Senior Account Manager

Driving the future of automotive. We’re Lear For You.

Company Overview

Lear, a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, enables superior in-vehicle experiences for consumers around the world. Our diverse team of more than 165,000 talented employees in 37 countries is driven by a commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability. Lear is Making every drive better™ by providing the technology for safer, smarter, and more comfortable journeys. Lear, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, serves every major automaker in the world and ranks #186 on the Fortune 500. Further information about Lear is available at lear.com, or follow us on Twitter @LearCorporation

Position overview:

Lear Corporation are looking for an experienced Account Manager to join our sales team within our Seating division (Complete seat JIT). You will be based at our world class UK Headquarters in Coventry (with hybrid / partial remote working patterns available) looking after seating projects for a prestigious OEM.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for commercial ownership of complete seat programs. Negotiate series projects and contracts with customer on from Buyer to Senior Management level.
• Customer relationship management – OEM Buyer / Purchase Manager / Lead Engineers / Module Leaders / Piece Cost Engineers / Vendor Tooling Cost Engineers
• Manage negotiation and closure of commercial issues with timely conclusion
• Manage sales account with P&L responsibility, cost and pricing management and profitability ownership from project inception through to SOP
• Deliver program(s) with committed financial metrics
• Deliver engineering change quotations in line with agreed customer timeline.
• Maintain internal reporting
• Support business case approvals.
• Report out program commercial status to senior level
• Follow up on aging debt / drive cash-in collection in line with forecast dates

Key skills and Qualifications:

•        Experienced automotive tier 1 Account Manager – ideally with a background in complex, high value commodities

•        Highly developed commercial acumen, be a motivated self-starter and willingness to take the lead

•        Experience in tracking price changes, maintaining accurate records of changes including margin impacts

•        High level communication and organisational skills

Why Lear

We offer a fantastic place to work, opportunity to grow and being part of a company who places its people first.

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary,
• Access to Learning and development opportunities
• Opportunities to give back to the community
• Meaningful work that makes a difference in the world

Lear Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workplace.

Applicants must submit their resumes for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.

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