Technical Sales Manager

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Milan, IL
Junior
Other • Automation • Manufacturing
The Role
This role involves driving new sales growth, managing accounts to enhance customer satisfaction, collaborating on marketing initiatives, and executing demand forecasts to meet sales goals. The focus is on both business development and account management in the automotive industry.
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Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world!

Responsibilities:

  • Business Development: Drive new sales growth by identifying and developing opportunities with current and potential customers in line with our channel strategy.
  • Account Management: Maintain and expand existing business by servicing our current customer base, ensuring satisfaction and identifying growth opportunities.
  • Customer Relationship Management: Communicate customer needs, risks, and opportunities. Manage circumstances affecting customer satisfaction, industry news, and competitor activity; recommend and manage improvement actions.
  • Team Collaboration: Collaborate with product marketing to create customer initiatives, promotions, and support for industry seminars, training, and trade shows.
  • Forecasting & Planning: Develop demand forecasts and execute account plans to meet sales goals.

Qualifications:

  • Education: Bachelor's degree in business or engineering preferred.
  • Industry Experience: 2+ years' experience in business development or account management required. Previous experience in the automotive aftermarket, OE, Tier 1, or Tier 2 industries preferred.
  • Technical Expertise: Technical knowledge of engine, automatic transmission, and/or electronic power steering systems preferred.
  • Key Attributes: Strong relationship-building skills, project management, change management, and a proactive attitude with a strong sense of urgency and curiosity.

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership

The Company
HQ: Weinheim
17,448 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

Freudenberg is a global technology group that strengthens its customers and society long-term through forward-looking innovations. Together with its partners, customers and research institutions, the Freudenberg Group develops leading-edge technologies and excellent products and services for about 40 markets and for thousands of applications: seals, vibration control components, technical textiles, filters, specialty chemicals, medical products and the most modern cleaning products.

Strength of innovation, strong customer orientation, diversity, and team spirit are the cornerstones of the Group. The 170-year-old company holds strong to its core values: a commitment to excellence, reliability and pro-active, responsible action.

In 2022, the Freudenberg Group employed more than 51,000 people in some 60 countries worldwide and generated sales of more than €11.7 billion.


Learn more about us and visit our digital home at freudenberg.com and read the stories that make us Freudenberg.​

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