Account Manager

P & C Group I; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

P & C Group I is seeking a Sr. Account Manager to oversee projects and manage business relationships with assigned accounts, aiming to exceed customer expectations.

You will lead pricing strategy, prepare quotations with customer-specific cost breakdowns, and work with a range of manufacturing processes to build cost models, ROIs, and roadmaps that meet company targets. Strong negotiation and documentation skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, or Business Administration.
• Minimum 6 years’ experience in Account Management (Stamping, Welding & Assembly).
• Experience with US and European OEMs.

Responsibilities

• Prepares commercial price negotiation and gets approval for strategy and any offer before submission to customer.
• Develop New Business Plans which assess Return on Investments.
• Develop Quotations with customer-specific cost breakdown sheets.
• Work with a complex bill of materials to understand and program costs.
• Develop roadmaps for cost and financials to meet price and Company targets.
• Negotiate pricing and set cost targets for suppliers.
• Direct involvement in spending and recoveries for all applicable areas.
• Ensure that the commercial file transmitted by the program is complete and coherent and that history of commercial items is documented and communicated.
• Keep files updated (weight, material consumption, raw material reference prices) and get internal approval for cost changes linked to material changes.
• Outstanding customer communication skills are essential.
• Available to travel up to 30%.

Skills

Leadership

Program Management

Technical Capacity

Customer/Client Focus

Problem Solving/Analysis

Integrity

Accountability

Tenacity

Teamwork

Computer Proficiency

Negotiation

Communication across levels

Product/process knowledge

Reading engineering drawings

Safety knowledge

Confidentiality

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Finance, or Business Administration

Job description

The Sr. Account Manager oversees projects and business relationships with assigned accounts, exceeding customer’s expectations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Prepares the commercial price negotiation and gets approval for strategy, and for any offer before submission to customer
• Develop New Business Plans which assess Return on Investments
• Develop Quotations which will be submitted to our Customers including customer-specific cost breakdown sheets
• Work with a complex bill of material to understand and program costs
• Develop roadmaps for cost and financials to meet price and Company targets
• Work with a variety of manufacturing processes and related costs (stamping, welding, assembly, etc.)
• Follow-up on open quote and program financial issues until they are resolved
• Negotiate pricing
• Set cost targets for suppliers
• Direct involvement in spending and recoveries for all applicable areas.
• Ensures that the commercial file transmitted by the program is complete and coherent and that the history of the commercial items (initial offer, changes, piece price, tooling, D&D evolution, any other agreement) are correctly documented internally with the related cost information and contractually communicated to the customer.
• Keeps files updated (weight, material consumption - net and gross, raw material reference prices) and gets internal approval for cost changes linked to material changes.

Outstanding customer communication skills are essential for success in this position!

Available to travel up to 30%. Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Finance, or Business Administration.
• Minimum 6 years’ experience in Account Management (Stamping, Welding & Assembly)
• Experience and exposure to US and European OEM’s.

Competencies

• Leadership
• Ability to calculate Financial Measures (ROS, ROA, IRR, etc.) and understand their impact on the business
• Program Management
• Technical Capacity
• Customer/Client Focus
• Knowledge of customer cost breakdown forms and previous experience translating internal costs to these forms
• Problem Solving/Analysis
• Integrity, Accountability, Tenacity, and a commitment to Teamwork
• Computer Proficiency
• Strong negotiating skills
• Team Player, ability to interface with the customer
• Ability to communicate with all levels of personnel including customers & suppliers
• Understanding of product and processes
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
• Knowledge of related safety requirements
• Confidentiality

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities but does serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office setting with occasional plant floor visits and observation.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms.

The employee is frequently required to walk, stand, kneel, crouch, talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.

We achieve prudent and profitable growth through people development, world-class manufacturing, innovation, and relentless customer focus while supporting the communities where we operate.