Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Ready to tackle the challenges of the vehicle of the future?  Join the technological revolution of automotive electrification and e-mobility at Valeo! 

About the Role:

As the Key Account Manager, you will ensure the competitiveness and full-compliance of Valeo offers with the expectations and requirements
of the Customer. You will ensure growth with the customers via profitable order intake, manage the relationship with the customer. while re[resenting sales in the Project team.

Responsibilities Also Include:

• Ensure that the customers’ requirements are all identified and well understood by the project teams.

• Determine the sales price objectives according to his knowledge of the market and competitors position.

• Implement the pricing strategy in the CAA.

• Work together with KAMs in other regions to ensure global pricing consistency

• Initiate and conduct all possible actions in order to be able to submit, within the time limits, a competitive

• quotation technically and economically.

• Participate in project teams in order to explain and defend the customer’s viewpoint in terms of quality, costs,

• delivery times and in order to satisfy their requirements.

• Teach the customer about new technologies/products/views/approaches/solutions to ensure attractive offers

• Align and tailor the customer message with the Project Management team

Drive the negotiation during business acquisition process

• Deliver commercial insights

• Take control in guiding the customer to a recommended action by discussing alternatives and reinforcing the

• value of making a change

• Keep PG organization informed of the negotiation and competition’s status on all global aspects of the offer

• Review and if necessary negotiate with customer new contracts, nominations or any contracts, always in line

• with group policies and Contract Approval Application
   

Prepare the budget, manage and report the selling prices and the order intake target list:

• Responsible for the turnover and its evolution for the customer(s)

• Prepare Customer Development Plan, Mid-Term Plan and budget for the customer
   

Operational Responsibilities

• Operate at regional level

• Negotiate prices in case of modification (technical, volumes, raw material and inflation) and any market effect

• Build and negotiate the productivity plans

• Liaise with Sales Administration to ensure price update

• Manage the relationship with the customer in case of claims and logistic/quality crisis

• Monitor and take the necessary actions to reduce overdue
   

KAM Key Performance Indicators:

• Order Intake, Turnover, Market Shares, Price Management (SPI), Overdues

What You Should Have:

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or related field is required.

• Previous sales background in global automotive environment preferred

• Minimum of 2-3+ years experience in Sales, Marketing, Account Management, or Purchasing, in an automotive supplier, OEM or similar environment

Join us!

Thanks to its strategy focused on innovation, Valeo aims at reducing CO² emissions and developing intuitive driving to propose greener, safer, and smarter mobility.  

The fantastic (r)evolution towards the vehicle of the future provides amazing career opportunities and challenging jobs!

Diversity by nature
At Valeo, innovation is driven by the diversity, authenticity and energy of its talents. You are looking for new technological and human adventures? Join Valeo and its more than 100.000 employees across the globe! More information about valeo : https://www.valeo.com

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Being part of our team, you will join:
- one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
- a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
- more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
- a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com