Sales Account Manager – Automotive

Thornley Corporate Solutions; Detroit (MI); Remote; USD 85.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Car allowance

Home-office based

Zusammenfassung

Thornley Corporate Solutions seeks a Sales Account Manager – Automotive (Hunter) in Michigan, home-office based, to drive new business across automotive Tier 1s and OEMs in the Great Lakes region, with regional travel to Mexico and occasional trips to Germany.

You will grow existing accounts, collaborate with engineering and purchasing teams, negotiate contracts, and own the budget and forecast, reporting to the Director of Sales.

Qualifikationen

• 3 to 5+ years of outside sales selling into automotive Tier 1 suppliers or OEMs.
• Track record of winning new customers and negotiating new contracts.
• Based in Michigan; willing to travel 40%+ (regional, Mexico, Germany).

Aufgaben

• Identify and close new accounts in automotive Tier 1s, OEMs, and general industry.
• Grow existing accounts in Great Lakes region and Mexico.
• Develop product solutions with customer engineering and purchasing teams.
• Negotiate contracts, build the annual budget, and own your forecast.
• Coordinate with internal sales, product development, and colleagues in Europe and Asia.
• Report to the Director of Sales.

Kenntnisse

Outside sales

New business development

CRM experience

Travel willingness

Spanish helpful

Ausbildung

Engineering/Manufacturing/Business degree

Tools

CRM software

Jobbeschreibung

Sales Account Manager – Automotive (Hunter) | Michigan, home-office based

Love opening doors more than babysitting a book? Read on.

A privately held, family-owned high-tech manufacturer is building out its North American team. They have 1,500+ people across Germany, China and the US, they are a specified, strategic supplier to automotive OEMs and Tier 1s, and they are investing heavily here, including a brand-new US production and training facility opening within the next two years. They need a hunter in Michigan to grow the Great Lakes and Mexico territory.

What you'll do

• Spend up to 70% of your time on new business: finding, opening and closing new accounts across automotive Tier 1s, OEMs and general industry
• Manage and grow existing accounts across the Great Lakes region and Mexico
• Work with customer engineering and purchasing teams to develop product solutions
• Negotiate contracts, build the annual budget and own your forecast
• Coordinate with internal sales, product development and colleagues in Europe and Asia
• Report to the Director of Sales

What you need

• 3 to 5+ years of outside sales selling into automotive Tier 1 suppliers or OEMs
• A real track record of winning new customers and negotiating new contracts
• Based in Michigan
• Happy with 40%+ travel: mostly regional, plus Mexico and occasional trips to Germany
• Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Business or similar
• CRM experience
• Spanish is a real plus, not essential

What's on offer

• $85,000 to $120,000 base plus bonus
• Car allowance of around $830 a month
• Home-office based, with a stable, growing, family-owned company behind you

Be honest with yourself on this one: this is a hunting role. If you prefer farming an established book, it won't suit you. If you enjoy building a territory from the ground up, it will.