Technical Sales - Dampers

Job offer

Your Tasks

• Plan, lead, and coordinate customer and internal projects throughout the entire project lifecycle, from project initiation to series production support.
• Define project structures, create project plans, and establish work packages, deliverables, milestones, budgets, and timelines.
• Coordinate project stakeholders and manage interfaces between customers, suppliers, partners, and internal departments.
• Monitor project progress, evaluate milestone achievements, identify risks, and implement corrective actions when required.
• Negotiate contractual obligations with customers with inputs from Legal and other operational departments
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, commercial targets, and technical requirements.
• Analyze customer requests regarding technical solutions, commercial conditions, project schedules, and lead the preparation of technical specifications and agreements.
• Lead quotation and proposal preparation by evaluating technical, commercial, environmental, and operational risks.
• Create and maintain business cases and margin overview across product life cycle
• Provide data and input for cost calculations, compare quotations with customer orders, and clarify deviations.
• Coordinate customer-specific activities and ensure successful execution of deliverables both internally and externally.
• Lead damper development projects at customers using aligned project management framework
• Maintain regular project status and provide overview to stakeholders
• Drive customer satisfaction initiatives and maintain long-term customer relationships.
• Lead technical discussions, project reviews, and design reviews with customers.
• Continuously improve project management, collaboration, and development processes, including the implementation of best practices, methodologies, and training activities when required.

Your Profile

• University degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a comparable technical discipline.
• Several years of professional experience in project management, engineering, technical sales, product development, or related industrial environment.
• Experienced in managing customer projects from quotation through series production.
• Strong understanding of technical products, engineering processes, and customer requirements.
• Ability to evaluate technical, commercial, and operational risks and develop practical solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to coordinate cross-functional and international teams.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills with a structured and results-oriented working style.
• Confident in leading technical discussions and presenting project status to customers and management.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken; German language skills beneficial.
• Proficiency in MS Office and experience with tools such as SAP, JIRA, and PLM systems.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies; experience with Agile frameworks such as Scrum or Kanban is an advantage.