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Continental

Worldwide tyre manufacturer and automotive components

Product Sales Expert

Field SalesConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSão Paulo, State of São Paulo, BrazilNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's degree or higher; a background in business, marketing, or a technical field is preferred.
  • Experience converting business from a competitor.
  • Expertise in mitigating conflict.
  • Experience leading small projects within the organization using a project management structure.
  • Experience leading a sales, marketing, or commercial team.
  • Ability to participate sporadically in international projects and travel internationally to customers, partners, and projects.

Responsibilities

  • Create segment strategy and execute it within the area of responsibility, including deployment through the sales team and direct reports.
  • Collaborate with peers and vertical leaders to develop and implement projects or initiatives.
  • Build business plans for new merger and acquisition targets to grow the vertical.
  • Develop and maintain strategic, cooperative customer relationships.
  • Develop new customer opportunities while avoiding internal conflict with the distribution segment.
  • Own and drive customer acquisition; manage contracts and business proposals, including commercial negotiation.
  • Lead the business to achieve budget and planned targets and key performance indicators, including volume, sales, growth, MOS, and EBIT.
  • Ensure regular customer feedback on forecasts and align adjustment input with operations and supply chain management.
  • Provide critical customer, competitor, and market trends to benchmark performance.
  • Ensure customer satisfaction feedback and escalation throughout CT BA and the segment for improvements.
  • Promote and drive customer-centricity through an active leadership role in the segment.
  • Deliver mutual value to large end users.
  • Manage sales, distribution, margin, and accounts receivable for four former business areas: CS, IFS, PTG, and AD (Air Springs).
  • Continuously obtain and report competitive intelligence and use it to benchmark and improve performance.

About the Company

Continental

Worldwide tyre manufacturer and automotive components

Continental designs and manufactures tyres for cars, trucks, buses, bicycles and motorcycles, selling to vehicle manufacturers and in the aftermarket. Through ContiTech, it also produces rubber and plastic technology parts such as hoses, belts, seals and surface materials for automotive and industrial use. Its products are developed and produced at sites worldwide, with tyres tailored for different vehicles and conditions and ContiTech components customized for equipment. The company differentiates itself by offering a broad, integrated mobility portfolio and global manufacturing and service capabilities, aiming to provide reliable mobility through tyres and components worldwide.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Hanover, Germany
Founded
1871

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