Account Manager Torino

Account Manager
Torino
Piemonte, Torino

MISSION

The purpose of this position is to strengthen IDIADA's business in all Italy mainly for small and medium enterprises.

The person holding this position will manage the sales activities in Italy and enhance communication with the head quarter and other business units.

The person will report to the Sales Area Manager

**Main Responsibilities

- Implement the sales strategy in Italy in accordance with the corporate guidelines

- Support the coordination of the sales team in Italy

- Develop existing and new contacts within the automotive industry in Italy, aiming at detecting project opportunities with special emphasis on forging long-term relationships

- Obtain requests for quotations, prepare and defend proposals related to Engineering, Testing and Homologation activities with the support from Product Managers of the IDIADA group

- Properly disseminate clients' RFQs inside IDIADA's team and assure that proposals and projects are successfully delivered in accordance with clients' expectations

- Support invoicing and collection activities in close contact with the clients.

The position can be in Torino or Bologna.

**Profile

- Engineer or high level technical skills is a must

- Experience in technical sales for the automotive sector in Italy

- Good communication skills and confident in discussions at different hierarchical levels, with the ability to convince clients as well as colleagues

- Organized, goal driven, with successful sales personality and with strong customer and service orientation

- Good knowledge of the vehicle development process, with the ability to technically understand the service requests of our clients

- Recognizable empathy and assertiveness (ability to forge trustful relationship with clients, colleagues)

- Dynamic, proactive, persistent and with recognizable entrepreneurial spirit, self-motivated and high level of initiative

- High level of commitment and identification with corporate objectives

- Open to working in a very international organization with corporate objectives

**Languages

- Advanced English level is requested

- Italian native language is also requested

- Other languages (German, French, Chinese) will be valued