Vehicle Sales Director, Europe

Overview

Vehicle Sales Director, Europe role at Sensata Technologies. Lead growth with key customers within the Vehicle Business Unit. The primary responsibility is leading a sales team to develop and win new business opportunities for mission-critical sensor-rich solutions that help our customers safely deliver a cleaner, more efficient, electrified and connected world. Our customers include the market leading OEMs and world’s most recognizable brands in the passenger car, commercial vehicle, agriculture equipment, and construction machinery markets.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the revenue generation


• Directs sales and local sales administration resources


• Oversees the training, development, and on-going motivation of local sales team


• Directs the annual plan, quarterly updates, and long range planning processes


• Oversees organization reports and biweekly highlights


• Creates and implements sales structure


• Responsible for sales organization with regard to account strategies, tactics, and management contacts


• Oversees priorities and bonus outcomes for the sales team to ensure closure of key programs


• Creates training plans for each sales team to handle the dynamic nature of the market and counter the increasing array of purchasing tactics employed

Experience / Qualifications

• A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience


• Ability to lead, coach, and develop team members


• Holds self and others accountable to achieving goals and standards


• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment to handle multiple competing tasks and demands


• Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation


• Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results


• Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity


• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)


• Strong interpersonal & collaboration skills to work effectively with all levels of the organization including suppliers and/or external customers

About Sensata

• Collaborating at Sensata means working with some of the world’s most talented people in an enriching environment that is constantly pushing towards the next best thing


• Employees work across functions, countries and cultures gaining new perspectives through mutual respect and open communication


• As OneSensata, we are working together to make things work together

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Sales and Business Development

Industries

• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing, and Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

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