Automotive Account Manager — High-Value Seat Programs

Lear Corporation; Tychy; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Lear For You in Poland is seeking an experienced Account Manager to join our sales team within the Seating division. You will be based in our Engineering Center looking after JIT projects.

The ideal candidate brings automotive tier 1 account management experience, strong commercial acumen, and fluency in English. Expect travel to EMEA and US markets and close collaboration with internal teams on pricing and quotes.

Qualifications

• Experienced automotive tier 1 Account Manager with a background in complex, high value commodities.
• Highly developed commercial acumen; self-starter; decisive.
• Experience tracking price changes and margin impacts.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• English – Advanced proficiency.
• Willingness to travel ~10% (EMEA & US).

Responsibilities

• Responsible for commercial ownership of complete seat programs; negotiate series projects and contracts with customers from Buyer to Senior Management level.
• Liaison with internal sales and program management teams to ensure alignment.
• Interface with Costing team to ensure timely and accurate quotes.
• Customer relationship management – OEM Buyer / Purchase Manager / Lead Engineers / Module Leaders / Piece Cost Engineers / Vendor Tooling Cost Engineers.
• Manage negotiation and closure of commercial issues in timely manners.
• Manage sales account with P&L responsibility, cost and pricing management and profitability ownership from project inception through to SOP.
• Deliver program(s) with committed financial metrics.
• Maintain internal reporting.
• Support business case approvals.
• Report out program commercial status to senior level.

Skills

Account management

Commercial acumen

Price tracking

English proficiency

Travel readiness

Job description

Lear For You in Poland is seeking an experienced Account Manager to join our sales team within the Seating division. You will be based in our Engineering Center looking after JIT projects.

The ideal candidate brings automotive tier 1 account management experience, strong commercial acumen, and fluency in English. Expect travel to EMEA and US markets and close collaboration with internal teams on pricing and quotes.