US Automotive BD Pro - OEM Relations & Proposals (Remote)

3SS; Michigan; On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and retirement plans

Job summary

3SS is seeking a US-based business development professional to drive automotive BD efforts, coordinate sales and projects, and create customer-facing materials. This role focuses on aligning internal teams with client needs and managing RFQs and proposals.

Requirements include 2–5 years in automotive BD or sales, a hands-on material production approach, strong coordination skills, and a proactive network-building mindset with travel to meetings and events.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years in automotive business development or sales.
• Hands-on producer - able and willing to create customer-facing materials themselves.
• Organised, diligent, self-starting; comfortable owning pipeline operations.
• Proactive hunter mindset - willing to reach out to target accounts and build network.
• Strong communication and coordination skills - reliable link between customer and internal teams.
• Working knowledge of automotive OEMs and how they make decisions.
• US-based; remote with travel to OEM meetings, offices and industry events.
• Not required at the start: established senior OEM network but ambition to build one.

Responsibilities

• Produce customer-facing materials — presentations, proposals, business cases and commercial offers.
• Ensure the customer gets all information and we get all information back; be brought into customer discussions early.
• Proactively reach out to accounts on the target list, source and open new doors, and build an own network over time.
• Coordinate RFQs/RFPs, quotations and inputs with product, engineering, delivery and support.
• Own pipeline hygiene, forecasts and reporting; feed market and competitor insight.
• Ensure a smooth handover from BD to key-account/project execution; represent 3SS at meetings and events.

Job description

3SS is seeking a US-based business development professional to drive automotive BD efforts, coordinate sales and projects, and create customer-facing materials. This role focuses on aligning internal teams with client needs and managing RFQs and proposals.

Requirements include 2–5 years in automotive BD or sales, a hands-on material production approach, strong coordination skills, and a proactive network-building mindset with travel to meetings and events.