Key Account Manager DACH

Grouper Technology; Frankfurt; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Company car

Education budget and up to 5 studydays

30 holiday days

Annual wellbeing budget

iPhone and laptop

AAEON Kick off with the European team

Zusammenfassung

AAEON is seeking a results-driven Key Account Manager to drive growth across the DACH region. You will execute the regional sales strategy, develop account growth plans and build strong relationships with key customers to enable long-term success.

You will manage strategic accounts, identify opportunities, and coordinate with engineering, procurement and management to align solutions with customer needs. Willingness to travel up to 70% is required to maintain onsite presence.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of experience selling complex IT solutions to large organisations and multiple decision makers.
• Experience in Key Account Management and strategic customer relationship management is an advantage.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering or Industrial Engineering and Management preferred.
• Excellent communication and technical skills to engage at engineering, commercial and executive levels up to C-Level.

Aufgaben

• Acquire new business and expand existing customers by meeting and exceeding sales quotas.
• Create strategic plans to win and develop new accounts and expand existing ones.
• Develop and execute strategic account plans for all key accounts in a highly competitive market.
• Build long-term executive relationships across engineering, procurement and management functions while understanding customer needs.
• Maintain frequent onsite customer visits and travel up to 70%.
• Identify technology roadmaps and future platforms while understanding customer business and industry challenges.
• Coordinate cross-functional OEM/ODM opportunities and align sales strategy with the Sales Manager DACH.
• Represent AAEON and customers in sales-related matters to ensure mutual success.
• Manage sales budgeting, forecasting, goals, performance standards and measurement criteria.
• Provide Voice-of-Customer feedback and market data to Product Management.

Kenntnisse

Key Account Management

B2B Sales

Negotiation

Stakeholder Engagement

English & German

Ausbildung

Bachelor's or Master's in Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Industrial Engineering & Management

Jobbeschreibung

Reporting to the Sales Manager DACH, the Key Account Manager will be responsible for driving business growth across the DACH region. You will execute the regional sales strategy and contribute to its ongoing development through customer insights and market intelligence. As the strategic commercial lead for your assigned Key Accounts, you will develop account growth plans, identify new business opportunities and build strong customer relationships to support long-term success. You will seek to expand AAEON’s business opportunities by leveraging your knowledge, insights and industry network to strengthen our value proposition.

Main responsibilities:

• Acquire new business and expand AAEON’s business with existing customers by meeting and exceeding assigned sales quotas
• Create strategic plans to acquire and develop new accounts and expand existing accounts
• Develop and execute strategic account plans for all key accounts in a highly competitive market
• Build long-term executive relationships across engineering, procurement and management functions within customer organizations while understanding their business needs and presenting solutions to address them
• Maintain frequent onsite customer visits to Key Accounts and demonstrate willingness to travel up to 70%
• Identify technology roadmaps, future platforms and design opportunities while understanding customer business, product and solution requirements and industry challenges
• Ensure full alignment of the sales strategy with the Sales Manager DACH to achieve regional quotas
• Represent AAEON to the customer and the customer to AAEON in all sales-related matters to ensure mutual success
• Manage sales budgeting, accurate forecasting, goals, performance standards and measurement criteria
• Work collaboratively with all internal stakeholders to lead commercial qualification activities and coordinate cross-functional OEM/ODM opportunities
• Provide structured Voice-of-Customer feedback and market data to AEU Product Management

Skills required:

Our ideal candidate has at least 5 years’ experience in sales within the B2B industrial electronic market. You are ambitious, motivated, determined and willing to face challenges. Honesty, integrity & respect are your core values. Furthermore you have the following skills and experiences:

• Proven track record of 5+ years’ experience selling complex IT solutions to large organisations and multiple decision makers
• Experience in Key Account Management and strategic customer relationship management is considered an advantage
• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Industrial Engineering and Management is preferred
• Excellent communication and technical skills to develop relationships at engineering, commercial, and executive levels throughout organizations up to C-Level management
• Strategic mindset with a successful record of developing account strategies that have expanded business
• Solid hunting DNA
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills
• Proactive, direct approach toward offerings, markets, and customer business challenges
• Focused on building solid and trusted relationships with customers
• Multi-lingual, excellent English skills required, native German speaker
• Knowledge and experience in the industrial and embedded computing market
• Familiar with Asian culture is considered a plus

What we offer:

Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking and work-life balance.Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect AAEON’s high regard for our employees. Part of your package will be:

• A company car
• Education budget and up to 5 study days
• 30 holiday days
• Annual wellbeing budget for physical and mental fitness
• iPhone and laptop
• AAEON Kick off with the European team every six months