Sales Analyst

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

Lear, a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, enables superior in-vehicle experiences for consumers around the world. Lear’s diverse team of talented employees in 38 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. Further information about Lear is available at lear.com or on Twitter @LearCorporation.

Following its establishment in 2012, Plzeň has grown into our fastest-growing Engineering Development Center in Europe. The center focuses on the design and development of Lear products, including complex seating mechanisms and structures, foams, coatings, plastics, and trim components. The vision for Plzen is not to work as an internal supplier for our European business units but to develop into a leading Design and Development Center working on projects for all major European OEM customer groups from concept phase through to delivery.

The Sales Analyst in the Role as Sample Coordinator in the Seating division is responsible for planning, coordinating, and economically managing all sample-related processes for seat systems and components. The position acts as the central interface between Sales, Engineering, Production, Costing, and the customer. The goal is to ensure timely, cost-optimized, and quality-compliant delivery of samples according to customer requirements.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Calculation of sample prices based on BOMs and cost inputs from Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Logistics
• Coordination of delivery dates and capacity checks with global production plants
• Preparation, execution, and follow-up of offer negotiations with the customer
• Internal ordering and tracking of sample production in the plants
• Review, approval, and monitoring of sample invoicing
• Preparation of cost-versus-price overviews and profit/loss analyses for sample orders
• Ensuring complete documentation of all sample activities
  
  

We expect from you:

• Strong understanding of BOMs
• Knowledge of automotive seating components (metal structure, mechanisms, foam, trim, etc.)
• Experience in cost calculation, cost analysis, and price buildup
• Improved MS Office skills, especially Excel (pivot tables, formulas, data analysis)
• Experience working with ERP systems (preferably Coupa, SAP)
• Basic knowledge of OEM customer processes and online portals (e.g., Mercedes-Benz) and understanding of production processes within the automotive supply industry is big plus

Benefits:

• Attractive salary

• Flexible working hours
• 5 weeks of vacation
• Bonuses for life and work anniversaries
• Commuting allowance
• Meal allowance
• Contribution of employer for pension insurance
• Free-time vouchers – Sodexo/Pluxee Flexipasses
• Discounted T-Mobile tariffs for you and family members
• Multisport card and Makro card