Key Account Manager - Automotive Specialty Retail (m/w/d)

The ams OSRAM culture focuses on variety and innovation.

A more than motivating working atmosphere, combined with attractive training opportunities and performance-oriented compensation encourage our employees’ actions and promote their entrepreneurial spirit. An agile mindset, trust and integrity – for us at ams OSRAM, these values are not just empty promises, but an integral part of our corporate culture that we live every day. In fact, these are the key prerequisites for employees to fulfill even the highest requirements. Learn more about what you can expect from us!

What we expect

The Key Account Manager plays an essential role on the team and this challenging job requires continual refinement of a broad array of competencies to be successful. Working closely with more senior sales team members, this role manages and grows our portfolio of national and regional customer accounts. As part of a combined sales and marketing team, the Key Account Manager is the undisputed voice for their customer base, across our organization, and the customer’s. The Sylvania brand is very highly regarded in the customer base as the compound result of decades of unrelenting focus on serving our customers. Perennial success comes from a well-tuned and comprehensive marketing program combined with superior products and best-in-class sales and customer service. Sales and marketing are one team, with collaboration and positive energy evident in all aspects of team business. Expectations are high, for the position and the team.

Key responsibilities:

• Creating and executing a compelling annual line review strategy to ensure consistently growing business results for us and our customer base.
• Be the face of Sylvania to all key customers and, as such, be not only a steward but a strong ambassador on any challenge or opportunity that arises – regardless of its nature. Cultivate strong relationships across a wide range of customer functional organizations to create a long-term partnership rooted in mutual trust.
• Be a strong and vocal advocate for the customer internally to make sure their needs are met on time, to their satisfaction. Foster strong relationships internally with all essential support functions in order to rally forces in times of need efficiently and effectively.
• Negotiate all contracts and proposals such that a win-win outcome is perceived by both sides. Develop full pro forma P & L business proposals using established templates and a strong awareness of all options and financial levers available at the time of creation.
• Accurately forecast a portfolio of over 400 products as part of a 12-month rolling view.
• Understand the value proposition of an ever-expanding array of lighting and quality of life products and be confidently and independently conversant in the delivery of messages in their regard.

Who we are looking for

Bringing intelligence to light and passion to innovation

The ams OSRAM Group is a global leader in intelligent sensors and emitters. By adding intelligence to light and passion to innovation, we enrich peoples' lives. Our around 20,000 employees worldwide focus on innovation across sensing, illumination and visualization to make journeys safer, medical diagnoses more accurate and daily moments in communication a richer experience.