Team Lead Key Account Manager
Job Summary:
The Team Lead – Key Account Manager will oversee strategic relationships with key automotive clients, ensuring their satisfaction while driving business growth. This role involves leading a team of account managers, fostering collaboration, and ensuring the highest level of service delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of key account managers to achieve performance targets and professional growth.
- Foster a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
- Serve as the main point of contact for key automotive clients, ensuring satisfaction and long-term partnership growth.
- Proactively address client needs, resolve issues, and identify new business opportunities.
- Develop and implement account strategies aligned with company objectives and client needs.
- Monitor and analyze account performance, ensuring alignment with revenue and growth goals.
- Identify and capitalize on opportunities to expand the scope of services and products offered to clients.
- Negotiate and close contracts in collaboration with the sales team and leadership.
- Prepare regular reports on account performance, team progress, and market trends.
- Present insights and recommendations to senior management.
- Work closely with internal teams, including production, logistics, and R&D, to ensure seamless delivery of solutions.
- Represent the company at client meetings, industry events, and conferences.
Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
- Experience: Minimum 5 years in key account management within the automotive industry, or manufacturing environment including at least 2 years in a leadership role.
- Strong leadership and team management capabilities.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
- Strategic thinking with the ability to identify growth opportunities.
- Proficiency in CRM systems and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Fluency in English (additional languages are a plus).
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Max Hayden
Consultant - Industrials
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