Offre d'emploi :

Client

Our client is is one of the leading providers of real-time traffic and mobility information services in France, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Poland.

It specializes in mobility services, collecting and interpreting traffic-related data in real time, and then distributing the resulting valued-added information using the most widespread and efficient technologies available. Company deliver services over RDS-TMC terrestrial radio, DAB digital radio, GPRS/3G/4G mobile networks and the Internet. As they developed highly sophisticated methods for processing and analyzing data, the result is the most accurate traffic information on the market.

This innovative company is looking for a new Senior Account Manager for German market.

Poste

Our candidate will report directly to the Automotive Director. The mission of our candidate is to bring profitable growth with high added value services based on respectful customer relationships.

Given the importance of the German market for decisions that impact customers /projects elsewhere in Europe, this role requires an individual with maturity to work in close collaboration with Kea Account colleagues across Europe as well as the pre-sales and product marketing teams in the Paris office.


MAIN TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Working as part of the international sales & marketing team, our candidate will be expected to:

- Maintain & build on the good relationships with German automotive OEM's and their 1 rang navigation & audio suppliers at engineering & purchasing levels and with product marketing decision makers responsible for traffic & audio services
- Demonstrate concrete experience of business development for solution sales and show capacity to close deals in a competitive market
- Identify the customer's navigation & audio service expectations at a technical and functional level and demonstrate strong persuasive skills to influence future decision making
- Listen, understand and report customer needs
- Construct the German sales & marketing plan and implement it in collaboration with the teams in France, Poland and Nordics countries.
- Support the development of the tools required to manage & develop International Key Account business

Profil

The position requires an experienced and self-motivated professional with a strong background in automotive, broadcasting and/or IT sector (linked to automotive industry). An automotive supplier professional, with strong experienced in OEM's with positive experience in a similar post on international position.

Professional Requirements:

- Engineer (ideally) or Sales & Marketing degree required
- Minimum 10 years experience global experiences in the automotive industry in at least two or three sectors identified above
- An experience an OEM or a major 1st rand automotive suppliers
- Detailed knowledge of German automotive markets, with contacts in different car manufactures at European and national level
- Experience at European level in various projects
- Specific knowledge for digital communications, mapping or internet services would be a real advantage
- German native, fluent business English will be required as management's day-to-day working language
- Other languages like French, Polish or Finish are advantage for integration in the company.

Personal Requirements:

- Maturity to work both : independently and within an international team
- High level of intelligence and skills: both pragmatic and strategic.
- Capable of making logical opinion, report and explanation.
- Capacity to ask good questions to different clients and to make syntheses after
- Capable of taking his responsibility for the result of his own decision.
- Strong business sense and customer minded.
- Well organised, hard worker, autonomous but not independent.
- Ability to work in an international environment.
- Proactive, self-starter, good in time management.
- Loyal to the company.
- Flexible, autonomous but teamwork oriented.
- Passionate, constructive, and flexible.
- Able to defend ideas in positive, constructive manner set priorities and limits.
- Knowledgeable, trustworthy.


State of mind and behaviour are just as important as technical and professional skills.


PLACE OF WORK:

Home office. Ideally in the cities with an automotive industry as Munich/Stuttgart/Frankfurt/Berlin. Travelling required (approx. 30% of working time).

Informations :

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