Key Account Manager - Automotive

Contract Key Account Manager Inside IR35 6 MonthsPosition SummaryThe Key Account Manager will drive profitable growth. The successful candidate will build and maintain strong relationships while hunting for new business opportunities. The candidate will develop and execute account strategies aligned with the Global Account Sales Strategies. This position reports to the Global Account Director. In addition maintain all current business subjects to ensure customer satisfaction.Your Role

• Drive growth and profitability strategies at the product lines in responsibility.
• Actively pursue opportunities of market share increase at customer.
• Act as liaison between OEM customers and Client; Travel as required to visit customers; lead negotiations and communicate cost and timing to customer; prepare and give customer presentations.
• Lead the Voice of the Customer at Client.
• Manage Request For Quotations from collecting customer's requirements to coordinating all the activities internally : Product Line managers, Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Quality, Logistics, Costing to build a Quotation. Understanding of QAF's, ED&T Workbook, ESOW, Management of Engineering POs (GIPR's), Access to JLR COVISINT Portal and the understanding of general JLR timing milestones is an advantage.
• Manage commercial aspects of projects in development to ensure proper level of profitability : sales forecast, pricing, engineering change request, cash collection ...