Key Account Manager

Join our sales team as a Key Account Manager within the Seating division (Complete seat JIT). You will be based at our world class UK Headquarters in Coventry (with hybrid / partial remote working patterns available) looking after seating projects for a prestigious OEM.

• Responsible for commercial ownership of complete seat programs. Negotiate series projects and contracts with customer from Buyer to Senior Management level
• Customer relationship management - OEM Buyer / Purchase Manager / Lead Engineers / Piece Cost Engineers / Vendor Tooling Cost Engineers
• Manage negotiation and closure of commercial issues with timely conclusion
• Manage sales account with P&L responsibility, cost and pricing management and profitability ownership from project inception through to SOP
• Deliver program(s) with committed financial metrics
• Deliver engineering change quotations in line with agreed customer timeline.
• Maintain internal reporting
• Support business case approvals.
• Report out program commercial status to senior level
• Follow up on aging debt / drive cash-in collection in line with forecast dates

• Experienced automotive tier 1 Account Manager - ideally with a background in complex, high value commodities
• Highly developed commercial acumen, be a motivated self-starter and willingness to take the lead
• Experience in tracking price changes, maintaining accurate records of changes including margin impacts
• High level communication and organisational skills

Location Code: 0580