility, foster relationships, and generate new business opportunities.
What makes you a good fit
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration, Economics, Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a comparable field.
Minimum of 5 years of experience managing Tier-1 automotive customers within an automotive OE environment.
Proven experience in Key Account Management, Sales Management, or Business Development of technical products and solutions.
Demonstrated success in leading and influencing cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority
Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to manage revenue, profitability, margin, and growth objectives.
Experience negotiating complex commercial agreements and customer contracts.
Ability to perform effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced international environment.
Highly self-motivated with the ability to work independently and take ownership of key initiatives.
Fluency in English spoken and written; additional languages are a plus.
High willingness to travel (up to 30%) and thrive in an international business environment.
Self-driven, proactive, and structured personality with a strong sense of ownership and commercial acumen.
What we offer you
As a technology leader with strong brands (i.e. VARTA® and OPTIMA®), Clarios notably lives on the creativity, capability and satisfaction of its employees. Therefore, we offer people with drive and power many good reasons to join us:
Exciting professional tasks and challenges in a diverse international future-oriented environment with strong commitment to integrity, values, social engagement, and sustainability.
Arrange your working hours and breaks flexible via our flexible working hours model and combine your professional and private life even better according to our above average number of vacation days, mobile work policy and company kindergarten.
A competitive remuneration package, including additional payments as well as company pension scheme.
Your well-being is very important to us: Take advantage of our preventive health care offers such as fitness center, physiotherapist, modern office environment, healthy canteen, team and company events or hobby clubs.
Stay fit whilst at the same time positively contributing to our environment: Lease your company bike.
Our well-advanced onboarding process and buddy program supports you to quickly grow into the position and team. By using the offering in our Learning Academy, LinkedIn Learning and EMEA Mentoring Program you will be able to further grow professionally and personally.
Last, but not least we support you in relocating and finding an apartment in your work location, if applicable and depending on individual factors.
You want to learn more about the position and our EMEA region? Check out our regional page and get in touch with our recruiting team.
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About Clarios:
Clarios is the global leader in advanced, low-voltage battery technologies for mobility. Our batteries and smart solutions power nearly every type of vehicle and are found in 1 of 3 cars on the road today. With around 18,000 employees in over 100 countries, we bring deep expertise to our Aftermarket and OEM partners, and reliability, safety and comfort to everyday lives. We answer to the planet with a rigorous sustainability focus – advancing best-in-class sustainability practices and advocating for them across our industry. We work to ensure 100% of our products sold are recyclable, and we recycle 8,000 batteries an hour in our network. You can find more information here (PDF).
To All Recruitment Agencies: Clarios does not accept unsolicited agency resumes/CVs. Please do not forward resumes/CVs to our careers email addresses, Clarios employees or any other company location. Clarios is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/CVs.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Clarios, LLC is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information, please view EEO is the Law, EEO is the Law (supplement), and Pay Transparency Non-discrimination. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please email [email protected].
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or comparable field.
- Minimum of 5 years managing Tier-1 automotive customers in an OE environment.
- Proven experience in Key Account Management, Sales Management, or Business Development for technical products/solutions.
- Demonstrated success leading and influencing cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority.
- Strong business and financial acumen; ability to manage revenue, profitability, margin, and growth objectives.
- Experience negotiating complex commercial agreements and customer contracts.
- Fluency in English, spoken and written.
- Additional languages (beneficial).
- High willingness to travel (up to 30%).
- Ability to perform effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced international environment.
- Self-driven, proactive, structured personality with strong sense of ownership and commercial acumen.
Clarios Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Clarios and has not been reviewed or approved by Clarios.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive, with multiple medical plan options plus dental and vision, and eligibility starting on the first day in the U.S. Coverage is also described as including mental-health resources, virtual care, and fertility treatment options.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is framed as competitive through a 401(k) match structure that is explicitly defined (full match on the first portion of contributions and partial match on the next tier). Vesting expectations are noted as something to confirm, implying the benefit is meaningful but plan specifics can vary.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is described as clearly defined and fully paid for a set duration, including distinctions by delivery type. Family-oriented elements also include adoption-related benefits and dependent eligibility framed as inclusive.
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What We Do
Clarios creates the most advanced battery technologies for virtually every type of vehicle. We are a global leader in advanced energy storage solutions, powering one in three of the world’s vehicles. We produce more than 150 million batteries – one-third of the industry’s output – every year, and we continue to build and expand our capacity to meet our customer’s future demand.
