Sales & Application Engineering Industrial & Special applications

MAHLE Holding India Pvt Ltd; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

MAHLE Holding India Pvt Ltd is seeking a senior client-facing professional to manage defense-sector relationships with OEMs and government agencies. You will lead multi-disciplinary projects, coordinate with regional and global teams, and drive technical and commercial discussions from enquiry through execution.

The role requires extensive experience in new product development, application engineering, and key account management, with a strong ownership mindset and travel readiness to engage

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Production Engineering (MBA advantageous).
• ~10 years of experience across new product development, application engineering, project management, key account management, sales and customer service.
• At least 5 years in defense industry handling OEM customers and government agencies.
• Strong technical and commercial understanding with ability to be primary customer contact.
• Experience with railway industry customers is a significant asset.
• Willingness to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop relationships with OEM customers and government agencies within the defense sector.
• Lead ongoing customer projects, technical discussions, and commercial activities from enquiry through execution.
• Understand customer requirements and coordinate development of system-level technical solutions with regional and global teams.
• Act as primary customer interface for project coordination, quality topics, and issue resolution.
• Drive business development in defense as well as railway and industrial applications.
• Represent the company at customer meetings, trade shows, and industry events.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Project management

Customer relationship management

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical/Production Engineering

MBA (advantageous)

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Manage and develop relationships with OEM customers and government agencies within the defense sector.
• Lead ongoing customer projects, technical discussions, and commercial activities from enquiry through execution.
• Understand customer requirements and coordinate development of system-level technical solutions together with regional and global development teams.
• Act as primary customer interface for project coordination, quality topics, and issue resolution, ensuring structured follow-up with all relevant stakeholders.
• Drive business development activities within the defense sector as well as other strategically focused areas such as railway and industrial applications.
• Represent the company at customer meetings, trade shows, and industry events.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or Production Engineering, or a related discipline; MBA is an advantage.
• Around 10 years of professional experience across new product development, application engineering, project management, key account management, sales, and customer service.
• At least 5 years of experience in the defense industry handling OEM customers and government agencies is must.
• Strong technical and commercial understanding with ability to act as first point of contact for customer topics.
• Experience with railway industry customers is considered a significant asset.
• Strong ownership mindset with excellent communication, stakeholder management, and coordination skills in a global matrix organization.
• Willingness to travel as required.