Senior Automotive Sales Manager (m/f/x)

<p></p><p>Skeleton's Commercial department is looking for a driven <br/><br/><strong>Senior Automotive Sales Manager </strong></p><p><br/>with the vision to match our ambition!</p><p></p><p><strong>As our Senior Sales Manager </strong>in<strong> Automotive</strong>, you will develop the existing sales pipeline with an application-based approach, delivering value to key European blue-chip companies, incumbents, and challengers. Join us in this journey to save energy and power electrification! </p><p><br/><strong>Your main responsibilities include:</strong><br/></p><ul> <li>Develop and execute strategic plans to achieve sales targets and expand our customer base.</li> <li>Own and exceed annual sales targets within assigned segments.</li> <li>Find new business opportunities by building strong customer relationships. </li> <li>Effectively communicate our product value proposition through proposals and presentations. </li> <li>Understand industry-specific market landscapes and trends.</li> <li>Take responsibility for effective business sales results in the intended sectors.</li> </ul><p><strong>Requirements</strong></p><p>We're looking for a person with <strong>5+ years of experience</strong> and <strong>demonstrable success in leading sales &amp; business development</strong> in <strong>automotive applications</strong>.<br/></p><p><strong>To succeed in this position, you'll need:</strong></p><ul> <li>A courageous attitude and excellent people skills to quickly grow the business and your personal network.</li> <li>The knowledge and understanding of the application approach, the key technologies involved industrial relevant to Skeleton Technologies, and ability to see what drives decision-making are essential.</li> <li>Effective communications, business development, and sales skills, and the ability to deal with engineers, procurement, and C-level people alike.</li> <li>Fluency in English is required, but proficiency in another major language would also be a valuable asset.</li> </ul><p><strong>Benefits</strong></p><p>We're not just about energy storage. We're about redefining energy for a net zero future, and we'd love for you to be a part of our journey.</p><p></p><h3>About Skeleton</h3><p>Skeleton Technologies is a <strong>Global Cleantech 100</strong> company and a technology leader in high power energy storage for transportation, grid, automotive, and industrial applications.</p><p>For us, developing and producing the best energy storage solutions is a means to an end: helping companies to reduce CO2 emissions and save energy.</p><p>We work with some of the largest companies in the world from automotive and industrial OEMs to truck fleet operators and aerospace prime contractors. Our products decrease CO2 emissions and fuel consumption, improve power quality, and empower wider electrification of the biggest industries globally.</p><p>Our supercapacitor and SuperBattery energy storage technologies, based on patented curved graphene, represent the biggest technological advancement in the industry in the last 20 years and the use of this innovative material provides our products with an unparalleled advantage in power and energy density.</p><p>Skeleton Technologies Group is located in 6 different locations: its manufacturing in Großröhrsdorf, offices in Berlin &amp; Leipzig, materials development in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, electrode production in Varkaus (Finland), and engineering in Tallinn, Estonia. In 2024, we will open the largest supercapacitor factory in the world in Markranstädt, Germany.</p>