Sales Manager (m/w/d)

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Activity: As Sales Manager (m/w/d), you are actively contributing to Clarios' growth. They take responsibility for the strategic expansion of our sales and drive the development of our products and services in a targeted manner. You will be in close contact with key customers and develop innovative sales strategies for the sustainable increase of our market share. Through well-founded market analyses, you identify opportunities and boost our further development in competition. The place is located in our Clarios EMEA HQ in Hanover.

Your tasks: As Sales Manager (m/w/d) you can use your expertise monitor the development within the customer organisation and market trends, including competitive analyses, to ensure precise product pipeline forecasts

to advance the acquisition of new projects, markets and customers

control sales and EBIT performance for selected customers

negotiations at the highest level and manage contracts with regard to prices, delivery conditions, guarantee and quality

assess and ensure acceptance of the customer’s contractual conditions, including customer specifications, purchasing conditions, delivery plans, quantities and legal aspects

develop customer-specific annual budgets and operational plans that are adapted to business forecasts

monitoring stock and ensuring customer satisfaction

monitor regional prices, provisions and financial forecasts

to solve commercial problems and collaborate with internal teams (engineering, quality, finance, etc.)

to ensure smooth product introductions at the customer

Maintain customer information

to conduct receivable management and coordinate audits for customer releases

To guide initiatives to improve margins

ensure that customer requirements are met

Your qualifications: Graduate degree in economics, natural sciences or engineering

Proven professional experience in sales, ideally in the automotive industry

Found experience in the account management of a technical product, ability to simultaneously support several customers and tasks.

Excellent commercial understanding and ability to make decisions

Embossed presentation, communication and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to build and maintain long-term customer relationships

Negotiating competency with proven business statements

Embossed self-management skills and the ability to work independently

Competent handling of MS Office; SAP R/3 desirable

Flowing German and English skills

Our offer

As a technology leader with strong brands (e.g. VARTA® and OPTIMA®), Clarios lives in particular on the creativity, performance and satisfaction of its employees. Therefore, we offer motivated and motivated people many good reasons to join us: Exciting tasks and challenges in a diverse international environment with a strong commitment to integrity, values, social commitment and sustainability.

Hybrid work and flex time

Operational kindergarten at Hannover location

An attractive compensation package including holiday and Christmas money as well as occupational pensions.

Health care offers such as fitness center, physiotherapy, modern offices, healthy canteens, team and corporate events or hobby clubs.

E-Bike Leasing

Our advanced onboarding process and our Buddy program help you quickly grow into position and team

Internal training and training options

Clarios, LLC is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information, please view EEO is the Law, EEO is the Law (supplement), and Pay Transparency Non-discrimination. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please email Special.Accommodations @ Clarios.com. JOBV1_EN