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SOMFY Group

Builds motors and connected controls for homes and buildings

Key Account Manager

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's, Master's
Zaventem, Belgium
Hybrid
Sales & Account ManagementAccount Management

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's or master's degree in Marketing, Economics, or Business Administration.
  • Excellent command of Dutch and good command of French, both spoken and written.
  • Demonstrated commercial drive and ambition to develop into a strategic Key Account Manager.
  • Either at least five years of experience in key account sales with strategic customers, or high sales potential with strong commercial drive and the ability to develop into a strategic Key Account Management role through a structured development path; or at least five years of experience as a strategic purchaser in a relevant technical sector or product group, including negotiation and building long-term business relationships, combined with strategic commercial skills, relationship management, and potential to grow into strategic key account management.
  • Knowledge of and experience with multiple distribution channels, including multichannel and omnichannel.
  • Affinity for technical products and ability to understand and assess the technical feasibility of customer needs, such as calculations and measure lists.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office and customer relationship management systems.
  • Commercial creativity to develop new propositions and growth opportunities based on market and customer insight, together with emotional intelligence to engage stakeholders and build support for sustainable relationships and results.
  • Demonstrated experience with data-driven account management, including analyzing financial performance indicators and translating insights into concrete commercial actions.
  • Strong analytical skills and a broad, strategic perspective.
  • Ability to build lasting stakeholder relationships and influence through persuasion, negotiation, and building support.
  • Strong cross-functional leadership skills and ability to direct internal teams and influence priorities without hierarchical authority.
  • Proactive approach to identifying and pursuing commercial opportunities.
  • Ability to connect customer objectives with Somfy's long-term strategy and roadmap.
Responsibilities
  • Manage customers or key accounts with a focus on sales and relationship management, and develop and execute strategic key account plans.
  • Achieve the sales budget through effective account management and use of commercial opportunities.
  • Own the overall performance of key accounts, including revenue, margin, forecast reliability, and ongoing key performance indicator monitoring.
  • Acquire new strategic customers in existing and/or new market segments through proactive prospecting.
  • Contribute to the organization's budgeting process, including market share, pricing developments, and sales budgets by key account.
  • Analyze volume, revenue, product portfolio, and margin developments for each key account and share the information internally with relevant departments.
  • Use customer relationship management and other digital tools to steer accounts strategically, ensuring relevant customer information, commercial agreements, and action plans are recorded completely and accurately.
  • Prepare and execute key account plans based on market analysis and a thorough assessment of key accounts.
  • Collect, interpret, and share market information about key accounts, competitors, and potential alternative channels or key accounts.
  • Monitor market developments and respond promptly when necessary, including to competitors' product developments.
  • Analyze market information and propose account expansion and new business opportunities.
  • Identify and manage commercial, contractual, and supply chain risks within key accounts, and initiate appropriate mitigation actions.
  • Advise on market developments and trends as input to the organization's strategic direction.
  • Initiate and lead periodic business reviews with key accounts to evaluate and follow up on performance, key performance indicators, growth opportunities, and improvement actions.
  • For international key accounts, establish a pan-European service approach by building and coordinating local contacts and support.
  • Orchestrate collaboration across internal departments, including sales, marketing, supply chain, finance, and product management, and coordinate the cross-functional core team for each key account.
  • Organize and facilitate internal alignment and governance structures for strategic key accounts, including periodic key account plan reviews and monitoring progress on strategic initiatives.

About the company

SOMFY Group designs and manufactures motors, controls, and connected systems for openings and closures in homes and buildings. Its products automate shutters, blinds, curtains, gates, garage doors, and other access points, combining mechanical movement with electronic controls. The group serves manufacturers, installers, building professionals, and household users through an international network of brands, production sites, and distribution operations. Its connected-home offering lets occupants coordinate equipment, adjust living conditions, and manage access or security from digital interfaces. Founded in 1969, SOMFY Group is headquartered in Cluses, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Cluses, France

Founded

1969

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