What are the responsibilities and job description for the Account Manager - GM position at US Farathane?
US Farathane is seeking an Account Manager for our GM Business Unit. Account Managers are responsible for managing and driving profitable new business growth. Ideal candidates will have 5 years of related Account Management experience, preferably in automotive, and will provide the strategic roadmap to maximize new business results. This position is fully onsite at our Tech Center in Auburn Hills, MI.
US Farathane has been a leading source of plastics manufacturing, supplying the automotive industry for over 50 years. Through highly technical research and development, coupled with a diverse and knowledgeable Management Team and dedicated Associates, US Farathane has continued to grow each year. We provide customers with a wide range of full-service support from black-box design concepts to highly engineered composites, TPE’s and TPO’s as well as specialized extrusion and compression technologies.
Duties and Responsibilities :
- Serve as the lead point of contact for all customer account concerns.
- Ensure timeliness in customer responses.
- Develop new business with existing clients and / or identify areas of improvement to meet sales quotas.
- Support accuracy and timeliness of information to other groups
- Deliver on account revenue target with targeted business.
- Close out open commercial issues in an acceptable timeframe.
- Manage sales forecast accuracy.
- Position and push key technologies
- Ensure awareness of key new business opportunities.
- Forecast and track key account metrics (e.g. quarterly sales results and annual forecast).
- Track new business opportunities via targeted growth matrix.
- Management of annual piece price reductions, if applicable.
- Facilitation of VA / VE ideas. Utilize Advanced Engineering within USF to generate new business.
- Ability to explain how top suppliers are measured.
Qualifications :
US Farathane offers an impressive compensation and benefits package including :
