Account Manager / Sales Manager Automotive Aftermarket

Job details

We are a global supplier for the automotive aftermarket and industry. As an internationally active family business with customers and sales partners in over 70 countries, we are looking to strengthen our rapidly growing wholesale division with a focus on electronics.

Your main task will be to support existing customers and acquire new customers in German and international wholesale. As the contact person for key accounts in all technical and commercial matters, you will be responsible for developing and tapping new potential with customers. In addition to price negotiations and typical day-to-day sales tasks, you will take part in project work with product management, technology and purchasing and communicate customer requirements.

Requirement profile

• Completed commercial or technical training
• High motivation & negotiation skills
• Organizational talent & willingness to travel
• Communicative personality to build a good rapport with customers (approx. 50% existing customer expansion, 50% new customer acquisition)
• Good English skills
• Additional language skills such as French or Spanish an advantage
• First professional experience in a comparable position

What IKA GmbH offers

• You can expect varied and internationally oriented tasks in a highly motivated and qualified team
• Independent work with international partners
• Grown corporate culture and partnership-based supplier and customer relationships
• Stable family business
• A secure job with flexible working hours and flat hierarchies
• Promotion of further education and training
• Supplementary company health insurance
• Company pension scheme
• Corporate benefits / JobRad