Key Account Manager Sales Mobility (m/f/d)

Job title: Key Account Manager Sales Mobility (m/f/d)

About the Role As a Key Account Manager Sales Mobility (m/f/d), you will manage and grow key European accounts while actively driving new business across segments such as large engines, transmissions, material handling, marine, and rail. With strong technical understanding and a hunter mindset, you identify opportunities, lead customer discussions, and shape mid- and long-term strategies. The role involves frequent travel and close collaboration with cross-functional and global teams to secure profitable growth and strengthen our market position.

What You'll Do

• Key account responsibility for customers, for example from the large engine, material handling, transmission, marine, or rail vehicle sectors
• Development and implementation of global customer strategies
• Strategic sales planning and business development to support growth in line with European and global objectives
• Acquisition of new customers and execution of sales strategies to achieve revenue and margin targets
• Management of quotations during tender processes
• Ensuring profitable growth in accordance with the strategy (nominated business volume, profitability of acquired business, and hit rate)
• Managing sales activities for the assigned customer base – existing or new – and fostering positive, long-term business relationships
• Supporting subsidiaries within the global Key Account Management framework and close collaboration with all relevant internal departments, e.g., in new business acquisition and development projects
• Ensuring long-term customer loyalty in series and service business
• Technical and commercial responsibility for the assigned customers
• Monitoring market and competitive developments
• Ensuring effective knowledge transfer within the sales organization

What We're Looking For

• Education: Successfully completed degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a comparable field
• Experience: At least 3–5 years of solid experience in sales, preferably within the industrial market segment
• Expertise: Experience in technical sales or engineering
• Ideally strong knowledge in filtration and/or the market segments large engines, material handling, transmissions, marine, or rail vehicles
• Language Skills: Fluent and business-proficient German and English; additional languages are an advantage
• Personality: Excellent negotiation, communication, and conflict management skills; strong assertiveness, confident demeanor, and ability to work in a team; willingness to travel nationally and internationally
• Diversity and inclusion are part of our DNA. We select solely based on the best talent.

Nice to Have

• Experience in filtration and/or the market segments large engines, material handling, transmissions, marine, or rail vehicles (preferred)
• Additional languages; willingness to travel

Compensation & Benefits

• Performance-based compensation and comprehensive social benefits
• Flexitime or trust-based working hours (depending on the position) as well as flexible working arrangements plus 30 days of annual leave
• Company restaurant
• A modern company pension scheme to complement your statutory retirement insurance
• Access to a wide range of discounts through our Corporate Benefits portal (e.g., travel, insurance, fitness, and more)
• Mobility benefits: subsidy for the Deutschlandticket, JobRad leasing, and e-charging stations with a company charging rate
• Home-office policy: 4–1 (onsite/home); with children under 12 years: 3–2 (onsite/home)