Account Manager
CurrentPosition: Account Manager – Auto Sales Department: Automotive Sales Report To: Director, Automotive Sales Purpose of Position: The Account Manager, Auto Sales is responsible for sales and business development, including managing and implementing sales, marketing and product development strategies to achieve corporate financial goals. Duties and Responsibilities: • Develop, manage and implement strategic marketing and sales plans and forecast to achieve corporate objectives for products and services. • Promote and secure sales of existing and new products • Develop and create product presentations to customer purchasing, engineering and manufacturing departments. • Recommend product positioning and pricing strategy to increase company’s market share. Effectively communicate the value proposition through proposals and presentations. • Build relationships with customers at different levels, departments and locations in order to support current and future business. • Service current customers/accounts providing single point of contact re: product performance, quality and pricing • Review and monitor customer activities monthly, including customer performance metrics. • Negotiate with customers on pricing and support for other important matters (quality, delivery and timing). • Coordinate sales activities and internal teams (to include Purchasing, Engineering, etc.) to achieve customers’ objectives. • Monitor competitor product, sales and marketing activities • Establish and maintain a consistent corporate image throughout all product lines, promotional materials and events • Reporting: forecasting, new business pipeline, customer visits, monthly sale reports, etc.