Technical Sales Manager

Job title: Technical Sales Manager

Location: Germany

About the client and role

Our client is a global mobility manufacturing company is looking for a Technical Sales Manager to be responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of their team and oversee all aspects of the sales process.

Responsibilities

• Detailed planning and tracking of project activities.
• Supplier and team steering.
• Technical Risk and Change Control management.
• Management of error analysis and troubleshooting activities if required.
• Preparing responses to RFQs and RFPs from different clients, including technical solutions, execution strategies, cost and effort estimation, etc. by coordinating with organisational experts
• Educating the client on the RFQ/RFP requirements.
• Creating a “Proposal Defense” deck and showing it to clients.
• Producing technical reports and other presentation materials to share information across the organisation and discuss problems, successes, and technical information for project assessments.
• Ensuring smooth functioning, removing/escalating roadblocks, and other obstacles.
• Interacting with other disciplines to get and offer assistance.
• Dealing with clients and coordinating technical aspects of the project at hand.

Skills and Qualifications

• Good knowledge of automotive development processes.
• Overview of the relevant production processes.
• Good leadership and communication skills.
• Completed degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, electronics engineering, mechanical engineering or comparable qualification.
• Minimum 3 Years Experience in technical presales management and project management.
• German (minimum C1 level) and English business fluency.
• Working knowledge of automotive OEMs.
• Proven track record of managing or leading interdisciplinary or multicultural teams.
• Technical knowledge of connectivity technologies, such as Head Unit, Digital Cluster, HUD, and BCM, as well as automotive control unit (ECU) and connectivity technologies.