MENTOR GmbH & Co. Präzisions-Bauteile KG

Key Account Manager, Interior Lighting – Automotive

MENTOR GmbH & Co. Präzisions-Bauteile KG

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Erkrath • Germany

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About the role

  • Strategic development and expansion of key customers (OEMs, Tier‑1)
  • Management of existing customer relationships on both technical and commercial levels
  • Coordination and responsibility for acquisition and series projects in the area of interior lighting
  • Price and contract negotiations as well as management of complex sales processes
  • Collaboration with development and project teams to implement customer‑specific solutions
  • Market and competitor analyses; identification of new business and product opportunities
  • Reporting, forecasting and responsibility for sales/revenue

Requirements

  • Completed technical degree, preferably in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics or a comparable qualification
  • Several years of experience in Key Account Management within the automotive sector, ideally in interior lighting or optoelectronics
  • Solid knowledge of automotive processes (APQP, IATF 16949, VDA)
  • Strong customer orientation, willingness to travel and experience in an international environment
  • Entrepreneurial mindset, strong closing skills and a structured working style
  • Fluent German and English; additional languages are an advantage
Benefits
  • Exciting, varied role with personal scope to shape your responsibilities
  • Secure job with long‑term prospects in a successful, dynamically growing technology company
  • Permanent, full‑time employment
  • Flexible working time models to improve work–life balance
  • Company agreement for mobile working / remote work
  • Flat hierarchies and short decision‑making pathways typical of an owner‑managed family business
  • Corporate culture founded on cooperation, reliability and a collegial atmosphere
  • Professional onboarding plus intensive, individual training for your role
  • Performance‑related salary and employer contributions to the company pension scheme
  • Attractive vacation policy and bridge‑day arrangements to support proper rest
  • Company canteen with healthy meals and a meal subsidy
  • Wellhub: exclusive access to a wellbeing program to support balance and wellbeing in everyday life
  • Various employee discounts (Corporate Benefits) with many well‑known brands
  • Team events that strengthen cohesion and provide variety

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Key Account ManagementSales processesPrice negotiationsContract negotiationsMarket analysisCompetitor analysisForecastingCustomer-specific solutionsAutomotive processesInterior lighting
Soft skills
Customer orientationWillingness to travelEntrepreneurial mindsetClosing skillsStructured working style
Certifications
Technical degreeIATF 16949