Account Manager

Account Manager

The Account Manager is responsible for directing and coordinating activities of the department in a manufacturing organization concerned with providing customers technical services in conjunction with marketing activities. Serves as the commercial liaison with customers, directly interfacing with customer engineering and purchasing activities.

Piston Automotive wasn't just founded to make things. It was founded to make things better. And that begins with building better teams solely dedicated to achieving excellence at every level of execution through a combination of experience, expertise, and a deep seeded passion for what we do. Our assemblies consistently set the standard because our people consistently raise the bar.

Competitive Wages, Paid Holidays & Vacation, Medical & Rx Plans, Dental & Vision Plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, Employee Assistance Program, Life & Disability Coverage, 401K with Company Match, Tuition Reimbursement , Vehicle and Product Discounts

Responsibilities

• Support development of new business quotes and final submissions to customers working with the business development team and other functional areas.
• Lead development of all program-specific engineering change quotes.
• Manage and track assembly value add and BOM costs; resolve any open commercial pricing issues and ensure program profitability.
• Resolve all non-pricing commercial issues with the customer (special cause cost recovery) working closely with finance, production, materials, and quality - internally.
• Track all program-specific tooling / lump-sum invoices.
• Support marketing and sales activities including the development of new quote opportunities. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications

Departmental Preference : Experience selling to automotive OEMs and assembly or sequencing experience are both benefits and highly preferred

Sales experience selling to GM strongly preferred. Selling to other OEMs Honda, Ford, Toyota, Stellantis, etc. will also be considered.