Key Account Manager

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 7 May 2026
LOCATION
Coventry
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Sales & Marketing
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SKILLS

Automotive Tier 1 Account Management Negotiation Customer Relationship Management P&L Management Pricing Management Engineering Change Management Commercial Acumen Cross-functional Communication

FULL DESCRIPTION

Key Account Manager

Company: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Corporation
Location: Coventry, GB, CV6 5TP
Employment Type: Salary (Full-time)
Job Function: Sales
Work Type: Hybrid (with hybrid/partial remote working patterns available)

About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Corporation

We work hard for the people who work for us. We champion our teams. We foster collaboration, inclusion, respect and excellence. What we are trying to say is we want to be more for you.

We are your path to a better career, a better future, and a better you.

Our teams have invented groundbreaking technologies, flawlessly manufactured millions of products and earned a long list of awards. Year after year, we are one of the World's Most Admired Companies.

Our teams are the secret to our success. They are empowered, inventive and inclusive. Passionate about their craft. Driven to succeed. Because we all understand that we must work together to win.

Are you ready for a better career? A better future?

We're [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] For You.

Main Responsibilities

  • Responsible for commercial ownership of complete seat programs. Negotiate series projects and contracts with customer on from Buyer to Senior Management level
  • Customer relationship management – OEM Buyer / Purchase Manager / Lead Engineers / Piece Cost Engineers / Vendor Tooling Cost Engineers
  • Manage negotiation and closure of commercial issues with timely conclusion
  • Manage sales account with P&L responsibility, cost and pricing management and profitability ownership from project inception through to SOP
  • Deliver program(s) with committed financial metrics
  • Deliver engineering change quotations in line with agreed customer timeline.
  • Maintain internal reporting
  • Support business case approvals.
  • Report out program commercial status to senior level
  • Follow up on aging debt / drive cash-in collection in line with forecast dates

The ideal candidate will have:

  • Experienced automotive tier 1 Account Manager – ideally with a background in complex, high value commodities
  • Highly developed commercial acumen, be a motivated self-starter and willingness to take the lead
  • Experience in tracking price changes, maintaining accurate records of changes including margin impacts
  • High level communication and organisational skills

Requisition ID: 45815
Location Code: 0580

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