Key Account Engineer-USA

Associer Intl; United States; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Associer Intl seeks a KAE to support customers in North America and link US office with the company. You will manage OEM relationships, prepare quality and logistics topics, and act as the first window between customers and our teams.

Responsibilities include coordinating volumes, pricing, and RFQ follow-ups, attending key meetings, and consolidating weekly and monthly reports. A Bachelor degree and 3 years in automotives are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or above.
• Microsoft Office.
• Multicultural aptitude, fighting spirit and customer mindset focus.
• Automotive industry minimum 3 years experience working for a tier 1 supplier.

Responsibilities

• Maintain good relationships with the customer; serve as first-line sales contact.
• Attend regular meetings with sales, projects & supplier teams; visit customer sites.
• Support cross-functional teams by aligning with customer expectations and preparing templates.
• Consolidate data in OEM overviews and weekly/monthly reports; track volumes and costs.
• Interface with OEM Purchasing for volumes, pricing, and RFQ follow-ups; manage delinquencies.
• Anticipate customer needs and protect company's margins and image.
• Handle purchasing contracts and cost breakdowns with the SPP team.

Skills

Multicultural aptitude

Fighting spirit

Customer mindset

Team player

Education

Bachelor degree or above

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Our Client is a key player in the Global Green Transition, a top-notch global leader of new energy storage innovative technologies, committed to providing premier solutions and services for new energy applications worldwide.

Included into the SPP team, this KAE will be mainly dedicated to support customers' activities in North America.

He/She will be the one to ensure the good relation with customers'working level on sales side and will prepare the quality and logistics topics – 1st window support to link between company, US office and customers.

1. OEM information

OEM overviews/Volume Follow-ups/Vehicle plan/Medium and long term strategy/Competitors information

2. Customer relationship maintenance

• Ensure the good relationship with the customer and ensure 1st level communication;
• Attend regularly at sales, projects & supplier meetings on customer site, regular visit.

3. Awarded programs operating support

• Support company's cross-functional teams work: explain customer's expectation/standards, prepare templates to be fulfilled by teams, recognize project risks and take actions in advance to reach major project target;
• Consolidate data in various reporting files: OEM overviews / Price and Volume Follow-ups / weekly / monthly report, cost and investmenst cost breakdowns
• Interface with OEM Purchasing department: volumes delivery, price management (LTA, RMI, mechanism, …), FETE+RFI+RFQ follow up, overdues tracking, budget preparation;
• Anticipate customer short and mid terms needs for Serial, RFQ and RFI relevant answers while securing and guaranting company's interests (margin, image, …)
• Purchasing contract/legal topics, quotation/cost breakdown preparation with SPP team.

Job Requirement:

Bachelor degree or above

Microsoft Office

Multi cultural aptitude. Fighting spirit and customer mindset focus. Strong ability to be a team member

Automotive industry minimum 3 years experience working for a tier 1 supplier