POSITION:                   Senior Account Manager

DEPARTMENT:           Sales

REPORTS TO:             Senior Manager

Japanese speaking a plus

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• College graduate or equivalent combination of education and experience.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• 5-7 years’ experience with global tier 1 automotive supplier required.
• Direct experience with Japanese OEM (Honda, Nissan, Mazda, Toyota, etc) preferred.  Experience with Honda is a major plus.

   

  SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• Self-motivated with the ability to execute project plans to meet program cost, quality and timing targets.
• Organizational skills necessary to create, collect and maintain company records and meet timelines as may be required.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal. English language skills required. (German, Spanish and/or Japanese language skills preferred).
• Ability to travel to customer and supplier locations (local & international) as necessary, approximately 40%.

   

  PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES

• Establish efficient operation of administrative procedures utilizing networked computerized systems; oversee maintenance of customer database.
• Detail accurate customer requirements.
• Assist in program launch activities (new model).
• Develop and review cost breakdown responses for accuracy, coordinate revisions, and develop commercial proposals for customer presentations.
• Track and report commercial status activities for all internal program reviews and meetings; including piece price fluctuations due to market changes.
• Respond to design change notices and develop/estimate the commercial impact.
• Track and maintain the program car set value changes so overall profitability can be improved.
• Track and maintain all vendor tooling requirements and track all customer owed tooling and piece price purchase orders.
• Negotiate cost savings and gap closure items on a fiscal year basis.
• Responsible for customer satisfaction status and maintains continuous flow of communication throughout the global network.