Key Account Manager Automotive (f/m/d)

NXP Semiconductors NV; München; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors is seeking a Global Key Account Manager to drive one of its strategic relationships with Valeo. You will translate account strategy into results, own operational excellence, accelerate opportunities and ensure flawless execution across a multi-division customer landscape.

This high-impact role requires moving fast, taking ownership and creating new paths to win, with exposure to senior leadership and a direct impact on revenue and design-wins.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in automotive semiconductor sales or account mgmt
• Experience managing Tier-1 customer structures
• Strong pricing, negotiations and contracts skills
• Solid automotive electronics and architecture knowledge
• Experience with microcontrollers, PMICs, radar or APs
• Ability to drive cross-functional teams in matrix org
• Confident engagement with purchasing, engineering and program teams

Responsibilities

• Own operational excellence across a multi-division customer landscape
• Translate strategy into results and drive revenue and design wins
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure flawless execution
• Proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact the business
• Develop and pursue new growth opportunities

Skills

Automotive sales

Tier-1 accounts

Pricing & negotiations

Automotive electronics

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Your role

As part of the Global Key Account Team for Valeo, you will play a critical role in driving one of NXP’s strategic relationships.

Your role

As part of the Global Key Account Team for Valeo, you will play a critical role in driving one of NXP’s strategic relationships. Working closely with the GKAM, you translate account strategy into results — owning operational excellence, accelerating business opportunities and ensuring flawless execution across a complex, multi-division customer landscape. This is a high-impact, high-intensity role where success depends on your ability to move fast, take ownership and create new paths to win.

What Success Looks Like

• You are recognized as a trusted and responsive partner by the customer
• You ensure flawless execution of the daily business — fast & reliable
• You consistently deliver on revenue, pipeline and design win targets
• You proactively identify and solve issues before they impact the business
• You actively create new growth opportunities, not just manage existing ones

What We Expect From You

You operate with an unstoppable mindset:

• Speed – You act with urgency, simplify complexity and keep momentum in all commercial activities
• Ownership – You take full accountability for your business, proactively solving issues end-to-end
• Innovation – You continuously challenge the status quo to unlock new growth opportunities

Your profile

• 5+ years of experience in automotive semiconductor sales or account management
• Proven ability to manage complex Tier 1 customer structures and long design cycles
• Strong commercial acumen, including pricing, negotiations and contract handling
• Solid technical understanding of automotive electronics & automotive architecture
• Experience working with automotive semiconductor solutions such as microcontrollers, power management, radar or application processors would be a plus
• Ability to drive and align cross-functional teams in a matrix organization
• Confident engagement with purchasing, engineering and program stakeholders

Why join this team

• Work on one of NXP’s strategic global accounts
• A culture that rewards speed, ownership, and innovation — and backs people who deliver
• Direct exposure to senior leadership and critical customer decisions
• The opportunity to shape future vehicle architectures and technologies

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