Sales Coordinator Directed Parts

HELLA is a global, family-owned company listed on the stock exchange that employs some 38,000 members of staff at over 125 locations in some 35 countries. The HELLA Group develops and manufactures lighting and electronic components and systems for the automotive industry, and also has one of the largest trade organizations for automotive parts, accessories, diagnosis and services within Europe. In the Special Applications segment, HELLA also develops products for specialist vehicles. Complete vehicle modules, air-conditioning systems and vehicle electrical systems are produced in joint venture companies. With almost 7,000 people working in research and development, HELLA is one of the most important innovation drivers on the market. HELLA has achieved sales of around 6.6 billion Euros in fiscal year 2016/2017; in addition, the HELLA Group is one of the top 40 automotive parts suppliers in the world and one of the 100 largest German industrial companies.

Successfully completed studies in business administration, industrial engineering, or comparable studies with at least 4 years of professional experience in operative sales and/or customer interaction.
-You have sales skills, especially in conducting negotiations, and communicate confidently and convincingly across different hierarchical levels.
-A high degree of understanding of both the customer and automotive supplier perspective, service and solution-oriented thinking.
-Business fluent in English language. German language at least at medium level is preferable.

-Responsible for managing Directed Parts Sales Business (Tier-1 customers) for specific customer groups from Nomination until End of Production.
-Manage all customer interactions and lead customer (Tier-1) negotiations e.g. on project specific quotations (focus mainly on Logistics, Packaging) and other commercial contracts.
-Steer your business wisely and proactively. Based on status reports you can derive tailor-made measures to positively influence your set of key KPIs.
-Ensure that all activities run smoothly and identify and support continuous improvement initiatives / measures.
-Organize & structure your business proactively and maintain operational data in Hella specific tools.
-Get operational road blockers solved. If critical cases arise, you know to properly escalate / involve management.
-Establish and maintain a close network with operational Sales Department(s), Logistic, Controlling, Production Plants, Program Management, Finance etc.