Sales Area Manager in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

With the aim to forge a long-term trustful relationship, your main objective will be to detect new business opportunities as well as to assure, in situ, a close follow-up of the open ones, working together with IDIADA’s international product teams.

You will also take care of the organization of clients’ visits / meetings and of the correct execution of invoicing / payment procedures.

You will be based in the KSA (Riyadh) or the UAE (Dubai or Abu Dhabi).

REQUIREMENTS

• Professional experience in a similar position.
• Good communication skills and confident in discussions at different hierarchical levels.
• Ability to convince through technical arguments and to express to the client the points of common interest, focused on finding the most suitable aspects for both sides.
• Goal driven with strong customer and service orientation.
• Open to work in a very international company with multicultural teams.
• Willingness to travel at international level. Frequent visits to Spain will be required.
• Good technical knowledge of the vehicles functions and attributes.
• Previous experience contacting local entities such as Public Investment Fund in the KSA (PIF), Department of Economic Development in the UAE (DED), Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology in the UAE (MoIAT), Gulf Standard Organization (GSO), Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization in the KSA (SASO) and other automotive clients would be highly appreciated.

Qualifications

• University degree ideally in Engineering or Business Administration.
• Fluent in English.
• Fluent in Arabic is highly appreciated.
• Experience working in the KSA and the UAE.
• Experience working in a dynamic and multicultural environment.
• Previous experience in the automotive sector in a sales, technical or project management role.

Additional Information

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