Regional Sales Manager

Nidec Motor Corporation; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Nidec Motor Corporation in the United States seeks a strategic Regional Sales Leader to develop and manage the regional sales strategy across North American automotive markets, driving sustainable growth and long-term market positioning.

The role identifies growth segments, market trends, and competitive dynamics, aligning regional activities with global strategy and coordinating with functions to implement initiatives and build regional sales teams.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in the automotive industry (Tier1 or OEM).
• Proven track record building and leading international sales teams.
• Strong background in key account management and complex contract negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the regional sales strategy across North American automotive markets.
• Align regional sales activities with global strategy and enable cross-functional collaboration.
• Oversee regional sales operations, including lead forecasting, budgeting, and planning.
• Lead long-term strategic relationships with major automotive customers and negotiate commercial terms.
• Drive customer satisfaction through proactive communication and continual improvement.
• Monitor and adjust HC capacity to meet all sales goals.

Skills

Automotive sales

Key account management

Contract negotiations

International teams

Education

Commercial or technical studies

Tools

Sales forecasting software

Job description

. Develop and manage the regional sales strategy across North American automotive markets to ensure sustainable growth and long-term market positioning, through identify growth segments, market trends, and competitive dynamics 2. Aligns regional sales activities with global strategy and ensures effective collaboration across functions and teams, through support implementation of global strategic initiatives and develop regional sales teams where applicable 3. Ensures execution of regional sales operations and performance tracking, through lead forecasting, budgeting, and sales planning processes 4. Manage and leading long-term strategic relationships with major automotive customers to drive loyalty and commercial success, through lead commercial and contractual negotiations and manage escalations and critical project situations 5. Manage Customer satisfaction, through continue improvement of customer communication and understanding 6. Manage and ensure of HC Capacity for Sales, through continue monitoring and adjustment of workload to ensure all Sales goals

REQUIREMENTS

Minimum educational requirement: commercial or technical studies or comparable qualification Hard Skills: relevant professional experience in the automotive industry Tier1 or OEM. Extensive experience in building and motivating international sales teams Strong background in key account management and complex contract negotiations internationally Entrepreneurial thinking and acting, high result orientation and lived "implementer mentality"