Global Account Manager

Amphenol ICC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol ICC in Austin, TX is seeking a Global Account Manager to lead strategic global accounts in interconnect solutions for telecom, data center, and industrial markets. You will coordinate with field applications engineering, drive design wins, and develop account growth plans.

The role requires strong technical sales skills, a BS in Business/Engineering, and willingness to travel globally to support key customers and define long-term partnerships with major OEMs.

Qualifications

• BS in Business/Marketing or BS Engineering with business aptitude.
• Experience in global account sales and interconnect markets is preferred.
• Knowledge of international business practices is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide sales leadership for a large Global Account with Engineering and Business Units.
• Promote and sell Amphenol products to established customers and develop new prospects.
• Develop and implement sales plans and forecast revenue by customer.
• Travel to meet customers and support design-in activities.

Skills

Sales

Technical knowledge

Self-motivation

Cross-functional communication

Verbal & written communication

Organization

Leadership

CAD tools ProE/SolidWorks

MS Office

Education

BS in Business/Marketing or BS Engineering with business aptitude

Job description

Position: Global Account Manager

Location: Austin, TX

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, is a world leader in interconnect solutions for Communications, Mobile, RF, Optics, and Commercial electronics markets. Amphenol Corporation is one of the world’s largest designers and manufacturers of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors and interconnect systems, antennas, sensors and sensor-based products and coaxial and high-speed specialty cable. ACS has an expansive global presence in research and development, manufacturing, and sales. We design and manufacture a wide range of innovative connectors as well as cable assemblies for diverse applications including server, storage, data center, mobile, RF, networking, industrial, business equipment, and automotive.

Amphenol High Speed Products Group is the market leader for high speed, high bandwidth electrical connectors for the Telecom/Datacom market (Mobile Networks, Storage, Servers, Routers, Switches, etc.). Our products help to enable the electronics revolution and remain a key enabler for all the major Tier 1 OEMs globally. We have design, sales, and manufacturing locations globally and are currently seeking a Global Account Manager to join our Sales team located in Austin, TX.

Responsibilities

Our customer’s ultimate success depends on our ability to solve cutting edge problems in relation to high bandwidth signal transmission. We value our relationships with these companies and we depend on our Sales and Field Applications Engineering Teams to foster this ongoing partnership.

• Provide sales leadership for a large Global Account Customers, and work closely with Field Applications Engineer and Business Units
• Promote and sell Amphenol products with established customers and developing new prospects.
• Identify all interconnect opportunities/applications of Amphenol products for clients and work with the customers engineering team to design in new products
• Develop and implement sales plan and growth strategy for customers
• Provide forecasts for Amphenol products broken down by customer
• Meet and exceed strategic objectives and established sales quota via new design wins and management of the entire sales channel
• Motivate existing and potential customers within a global account to increase product content on the design
• Support technical aspects of the sales cycle including marketing support for the development and implementation of Amphenol products
• Provide customer service to solve complex interconnect problems and technical inquiries
• Track orders and revenue by customer
• Build rapport and provide customer support by supplying information related to samples, delivery dates, part drawings and specifications, quality issues, credit issues, etc.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the market and competition in your accounts
• Keep informed of new products and other general information of interest to customers.
• Travel required

Qualifications

• BS Business/Marketing with a technical background or BS Engineering with a Business/Marketing aptitude
• Knowledge and understanding of interconnect solutions industry preferred
• Field sales and applications experience on global account level customer with interconnect, passive, electromechanical components
• Knowledge of international business practices a plus

Skills

• Sales skills to successfully negotiate a technical design win, approved vendor status, contracts, and customer partnership.
• Technically astute with an ability to acquire extensive product and application knowledge, with an ability to assess, and provide solutions for, customer design challenges/needs
• Self‑motivated and driven to identify, qualify and pursue new customers and new markets
• Ability to effectively communicate across the engineering and managerial functions of a business
• Strong oral and written communications to provide high level customer service and build relationships
• Organizational skills to anticipate, prioritize, plan, organize to meet and exceed strategic objectives
• Leadership skills to assess and drive new opportunities in a global account environment
• Knowledge of modeling tools Pro E or Solidworks
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products

Amphenol Corporation is proud of our reputation as an excellent employer. Our focus is to provide the highest level of support and responsiveness to both our employees and our customers, the world's largest technology companies. Amphenol Corporation offers the opportunity for career growth within a global organization. We believe that Amphenol Corporation is unique in that every employee, regardless of his or her position, has the ability to positively impact the business.

Amphenol is an “Equal Opportunity Employer” - Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin. For additional company information please visit our website at https://www.amphenol-cs.com/