V.I.E. Sales engineer, Weißenburg

Our Automotive Exteriors Division is looking for a Sales Engineer m/f V.I.E for its site at Weissenburg (Germany).

Tasks

The role of a Sales Engineer, in the context of a program, is to be the interface with all customer departments (purchasing, engineering, quality, after sales, ...) for his/her portfolio of products currently in production. The main missions of the role are to:

• In association with the Development Team, Plant Team, Costing, Productivity Expert, etc..., apply the Group standards (Faurecia Excellence System and Program Management System) in order to ensure the commercial viability of a program during series production
• Ensure permanent contact with various customer departments, including involving Faurecia teams when necessary
• Coordinate the implementation of technical and commercial offers
• Negotiate parts and tooling costs in consultation with the Sales Manager and the customer
• Ensure that the evolution of permanent parts pricing in line with the Divisions budget
• Validate the profitability of productivity proposals before submitting any productivity offer to the customer.

This VIE will start ideally in November 2010 for 24 months.

Profile

The ideal candidate will have/be:

• Master's degree in engineering with a specialisation in Sales or University diploma in economics
• Results orientation with strong written and oral communications skills
• Ability to work in a matrixed organisation
• International mind set, strong analytical skills
• Minimim bi-lingual (German and English required).